His words to her soul were as words of life; and one of the things which had first attracted her to Arthur Cole, and become a bond of sympathy between them, was the deep admiration and enthusiasm that he always expressed with regard to Clarke and his doctrine and preaching.

Freda had gone somewhat farther along the road which Anthony was pursuing--the road which led eventually to a greater upheaval and disruption than at that day any, save the most ardent foreign reformers, dreamed of.

Even Garret and Dalaber and their companions were as yet ignorant of the inevitable result of their teaching and convictions.

It seemed to them at this time that such a very little would satisfy them, that the church could not seriously excommunicate them or persecute them for what they believed.

And yet--and yet--there was a sense of coming tempest in the very air.