In that case all must be done again, and the Bill re-passed, unless the House accepted his amendment instantly by acclamation.
Mabel herself was inclined to these clauses.

They provided that, although worship was to be offered in every parish church of England on the ensuing first day of October, this was not to be compulsory on all subjects till the New Year; whereas, Germany, who had passed the Bill only a month before, had caused it to come into full force immediately, thus compelling all her Catholic subjects either to leave the country without delay or suffer the penalties.

These penalties were not vindictive: on a first offence a week's detention only was to be given; on the second, one month's imprisonment; on the third, one year's; and on the fourth, perpetual imprisonment until the criminal yielded.

These were merciful terms, it seemed; for even imprisonment itself meant no more than reasonable confinement and employment on Government works.
There were no mediaeval horrors here; and the act of worship demanded was so little, too; it consisted of no more than bodily presence in the church or cathedral on the four new festivals of Maternity, Life, Sustenance and Paternity, celebrated on the first day of each quarter.
Sunday worship was to be purely voluntary.
She could not understand how any man could refuse this homage.

These four things were facts--they were the manifestations of what she called the Spirit of the World--and if others called that Power God, yet surely these ought to be considered as His functions.