Foxe's Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution .. . ed him while separated from his friends, strippedhim of his clothing, and beat him cruelly with sticks. After they hadthus revenged themselves upon him, they asked him whether he wouldrebuild their temple which he had torn down. Marcus not only re-fused to rebuild it, but threatened to have it again destroyed shouldthey restore it themselves. Enraged at this defiant answer, his per-secutors cast about for some way of punishing him, and finally hitupon a plan as
Foxe's Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution .. . ed him while separated from his friends, strippedhim of his clothing, and beat him cruelly with sticks. After they hadthus revenged themselves upon him, they asked him whether he wouldrebuild their temple which he had torn down. Marcus not only re-fused to rebuild it, but threatened to have it again destroyed shouldthey restore it themselves. Enraged at this defiant answer, his per-secutors cast about for some way of punishing him, and finally hitupon a plan as cruel as it was singular. They bound Marcus withcords and placed him in a large basket, which they hung in a tree,after first smearing the poor prisoners body over with honey, to attractthe wasps, which were very numerous in that country. After beingthus hung up in the tree, Marcus was asked for the last time whetherhe would restore the temple; he again refused, and his tormentors lefthim to perish by the stings of the venomous insects. Death of Julian the the Apostate, dying of a wound which he received in bat-. MARCUS IS HUNG IN A TREE AND STUNG TO DEATH BY WASPS 14^ THE WORLDS CHRISTIAN MARTYRS. tie with the Persians, was succeeded by Jovian, who restored peaceto the church. After the death of Jovian, Valentinian became em-peror with his brother Valens, who had the command in the latter was a great favorer of Arianism. It is even recorded ofhim that he once ordered his soldiers to slay all the Christians in thecity of Edessa, in Mesopotamia, while they were in the officers, however, being more merciful than the emperor, gavewarning to the Christians not to assemble on the day appointed,so that they might escape death. The Christians thanked the officers for the advice, but resolvedto go to church as usual; accordingly the troops were put in motionto destroy them. As they marched along, a woman, with a child inher arms, ran through the r
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