. The great controversy between Christ and Satan during the Christian dispensation . pening of theReformation, there the Revolution set up its first the very spot where the first martyrs to the Protestantfaith were burned in the sixteenth century, the first victimswere guillotined in the eighteenth. In repelling the gospel,which would have brought her healing, France had openedthe door to infidelity and ruin. When the restraints of Godslaw were cast aside, it was found that the laws of man wereinadequate to hold in check the powerful tides of humanpassion; and the nation swept on
. The great controversy between Christ and Satan during the Christian dispensation . pening of theReformation, there the Revolution set up its first the very spot where the first martyrs to the Protestantfaith were burned in the sixteenth century, the first victimswere guillotined in the eighteenth. In repelling the gospel,which would have brought her healing, France had openedthe door to infidelity and ruin. When the restraints of Godslaw were cast aside, it was found that the laws of man wereinadequate to hold in check the powerful tides of humanpassion; and the nation swept on to revolt and war against the Bible inaugurated an era which standsin the worlds history as The Reign of Terror. Peace andhappiness were banished from the homes and hearts of one was secure. He who triumphed to-day was sus-pected, condemned to-morrow. Violence and lust held un-disputed sway. King, clergy, and nobles were compelled to submit to theatrocities of an excited and maddened people. Their thirstfor vengeance was only stimulated by the execution of the. THE BIBLE A XI) THE FRENCH HE VOLUTlON. 283 king; and those who had decreed his death, soon followed11iin to the scaffold. A general slaughter of all suspectedof hostility to the Revolution was determined. The prisonswere crowded, at one time containing more than two hun-dred thousand captives. The cities of the kingdom weretilled with scenes of horror. One party of revolutionists wasagainst another party, and France became a vast field forcontending masses, swayed by the fury of their passions. In Paris one tumult succeeded another, and the citizenswere divided into a medley of factions, that seemed intenton nothing but mutual extermination. And to add to thegeneral misery, the nation became involved in a prolongedand devastating war with the great powers of Europe. Thecountry was nearly bankrupt, the armies were clamoring forarrears of pay, the Parisians were starving, the provinceswere laid waste b
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