I mean, not that they should trust wholly to spiritual weapons--for in truth the infidel is a foe not to be despised--but I mean, that they should lay aside all thoughts of worldly glory, and rivalry one against another." "And think you, Father, that such is the spirit with which King Richard and the other kings and nobles now preparing to go to the Holy Land are animated ?" Father Francis hesitated.
"It is not for me, my son, to judge motives, or to speak well or ill the instruments who have been chosen for this great work.

It is of all works the most praiseworthy, most holy.

It is horrible to think that the holy shrines of Jerusalem should be in the hands of men who believe not in our Redeemer; and I hold it to be the duty of every man who can bear arms, no matter what his rank or his station, to don his armour and to go forth to battle in the cause.

Whether success will crown the effort, or whether God wills it otherwise, it is not for man to discuss; it is enough that the work is there, and it is our duty to do it." "And think you, Father, that it will do good to England ?" "That do I, my son, whether we gain the Holy Land or no.

Methinks that it will do good service to the nation that Saxon and Norman should fight together under the holy cross.