They now resorted to an ingenious expedient for protecting themselves with the authority of law.

Five men, who had trades, went forth to different towns, with their tools in one hand and the Bible in the other.

Wherever they went they worked at their trades, and at the same time preached Christ to the people.

The experiment succeeded wonderfully.

They could no longer be treated as vagabonds, and the spirit of religious inquiry spread in all directions.