Protestantism in France From Death of Francis I to Edict of Nantes - James Aitken Wylie

up to march before its consecrated hosts, and fight
its holy battles.
From the moment he espoused the Protestant
cause, Coligny's character acquired a new
grandeur. The arrangements of his household were
a model of order. He rose early, and having dressed
himself, he summoned his household to prayers,
himself leading their devotion. Business filled up
the day and not a few of its hours were devoted to
the affairs of the Church; for deputies were
continually arriving at the Castle of Chatillon from
distant congregations, craving the advice or aid of
the admiral. Every other day a sermon was
preached before dinner when it chanced, as often
happened, that a minister was living under his roof.
At table a psalm was sung, and a prayer offered.
After an early supper came family devotions, and
then the household were dismissed to rest. It
mattered not where Colby was, or how occupied--
in the Castle of Chatillon surrounded by his
children and servants, or in the camp amid the
throng of captains and soldiers--this was ever the
God-fearing manner of his life. Not a few of the
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