The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . ts motive, its persistence, and its Hales, in his New Analysis of Chronology, says that such a triumph ofa petty province over a great empire is hardly to be paralleled in the annals ofhistory. Dr. Raphall maintains, with reason, that this statement might be made The most nearlysimilar strugglein modern times,that of the Dutchprovinces againstPhilip II., magni-ficent as it was,had sympathyand help fromwithout. So ourAmerican colo-nies, in their strif
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . ts motive, its persistence, and its Hales, in his New Analysis of Chronology, says that such a triumph ofa petty province over a great empire is hardly to be paralleled in the annals ofhistory. Dr. Raphall maintains, with reason, that this statement might be made The most nearlysimilar strugglein modern times,that of the Dutchprovinces againstPhilip II., magni-ficent as it was,had sympathyand help fromwithout. So ourAmerican colo-nies, in their strifefor independence,gained allies andassistance fromEurope. Whereasthe Jews, abso-lutely unaided,relied wholly onHeaven, and wonby their own phy-sical prowess and mighty zeal alone. It may be added that distance from theirtyrants, which favored the later revolutionists, was wanting in the case of theMaccabees. The British armies had to be brought across the Atlantic, and thosewhich opposed Holland were recruited chiefly in Spain and Italy; whereas Syriawas under one rule, and Antioch at no vast distance from FLIGHT OF REFUGEES TO THE MOUNTAINS. REVOLT OF MATTATHIAS. The war began in what might seem a slight and casual way. Mattathias,an aged priest, descended from Aaron the brother of Moses, with his five sons, frV JlJ Si* Ml1 I nr .. rTYf/Jii ™ ,h fi .•?I >VS- : --?- ? ??? I I I J I Lubi I
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