[419] We are indebted to the catholic Pierrefleur for these particulars. _Mémoires_, p. 44. [420] Calvin, _Op._ S. Jacques, iv. 18. [421] _Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur_, pp. 41-42, 50-51. [422] _Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur_, pp. 52-53. [423] _Mém. du Sire de Pierrefleur_, p. 56. [424] 'Vicerunt nostrioctodecim suffragiis.'—Viret to Calvin, 11th August, 1554. See also Pierrefleur, p. 297. CHAPTER IV. THE BATTLES OF GRANDSON. (1531-1532.) Farel's zeal was not cooled by the check he had received at Orbe; he saw before him other places that must be evangelised. If he withstood the ambitious demands of the new converts who, like Hollard, fancied themselves more capable than they really were, and indiscreetly sought for consecration to the holy office, he did but seek with more zeal for servants of God, who possessed a spirit of strength, charity, and prudence. Certain men appeared to him to have been ripened in France by persecution. He invited into Switzerland Toussaint, Lecomte, Symphoranus, Andronicus, and others. As soon as these brethren arrived, he sent them into the harvest;[425] and frequently after fervent prayers he seemed to see the whole valley enclosed between the Jura and the Alps filled with the living waters of the Gospel. 'Of a truth,' said he, 'if we look at the times that have gone before, the work of Christ is glorious now.... And yet what roots remain to be torn up before the field is ready to receive the divine seed.[426] What works to be accomplished, what toils to be endured, what enemies to be overcome!... We have need of labourers inured to labour.... I cannot promise them mountains of gold,[427] but I know that the Father will never abandon His own, and that He will give them an abundant harvest.' [Sidenote: MALADY OF PETTY QUESTIONS.]