It might have to be drawn forth in battle; but it must be wielded in obedience, and not in irresponsible rebellion.

Faithful steadfastness was asked of all God's children; but not all were called on to go forth as champions of even a righteous cause.

Their duty might be to stand and wait for what the Lord would bid them do.
Dalaber had a strong conviction that alone, and acting upon his own impulses only, he would do harm rather than good.

He was not the stuff of which leaders are made.

He knelt down suddenly, and prayed for grace and guidance; and scarcely had he risen from his knees before a step upon the stairs and a knock at the door warned him of the approach of a visitor.
The next minute Arthur Cole stood before him.