But I hear the voice of the man Saxon, and I must not let him say that I have treated him in a churlish fashion.

Here is the letter, lad.

Read it with care, and remember that when brave men are striving for their rights it is fitting that one of the old rebel house of Clarke should be among them.' I took the letter, and wandering off into the fields, I settled myself under a convenient tree, and set myself to read it.

This yellow sheet which I now hold in my hand is the very one which was brought by Decimus Saxon, and read by me that bright May morning under the hawthorn shade.
I give it to you as it stands; 'To my friend and companion in the cause of the Lord, Joseph Clarke .-- Know, friend, that aid and delivery is coming upon Israel, and that the wicked king and those who uphold him shall be smitten and entirely cast down, until their place in the land shall know them no more.

Hasten, then, to testify to thy own faith, that in the day of trouble ye be not found wanting.
'It has chanced from time to time that many of the suffering Church, both from our own land and from among the Scots, have assembled in this good Lutheran town of Amsterdam, until enough are gathered together to take a good work in hand.