And so these “little people” will go vigorously on, undismayed, even though, in the inscrutable providence of Almighty God, their beloved leader be taken away from their eyes with a stroke; or though an ungodly Parliament decree, like him of old, that at what time the sound of its Act shall be heard, all people who are firemen, and stokers, and pointsmen, and railway directors, guards, or clerks, shall forsake the service of God on his holy day, and fall down and worship their golden image, and shall seduce all vagrant men and foolish maids to scorn the Word of God and do the like; certifying whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he shall, the same hour, be “fined the sum of £200 to our Sovereign Lady the Queen!” No, no; none of these things shall influence the struggle. Be it known, that the Sabbath observers will not regard thee, O Joseph Locke, and thy bill! Let your bill pass to-morrow; still, not merely in our modern Babylon and over our whole land, shall the God-fearing people rise up against you for the vindication of his honour, but (be under no mistake) we will continue at our stock-holding posts, and raise our voices in your companies as of old: we will in no respect alter our tactics; we will only enlarge our position. We will continue to move in your companies—for no human legislature can abrogate the divine law or compel conscience—‘that no systematic railway work be done on the Lord’s day;’ and we shall, in addition, there also move, ‘that the companies do petition both Houses of Parliament to rescind’ your iniquitous law. You thus will just duplicate our motions; you will just enlarge the field of discussion. Do your worst; “to this complexion must you come at last.”