e. That is why he has to be called
John Smith, because no one knows now, no one ever will know, what his
real name may have been. 'But,' as William Savery used to say when he
was prevailed on to tell the story, 'the thing to know and remember is
that it is possible to overcome Evil with Good.'

XXXI. HOW A FRENCH NOBLE BECAME A FRIEND

_Sentences from 'No Cross, No Crown,'
by WILLIAM PENN._

_'Come, Reader, hearken to me
awhile; I seek thy salvation; that
is my plot; thou wilt forgive me.'_

_'Thou, like the inn of old, hast
been full of guests; thy affections
have entertained other lovers;
there has been no room for thy
Saviour in thy soul ... but his
love is after thee still, & his
holy invitation continues to save
thee.'_

_'Receive his leaven, & it will
change thee; his medicine and it
will cure thee; he is as infallible
as free; without money and with
certainty.... Yield up the body,
soul & spirit to Him that maketh
all things new: new heavens & new
earth, new love, new joy, new
peace, new works, a new life &
conversation....'_

_'The inward, steady righteousness
of Jesus is another thing than all
the contrived devotion of poor
superstitious man.... True worship
is an inward work; the soul must be
touched and raised in its heavenly
desires by the heavenly Spirit....
So that souls of true worshippers
see God: and this they wait, they
pant, they thirst for.'_

_'Worship is the supreme act of
man's life.'_

XXXI. HOW A FRENCH NOBLE BECAME A FRIEND

Now we come to a Saint who had a life so full of adventures that a
book twice as big as this one would be needed to contain the stories
that might be told about him alone.

Unlike any of the other 'Quaker Saints' in this book, he was by birth
a Frenchman and came of noble family. His name was Etienne de Grellet.
He was born nearly a century after the death of George Fox; but he
probably did not know that such a person