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Get Oot o ' my sicht , an ' never let your shadow darken this pairish again , ye sneevlin ' scoondrel ! '' Then he turned the children out to the green , letting some of the laggards feel his stick as they passed . Thus was closed the first Sabbath-school that was ever held in the village of Whunnyliggate . The too-enthusiastic `` helper '' passed away like a dream , and the few folk who journeyed every Sabbath from Whunnyliggate to the parish kirk by the side of the Dee Water received the ordinances officially at noon each Lord 's Day , by being exhorted to `` begin the public worship of God in this parish '' in the voice which a drill-sergeant uses when he exhorts an awkward squad . Walter did not bring this event before the authorities at Drumquhat . He knew that the blow of the minister 's oaken staff was a judgment on him for having had anything to do with an Erastian Establishment . After the catechising , the minister prayed .