It was felt to be a time of individual preparation for the _Sacramentum_ of the following day, which Protestant Ulster had set apart as a day of self-dedication to a cause for which they were willing to make any sacrifice.
FOOTNOTES: [28] _The Scotsman_, November 2nd, 1911.
[29] See Sir B.Carson's speech in _Belfast Newsletter_, September 24th, 1912.
[30] See _ante_, p.

53.
[31] See p.

106.
[32] See p.

248.
[33] _The Times_, September 23rd, 1912.
[34] _The Daily Telegraph_, September 25th, 1912.
[35] _Belfast Newsletter_, September 24th, 1912.
[36] The article which appeared on the following Sunday in _The Observer_, showed how profoundly a distinguished London editor and writer had been moved by what he saw in Belfast..