rland.

XXIV. THE VICTORY OF AMOR STODDART

_'From the heart of the Puritan
sects sprang the religion of the
Quakers, in which many a war-worn
soldier of the Commonwealth closed
his visionary eyes.'--G.M.
TREVELYAN._

_'To be a man of war means to live
no longer than the life of the
world, which is perishing; but to
be a man of the Holy Spirit, a man
born of God, a man that wars not
after the flesh, a man of the
Kingdom of God, as well as of
England--that means to live beyond
time and age and men and the
world, to be gathered into that
life which is Eternal.'--JOHN
SALTMARSH, 1647._

_'Keep out of all jangling, for
all that are in the transgression
are out from the law of love; but
all that are in the law of love
come to the Lamb's power.'--G. FOX._

_'He changed his weapons, warfare,
and Captain ... when he 'listed
himself under the banner of
Christ.'--W. PENN, about J.
Whitehead._

_A prayer for the soldier spirit.
'Teach us, good Lord, to serve Thee
as Thou deservest: to give and not
to count the cost; to fight and not
to heed the wounds; to toil and not
to seek for rest; to labour and not
to ask for any reward, save that of
knowing that we do Thy will:
through Jesus Christ our
Lord.'--IGNATIUS LOYOLA._

XXIV. THE VICTORY OF AMOR STODDART

'Christ disarmed Peter, and in so doing He unbuckled the sword
of every soldier.'
TERTULLIAN.

A dauntless fighter in his day was Captain Amor Stoddart, seeing he
had served in the Parliamentary Army throughout the Civil Wars. In
truth, it was no child's play to command a body of men as tough as
Oliver's famous Ironsides. Therefore Captain Stoddart had doubtless
come through many a bloody struggle, and fought in many a hardly
fought contest during those long wars, before the final victory was
won.

But now, not a single memory remains of his sm