. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. *, aud wasalways equal to the re-sponsibilities that were 1thrust upon him. Solid,quiet, and steadfast, heseemed older than hisyears. When at thirty-three he defied the mostpowerful of earthlymonarchs, he was mere-ly acting out the parthe had chosen longbefore. From that datehis views, his attitude,and his sym pat hiesnever changed. He hadcounted the cost of hisventure, and found thesource of inwardstrength. The mostbeautiful and benignant status of william the silent, at
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. *, aud wasalways equal to the re-sponsibilities that were 1thrust upon him. Solid,quiet, and steadfast, heseemed older than hisyears. When at thirty-three he defied the mostpowerful of earthlymonarchs, he was mere-ly acting out the parthe had chosen longbefore. From that datehis views, his attitude,and his sym pat hiesnever changed. He hadcounted the cost of hisventure, and found thesource of inwardstrength. The mostbeautiful and benignant status of william the silent, at the of the Reformation were shown forth in him. Hs cheerful fortitudesurmounted all reverses, his calm and gentle faith was as strong as that of themost fiery fanatic. No secluded pietist trusted more utterly to the mercy ofGod in Christ; but he believed that Heaven works not by miracle, but by humanagencies, and that head, heart, and hand should do their utmost to serve the crusading hermit cared more for the Truth than he; but he had seen farther. 624 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY.
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