Cross and Crown: Or, the Sufferings and Triumphs of the Heroic Men and Women Who Were Persecuted for the Religion of Jesus Christ (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Times seemed to expire with the martyr. It was thus with Christianity in the days of the primitive Church, the history of which is an almost unbroken record of martyrdom. The proudest and most fruitful triumphs of that Church were won at the stake, in the arena, and on the scaffold. In this con fliet, said the great Napoleon, summing up the triumphs of the religion of Christ, all the kings and all the forces of the earth were arrayed on one side. Upon the other I see no army, but a mysterious energy, individuals scattered here and there, in all parts of the globe, having no other rallying sign than a common faith in the mysteries of the Cross On the one side we see rage and all the furies of hatred and violence; on the other there is gentleness, moral courage, infinite resigna tion. For three hundred years the spirit struggled against the brutality of sense, the conscience against despotism, the soul against the body; virtue against all the vices. The blood of Christians flowed in torrents. They died kissing the hand which.

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