nnered
century.' Certainly these were not pretty names for pamphlets that
were so widely read that, to quote the graphic expression of an
earlier writer, 'they walked up and down England at deer rates.'

Yet, still, in spite of bodily ill-usage and imprisonment, through
good report and through evil report, through fair weather and foul,
the work of scattering the seed continued steadily, day after day,
month after month, year after year. The messengers went on, undaunted;
the Message spread and took root throughout the land; the trials of
the work were swallowed up in the triumphant joy of service and of
'Publishing Truth.'

FOOTNOTES:

[14] W.C. Braithwaite, _Beginnings of Quakerism_.

[15] W.C. Braithwaite, _Beginnings of Quakerism_.

[16] Jamaica, with its deadly climate, had lately been taken by
England from Spain, and was at this time proving the grave of hundreds
of English soldiers.

[17] _Cameos from the Life of George Fox_, by E.E. Taylor.

[18] Sewel's _History of the Quakers_.

[19] W.C. Braithwaite, _Beginnings of Quakerism_.

[20] Besse, _Sufferings of the Quakers_.

XVI. WRESTLING FOR GOD

_'Being but a boy, Edward Burrough
had the spirit of a man. Reviling,
slandering, buffetting and caning
were oft his lot. Nothing could
make this hero shrink.'--SEWEL._

_'His natural disposition was bold
and manly, what he took in hand he
did with his might; loving,
courteous, merciful and easy to be
entreated; he delighted in
conference and reading of the holy
scriptures.'--'Piety Promoted.'_

_'Dear Brother, mind the Lord and
stand in His will and counsel. And
dwell in the pure measure of God
in thee, and there thou wilt see
the Lord God present with thee.
For the bringing forth many out of
prison art thou there set; behold
the word of the Lord cannot be
bound. The Lord God of Power give
thee wisdom, courage, manhood, and
boldness, to thresh down all
deceit. Dear Heart, be valiant,
and mind the pure Spirit of God in
thee, to guide thee up into God,
to thunder down all deceit with