18 True Nobles and Heroes.

that rewards, rank, wealth, are absolutely as
nothing in the balance—his Orders of Merit
sold that he may have the wherewithal to
send money to the relief of the starving
folk in Lancashire at the time of the Cotton
Famine.

Another noble instance of a godly general
was Cromwell, who, supported by his brave
Tronsides, the cause of right and truth on
their side, could look up to God for His
blessing, and then with confidence rush on
to victory. Nay, who were not ashamed,
amidst the jeers and scoffs of the gay Cava-
liers, to sing their song of worship in the
cold grey morning to the God of battles,
and to offer up earnest believing prayer to
Him, feeling solemn indeed, as they remem-
bered that perhaps before nightfall their
head would be laid upon the sod. These
morning services did not unfit them for
their work, for sometimes, as at Dunbar,
before they had time to finish their “ morning
exercises,” the Royal horse deployed in line
in their front, and these Christian soldiers
(if there ever were such) had to push their
Bibles underneath their doublet, leap into