Yet, still, in spite of bodily ill-usage and imprisonment, through good report and through evil report, through fair weather and foul, the work of scattering the seed continued steadily, day after day, month after month, year after year. The messengers went on, undaunted; the Message spread and took root throughout the land; the trials of the work were swallowed up in the triumphant joy of service and of 'Publishing Truth.' FOOTNOTES: [14] W.C. Braithwaite, _Beginnings of Quakerism_. [15] W.C. Braithwaite, _Beginnings of Quakerism_. [16] Jamaica, with its deadly climate, had lately been taken by England from Spain, and was at this time proving the grave of hundreds of English soldiers. [17] _Cameos from the Life of George Fox_, by E.E. Taylor. [18] Sewel's _History of the Quakers_. [19] W.C. Braithwaite, _Beginnings of Quakerism_. [20] Besse, _Sufferings of the Quakers_. XVI. WRESTLING FOR GOD _'Being but a boy, Edward Burrough had the spirit of a man. Reviling, slandering, buffetting and caning were oft his lot. Nothing could make this hero shrink.'--SEWEL._ _'His natural disposition was bold and manly, what he took in hand he did with his might; loving, courteous, merciful and easy to be entreated; he delighted in conference and reading of the holy scriptures.'--'Piety Promoted.'_ _'Dear Brother, mind the Lord and stand in His will and counsel. And dwell in the pure measure of God in thee, and there thou wilt see the Lord God present with thee. For the bringing forth many out of prison art thou there set; behold the word of the Lord cannot be bound. The Lord God of Power give thee wisdom, courage, manhood, and boldness, to thresh down all deceit. Dear Heart, be valiant, and mind the pure Spirit of God in thee, to guide thee up into God, to thunder down all deceit within and without. So farewell, and God Almighty keep you.'--GEORGE FOX, to a friend in the ministry._ _'So, all dear and tender hearts, abide in the counsel of God, and let not the world overcome your minds but wait for a daily victory over it.'--E. BURROUGH._ _'Give me the strength to surrender my strength to Thee in Love.'--RABINDRANATH TAGORE._ XVI. WRESTLING FOR GOD 'A brisk young man with a ready tongue' was the verdict passed upon Edward Burrough, the hero of this story, by a certain Mr. Thomas Ellwood when he met him first in the year 1659.