Personal reminiscences of a great crusade

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 Excerpt: ... and work. Another letter was from Pastor Theodore Monod, who was prevented joining us by the obligation to attend a series of Conferences in the South of France He wrote:--"We are with you in spirit; we are providing ourselves with ammunition; we shall make use of your guns on the battle-field. Surely it is high time that every Christian should rouse himself to more earnest prayer, more steadfast trust and more whole-hearted devotion, and, as a necessary consequence, march forward in the Saviour's might against these citadels of iniquity." M. de Pressense"s speech on this occasion was one of the most remarkable we had ever heard. Mr. Stansfeld spoke of it as follows:--"I knew that M. de Pressense-was a politician with a great and well-deserved reputation in his own country. I knew that he was an orator and a well-known divine; but I did not expect the privilege which was in store for us in the discourse to which we have just listened, a discourse displaying merits which are very rarely to be found combined in the speech of one man. It was the speech of a philosopher who has alike the instinct and training of a statesman. It contained the clearest statement of principle, and it was full of the divine sentiment of love which should fill the hearts of those who preach the Gospel. It was delivered with an energy and antithesis of eloquence of which, I fear, few Englishmen are capable." Every word of this speech is worthy of reproduction, but I only give here an extract or two. "I entreat you to observe," M. de Pressens6 said, "that the State can only defend rights conformably with right, and with respect for individual liberty. Now in the case we are considering, not only does it pursue the opposite of right, but the mea...