The prehistoric condition of the country was amply exemplified by stone and bronze implements, and by urns and other burial remains. Traces of the Roman occupation were also visible, and the introduction of Christianity into the country, as well as its spread over the land, was illustrated by reproductions of the Ruthwell Cross, and of many other sculptured stones which yet exist scattered throughout the kingdom. By illuminated missals, printed books, church furniture, papers and documents, the history of the Church was continued down to the convulsion of the Reformation Period, to the stormy and tragic era of the Covenant and 'Killing Times,' and on to the great Disruption of 1843.
