Whether success will crown the effort, or whether God wills it otherwise, it is not for man to discuss; it is enough that the work is there, and it is our duty to do it." "And think you, Father, that it will do good to England ?" "That do I, my son, whether we gain the Holy Land or no.

Methinks that it will do good service to the nation that Saxon and Norman should fight together under the holy cross.

Hitherto the races have stood far too much apart.

They have seen each other's bad qualities rather than good; but methinks that when the Saxon and the Norman stand side by side on the soil of the Holy Land, and shout together for England, it must needs bind them together, and lead them to feel that they are no longer Normans and Saxons, but Englishmen.

I intend to preach on the village green at Evesham next Sunday morning on this subject, and as I know you are in communication with the forest men, I would, Cuthbert, that you would persuade them to come in to hear me.