Wallace Monument

But there's a day when all of those monuments will be burned up.

And that little part of me, the Scottish side, it kind of hurts that the William Wallace monument will be burned up.

I think that's the point of what Peter's saying.

He's an Israelite.

Um, yeah, so it's nice.

I know up in Bridge of Allan, the William Wallace Monument overlooks the, the village there, so you're steeped in Scottish history no matter where you look up there.

Yeah, no, the school I went to is right underneath, uh, the Wallace Monument.

Well, Wallace High is what I went to, so it's right underneath, uh, the Wallace Monument.

If more people valued song and cheer and good food than hoarded gold, the world would be a happier place, right enough.

You know you see all the people making their way with like folding chairs slung over their backs and probably the odd occasional smuggled bottle of wine for relaxed entertainment but it's good it's one of those good things to know about because you know you get obviously people like me uh get preoccupied with all the with all the global shenanigans um you get swept away by it and you can think there's nothing happening in the world but trouble but it's nice to be reminded on a day like today when the sun is out intermittently it's nice to be reminded that the music still plays can you hear it i'm facing towards the music I don't know if the soft melodies are there with the bells in the background and the faithful those faithful to the music as well as those faithful to the bells of the Christian church are on the move I'm walking down a these are old paths it's the back walk we call it in Stirling and it's a serpentine set of paths that wind around look at the rock This is the fabled rock, more of the sort of volcanic dolerite upon which the castle is built, upon which the Wallace Monument is built.

It's 250, 300 million years old and the paths work their way around it and there's sort of shortcuts from one place to another place if you know where you're going.

And, oh, silence.

We, we need these different habitats because different species need different food sources that come from different habitats.

Cracking view of the Wallace Monument from here as well.

So this must mean that this is a, a popular place for people to walk.

Yes.

This is...

You know, you can hear the traffic.

You can see the Wallace Monument.

It's a populated area.

He previously taught at Oak Hill Theological College, and he has a doctorate from the University of Sterling, which...

If you are at all a Braveheart fan, know that he could not spend one moment on that campus without looking at the Wallace Monument, which is spectacular in and of itself.

Nick, on behalf of everyone listening all across the United States right now to this program, thank you for staying up, for the gift of your time, and for reminding us how awe-inspiring our God truly is.

Thank you for being here.

By the afternoon, thousands of English soldiers would never make it back across.

And standing above the battlefield today is the National William Wallace Monument, a monument to Scotland's national hero.

But when we remember that day at Stirling Bridge, we should remember two names, William Wallace and Andrew Murray.

because together, on the banks of the River Forth, they won a victory that shocked England, inspired Scotland, and ensured that the story of Scottish independence was far from over.