'It is true that the Gospel of Christ is a Gospel of love.

Yet there are circumstances in which it is wrong to follow it.

Is it possible to rouse our people out of their sordid apathy, to save Ireland for a place among the nations, except by preaching a mighty indignation against the tyranny which has crushed us to the dust ?' He felt that Canon Beecher's eyes never left him for a moment while he spoke.

He looked up, and saw in them an intense pleading.

There stole over him a desire to yield, to submit himself to this appealing tenderness.