which the common necessities of life were discussed. As their foremost teachers they honored John Hus, Peter Čelčicky, John Milič, and Matthew of Janov. Brother Gregory they respected as the founder of their Union; Brother Lukáš and Blahoslav they classed among their greatest scholars; John August, their first bishop, they highly regarded for his inflexible and virtuous principles, and John Amos Komensky (Comenius), their last bishop, became renowned as a teacher not only among them, but among the foremost masters of the world.
“The list of their martyrs is long; the Bydžovs were the last of them. At the beginning, the world ridiculed their Union, as it ridicules all things that are noble; but as the Union grew and prospered wonderfully, it soon began to be feared. The officer feared the loss of his occupation; the soldier of promotion; the capitalist of his power—if the rules by which the Union was controlled should be generally adopted. The lewd, the lawless, the idle, and all those who encour-
