e victory.' You
can't do it by yourself, if you try ever so much."

The man bought the booklet and a Testament. Before he left the place
that colporteur had sold a fourpenny and a twopenny Testament, and
several other religious works, beside distributing tracts gratuitously
all round. [See Report of "The Christian Colportage Association for
England," 1879, page 12.]

"That's what I call carryin' the war into the enemy's camp," remarked
one of the company, as the colporteur thanked them and went away.

"Come, let's go," said Aspel, rising abruptly and draining his glass of
ginger-beer.

Bones followed his example. They went out and overtook the colporteur.

"Are there many men going about like you?" asked Aspel.

"A good many," answered the colporteur. "We work upwards of sixty
districts now. Last year we sold Bibles, Testaments, good books and
periodicals, to the value of 6700 pounds, besides distributing more than
300,000 tracts, and speaking to many people the blessed Word of Life.
It is true we have not yet done much in public-houses, but, as you saw
just now, it is not an unhopeful field. That branch has been started
only a short time ago, yet we have sold in public-houses above five
hundred Bibles and Testaments, and over five thousand Christian books,
besides distributing tracts."

"It's a queer sort o' work," said Bones. "Do you expect much good from
it?"

The colporteur replied, with a look of enthusiasm, that he _did_ expect
much good, because much had already been done, and the promise of
success was sure. He personally knew, and could name, sinners who had
been converted to God through the instrumentality of colporteurs; men
and women who had formerly lived solely for themselves had been brought
to Jesus, and now lived for Him. Swearers had been changed to men of
prayer and praise, and drunkards had become sober men--

"Through that little book, I suppose?" asked Bones quickly.

"Not altogether, but partly by means of it."

"Have you another copy?" asked George Aspel.

The man at once produced the booklet, and Aspel purchased it.

"What do you mean," he said, "by its being only `partly' the means of
saving men from drink?"

"I mean that there is no Saviour from sin of any kind but Jesus Christ.
The remedy pointed out in that little book is, I am told, a good and
effective one, but without the Spirit of God no man has power to
persevere in the application of the remedy. He will get