Let me set it up for you now. The armies of Captain Boanerges and the other three captains under the orders of King Shaddai are outside of Irgate. And the people were amazed. Mansoul, who has been captured by Diabolus, they were amazed at this and they went out. And then Diabolus scolds them and we pick it up in the middle of him scolding the Town folk of Mansoul, why do you think I have endeavored to make you as hard as iron and your hearts as a piece of the lowest part of the millstone? Asked Diabolus. Do you think it was because you might show yourselves like idle women and that you might go out like a company of innocent children to gaze on your mortal foes? No, I say no. Defend yourselves. Bang the drum. Gather together in warlike manner so our foes may know that before they think they can conquer this corporation, they must face the valiant men in the town of Mansoul. I will stop scolding you now, and will not further rebuke you, but I charge you, and from now on, let me see no more such actions from you. From this point on, let not a man of you, without order first obtained from me, so much as show his head over the wall of the town of Mansoul. You have now heard me. Do as I have commanded, and by your obedience to me, I shall dwell securely with you. And as I am taken care of, so will your safety and honor be also. Farewell. Now were the townsmen strangely altered. They were as men stricken with the panic fear. They ran to and fro through the streets of the town of Mansoul, crying, Help! Help! The men that turned the world upside down have come here also. Now, none of them could keep quiet after that. As men bereft of wit, they cried out, the destroyers of our peace and people have come. This was all fine with Diabolus. Yes, he said to himself, this I like quite well. This is exactly as I would have it. Now you show your obedience to your prince, just keep it up and then let them take the town if they can. Well, before the king's forces sat before Mansoul three days, Captain Boanerges commanded his trumpeter to go down to Ear Gate and there, in the name of the great Shaddai, summon Mansoul to give audience to the message that he, in his master's name, was commanded to deliver to them. So the trumpeter, whose name was Take heed what you hear, went to Ear Gate, as he was commanded, and there sounded his trumpet for a hearing. No one appeared to give answer or regard the sound. However, for so had Diabolus commanded. So the trumpeter returned to his captain and told him what he had done and also how he had sped. The captain was grieved by this, but bid the trumpeter go to his tent. Again, Captain Boanerges sent his trumpeter to irrigate the sound for a hearing just as he had before, but they again kept close and came not out, nor would they give him an answer, observant of the command they received from Diabolus, their king. Then the captain and other field officers called a council of war to consider what further was to be done for the gaining of the town of Mansoul. After some close and thorough debate upon the contents of their commissions, they concluded to give the town another summons by the hand of the forename Trumpeter. But if that shall be refused, and if the town shall withstand the sound, then they determined, and bid the trumpeter tell them so, that they would endeavor, by whatever means they could, to compel them by force to obey their true king. So Captain Boanerges commanded his trumpeter to go up to Ear Gate again, and in the name of the great king Shaddai, to give it a very loud summons to come down without delay to Ear Gate, and there to give audience to the king's most noble captains. So the trumpeter went and did as he was commanded, He went up to Irgate, sounded his trumpet, and gave a third summons to Mansoul. He said, moreover, if they should still refuse, the captains of his prince would come down upon them with might and endeavor to reduce them to their obedience by force. Then my Lord Willbewill stood up. He was the governor of the town and keeper of the gates of Mansoul. This Willbewill was the apostate of whom mention was made before. He therefore, with big and ruffling words, demanded to know who the trumpeter was, from where he came, what was the reason for his making so hideous a noise at the gate, and for his speaking such insufferable words against the town of Mansoul. The trumpeter answered, I am servant to the most noble captain, Captain Boanerges, general of the forces of the great king Shaddai, against whom both yourself, with the whole town of Mansoul, have rebelled, and lift up the heel. My master, the captain, has a special message for this town, and for you, as one of its members. For which, if you of Mansoul shall peaceably hear, let it be so, and if not, you must take what follows. I will carry your words to my lord, said Willbewill, and hear what he has to say. The trumpeter immediately replied, our message is not to the giant Diabolus, but to the miserable town of Mansoul. To be continued. I love that. And here I have three sets of questions to ponder concerning this episode. The first set is Captain Boehner just sent the trumpeter to sound the summons and speak in the hearing of Mansoul at Eargate. Why do you suppose there was no one in the town who took notice of the summons of the trumpet sound? Read Psalm 14 verses 1 through 3 and Romans 3 verses 10 through 12 for help in answering. Second set of questions is Lord Willbewill, the governor of Mansoul, finally answered the trumpet sound. He told the trumpeter that he would carry the message to his lord, Diabolus, to hear what he had to say. Why did Willbewill give this answer? Read Romans 6 verse 16. How does this verse of scripture inform your answer? And finally, the trumpeter immediately replied that the message was not for Diabolus, but for Mansoul. Why is this? Read Isaiah 58 verse 1. How does this verse of scripture inform your answer?