About This Book
The work collects essays that cast Christian life in martial terms, urging a warrior-spirit of inner and outer conquest. Beginning with a call to spiritual awakening and the imitation of Jesus, it examines the church as a militant procession and outlines the world-march of varied social figures—prelates, evangelists, sages, traders, and workers—toward moral renewal. It contrasts inward struggles against personal sin with outward efforts to build a spiritual commonwealth amid modern social and technological change, and it argues that faith summons courage, sacrifice, and disciplined action to effect individual transformation and public reform.
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