[For the Faith by Evelyn Everett-Green]@TWC D-Link bookFor the Faith CHAPTER II: "Christian Brothers" 16/21
Let our care be that we who are called and vowed to His service are found not called alone, but chosen and found faithful." The brethren, having finished their work, and replaced the flagstones, spoke farewell, and departed one by one; but Clarke and Dalaber remained with their host, and one man besides, whose face was known to Anthony, and who also came from Oxford. He was another of the cardinal's canons who had come from Cambridge with Clarke, and his name was Henry Sumner.
Evidently he too was of the band of Christian Brothers; and in the long and earnest talk which lasted far into the night, and to which Dalaber listened with the keenest interest, he bore a share, although the chief speaker was Garret, upon whose lips Dalaber hung with wrapt attention, whilst Clarke's words fell softly like distilled dew, calming the heart, and uplifting the spirit into heavenly regions of light and peace. Anthony Dalaber was the only one in that house who desired to behold the spectacle upon the morrow.
Garret's brow was dark, and he spoke of passing the hours in fasting and prayer.
Clarke had friends he wished to visit in the city; but Dalaber's curiosity burnt within him, and none dissuaded him from his plan.
Indeed, it was thought a pious act by the authorities to witness such a scene, and might have been in one way advantageous to the young Oxford graduate to be seen at such an exhibition, if any chanced to observe him there.
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