He waved his long sword as he spoke
and dared the armies of Satan to come on, and it was hard to tell
which he really meant, the forces of sin, or the armies of men whom
he believed to be fighting on the wrong side.
Someone told him that the keys of the church were brought, but he
heeded not the interruption, except to thunder forth "What care I for
your steeple house! The Church of God is in the souls of the
faithful. Is it not written 'The kingdom of heaven is within you?'
What, can ye not worship save between four walls?" And then he went
on with the utmost fervour and vehemence, calling on all around to
set themselves free from the chains that held them and to strive even
to the death.
He meant all he said. He really believed he was teaching the only
way of righteousness, and so his words had a force that went home to
people's hearts as earnestness always does, and Jephthah, with tears
in his eyes, began begging and praying his father to let him go and
fight for the good Cause.
"Aye, aye," said Kenton, "against the world, the flesh, and the
devil, and welcome, my son.
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