a quarter past six
Some of his more timid friends thought this conduct rather defiant than wise , and reflecting that a mob has great talents for impromptu , and that legal redress is imperfect satisfaction for having one 's head broken with a brickbat , were beginning to question their consciences very closely as to whether it was not a duty they owed to their families to stay at home on Sunday evening . These timorous persons , however , were in a small minority , and the generality of Mr. Tryan 's friends and hearers rather exulted in an opportunity of braving insult for the sake of a preacher to whom they were attached on personal as well as doctrinal grounds . Miss Pratt spoke of Cranmer , Ridley , and Latimer , and observed that the present crisis afforded an occasion for emulating their heroism even in these degenerate times ; while less highly instructed persons , whose memories were not well stored with precedents , simply expressed their determination , as Mr. Jerome had done , to ` stan ' by ' the preacher and his cause , believing it to be the 'cause of God ' . On Sunday evening , then , at a quarter past six , Mr. Tryan , setting out from Mr. Landor 's with a party of his friends who had assembled there , was soon joined by two other groups from Mr. Pratt 's and Mr. Dunn 's ; and stray persons on their way to church naturally falling into rank behind this leading file , by the time they reached the entrance of Orchard Street , Mr. Tryan 's friends formed a considerable procession , walking three or four abreast . It was in Orchard Street , and towards the church gates , that the chief crowd was collected ; and at Mr. Dempster 's drawing-room window , on the upper floor , a more select assembly of Anti-Tryanites were gathered to witness the entertaining spectacle of the Tryanites walking to church amidst the jeers and hootings of the crowd . To prompt the popular wit with appropriate sobriquets , numerous copies of Mr. Dempster 's play-bill were posted on the walls , in suitably large and emphatic type . As it is possible that the most industrious collector of mural literature may not have been fortunate enough to possess himself of this production , which ought by all means to be preserved amongst the materials of our provincial religious history , I subjoin a faithful copy .