John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . Church of S. Pierre, Geneva. i5S9] On the Continent 137 by the congregation—the Book of Geneva—wassubstantially that which had been originally inuse at Frankfort prior to the troubles; and itwas the Service-book which, with some modifica-tion, became in 1560 the Book of Common Orderin the Scottish Church. Knoxs life at Geneva was no idle one, althoughhe called it, by comparison with life in hisnative land, a den of ease. Three months afterhis return from Scotland, he excuses himselffor bare and brief letters on the ground offamily cares and co
John Knox : the hero of the Scottish Reformation . Church of S. Pierre, Geneva. i5S9] On the Continent 137 by the congregation—the Book of Geneva—wassubstantially that which had been originally inuse at Frankfort prior to the troubles; and itwas the Service-book which, with some modifica-tion, became in 1560 the Book of Common Orderin the Scottish Church. Knoxs life at Geneva was no idle one, althoughhe called it, by comparison with life in hisnative land, a den of ease. Three months afterhis return from Scotland, he excuses himselffor bare and brief letters on the ground offamily cares and congregational work. The pre-sence in his household of a mother-in-law whohabitually required his spiritual counsel would not eminent author declares] testifies to a good, sound, down-right friendship between the two; and in one of Kncxsletters occurs what the same writer calls the truest touchof personal humility in all Knoxs extant writings. Re-ferring to his own constancy in friendship, although ofnature churlish, he modestly accounts thus f
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