cowardly general and rally round the standard of a brave one, so
these listeners in the old Thein Church fell away from halting
Rockycana, and rallied round Gregory the Patriarch. From all parts
of Bohemia, from all ranks of society, from all whom Peter's
writings had touched, from all who were disgusted with the Church of
Rome, and who wished to see the True Church of the Apostles bloom in
purity and beauty again, from all especially who desired the
ministration of priests of moral character--from all these was his
little band recruited. How it all happened we know not; but slowly
the numbers swelled. At last the terrible question arose: How and
where must they live? The question was one of life and death. Not
always could they worship in secret; not always be scattered in
little groups. It was time, they said, to close their ranks and
form an army that should last. "After us," Rockycana had said in a
sermon, "shall a people come well-pleasing unto God and right
healthy for men; they shall follow the Scriptures, and the example
of Christ and the footsteps of the Apostles." And these stern men
felt called to the holy task.

In the year 1457, Uladislaus Postumus, King of Bohemia, died, and
George Podiebrad reigned in his stead; and about the same time it
came to the ears of Gregory the Patriarch that in the barony of
Senftenberg, on the north-east border of Bohemia, there lay a
village that would serve as a home for him and his trusty followers.
And the village was called Kunwald, and the old castle hard by was
called Lititz. The village was almost deserted, and only a few
simple folk, of the same mind as Gregory, lived there now. What
better refuge could be found? Gregory the Patriarch laid the scheme
before his uncle Rockycana; Rockycana, who sympathized with their
views and wished to help them, brought the matter before King