On the other hand, I have seen young Turks, untrained to arms, strike in on behalf of the Koran as lustily as these brave fellows behind us did for the Bible which Master Pettigrue held up in front of them.' 'I trust, sir,' said the minister gravely, 'that you do not, by these remarks, intend to institute any comparison between our sacred scriptures and the writings of the impostor Mahomet, or to infer that there is any similarity between the devil-inspired fury of the infidel Saracens and the Christian fortitude of the struggling faithful!' 'By no means,' Saxon answered, grinning at me over the minister's head.
'I was but showing how closely the Evil One can imitate the workings of the Spirit.' 'Too true, Master Saxon, too true!' the clergyman answered sadly.

'Amid the conflict and discord it is hard to pick out the true path.

But I marvel much that amidst the snares and temptations that beset a soldier's life you have kept yourself unsullied, with your heart still set upon the true faith.' 'It was through no strength of mine own,' said Saxon piously.
'In very truth, such men as you are much needed in Monmouth's army,' Master Joshua exclaimed.

'They have there several, as I understand, from Holland, Brandenburg, and Scotland, who have been trained in arms, but who care so little for the cause which we uphold that they curse and swear in a manner that affrights the peasants, and threatens to call down a judgment upon the army.

Others there are who cling close to the true faith, and have been born again among the righteous; but alas! they have had no experience of camps and fields.