It is not enough to take up lance and shield, and to place a red cross upon the shoulder.

Those who desire to fight the battle of the Lord must cleanse their hearts, and go forth in the spirit of pilgrims rather than knights.

I mean not that they should trust wholly to spiritual weapons--for in truth the infidel is a foe not to be despised--but I mean that they should lay aside all thoughts of worldly glory and rivalry one against another." "And think you, Father, that such is the spirit with which King Richard and the other kings and nobles now preparing to go to the Holy Land are animated ?" Father Francis hesitated.
"It is not for me, my son, to judge motives, or to speak well or ill of the instruments who have been chosen for this great work.

It is of all works the most praiseworthy, most holy.

It is horrible to think that the holy shrines of Jerusalem should be in the hands of men who believe not in our Redeemer; and I hold it to be the duty of every man who can bear arms, no matter what his rank or his station, to don his armor and to go forth to battle in the cause.