? ? ? ? At last, when he considered the time to be ripe, he began secretly to sow the seeds of discontent among the people. It was his deliberate purpose, from the beginning, to subvert the government, but of course he kept that to himself for a time. He used different arts with different individuals. He awakened dissatisfaction in one quarter by calling attention to the shortness of the Sunday services; he argued that there should be three three-hour services on Sunday instead of only two. Many had secretly held this opinion before; they now privately banded themselves into a party to work for it. He showed certain of the women that they were not allowed sufficient voice in the prayermeetings; thus another party was formed. No weapon was beneath his notice; he even descended to the children, and awoke discontent in their breasts because -as HE discovered for them -- they had not enough Sunday-school. This created a third party.
? ? ? ? Now, as the chief of these parties, he found himself the strongest power in the community.
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