To his astonishment Squire Moyle was among the first-comers.

He led Honoria by the hand, entered the Tredinnis pew and shut the door with a slam.
It was the only pew left unmutilated.

The rest of the congregation-- and curiosity made it larger than usual--had to stand; but a wife of one of the miners found a hassock and passed it to Humility, who thanked her for it with brimming eyes.

Mr.Raymond said afterward that this was the first success of the campaign.
Not willing to tire his audience, he preached a very short sermon; but it was his manifesto, and all the better for being short.

He took his text from Nehemiah, Chapter II., verses 19 and 20-- "_But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said: 'What is this thing that ye do?
Will ye rebel against the King ?_'" "_Then answered I them and said unto them, 'The God of Heaven, He will prosper us; therefore, we His servants will arise and build_.' "Fellow-parishioners," he said, "you see the state of this church.
Concerning the cause of it I require none of you to judge.