Welcome back to another episode of five minutes in church history. On five minutes in church history we talk about the people and the places and the events of church history.

Well, today we're going to talk about a place, a very beautiful place, but we're also going to talk about a thing.

A thing of church history.

In fact, I'm holding it in my hand.

It measures about three quarters of an inch across the top and about 1 inch

inch down the sides.

This little rectangle is made of 10 or lead

and it has on it stamped the initials J.R. and underneath a date, 1720.

Well what is this thing of church history.

It's a communion token.

And the initials J.R. stand for James Robertson.

And he was the pastor of a church

and Balcoheider in Lachlomand in Scotland.

And the year 1720 was very important.

You might have heard of the legends of Rob Roy of Scotland,

and it was in this precise time in the 1710s

and through the 1720s that Rob Roy

was engaged in the exploits that would become part of his legend.

He would die in 1734 and he is buried in the churchyard at Balchahider in Scotland. If you draw a straight line across from St Andrews, way over to the west,

you would come to this little town right now in the middle of what is today Loch Lomond National Park.

And of course you might be hearing in the background the Bonney Banks of Loch Lomond, you take the high road and I'll take the low road.

Well that's where this church is.

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