Do not then be cast down, nor allow your heart to sink into despair.

Remember that you have acted the part of a zealous and faithful champion on behalf of our holy Church, and that you have been a blessed scourge of Popery in this Pope-ridden country.

Let that reflection, then, be your consolation.

Think of the many priests you have hunted--and hunted successfully too; think of how many bitter Papists of every class you have been the blessed means of committing to the justice of our laws; think of the numbers of Popish priests and bishops you have, in the faithful discharge of your pious duty, committed to chains, imprisonment, transportation, and the scaffold--think of all these things, I say, and take comfort to your soul by the retrospect.

Would you wish to receive the rites and consolations of religion at my hands ?" "Come near me, Strong," repeated Smell-priest.