E COULD NEVER BOW HIM."'

II. 'PURE FOY, MA JOYE'

_'Outwardly there was little
resemblance between George Fox and
Francis of Assisi, between the
young Leicestershire Shepherd of
the XVIIth Century and the young
Italian merchant of the XIIIth,
but they both felt the power of
GOD and yielded themselves wholly
to it: both left father and mother
and home: both defied the opinions
of their time: both won their way
through bitter opposition to solid
success: both cast themselves
"upon the infinite love of GOD":
both were most truly surrendered
souls; but Francis submitted
himself to established authority,
Fox only to the spirit of GOD
speaking in the single soul.'_

_'In solitude and silence Fox found
GOD and heard Him. He proclaimed
that the Kingdom of GOD is the
Kingdom of a living Spirit Who
holds converse with His
people.'--BISHOP WESTCOTT._

_'Some place their religion in
books, some in images, some in the
pomp and splendour of external
worship, but some with illuminated
understandings hear what the Holy
Spirit speaketh in their
hearts'--THOMAS A KEMPIS._

_'Lord, when I look upon mine own
life it seems Thou hast led me so
carefully, so tenderly, Thou canst
have attended to none else; but
when I see how wonderfully Thou
hast led the world and art leading
it, I am amazed that Thou hast had
time to attend to such as
I.'--AUGUSTINE._

II. 'PURE FOY, MA JOYE'

'He is stiff as a tree and pure as a bell, and we could never bow
him.' So spoke the rough soldiers of Scarborough Castle of their
prisoner, George Fox, after he had been set at liberty. A splendid
thing it was for soldiers to say of a prisoner whom they had held
absolutely in their power. But a tree does not grow stiff all at once.
It takes many years for a tiny seedling to grow into a sturdy oak. A
bell has to undergo m