The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . age, provoked them, as desiring to depart more quickly from a wicked world. THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 99 He The multitude, astouished at the fortitude of the true worshippers, criedout, Away with the Atheists ! Search for Polycarp ! One, by name Quintus,lately come from Phrygia, at sight of the beasts, trembled and gave wayhad persuadedsome to come,unsought andof their ownaccord, beforethe the pro-consul, bysoothingspeeches, in-duced to swearand to sacri-
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . age, provoked them, as desiring to depart more quickly from a wicked world. THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 99 He The multitude, astouished at the fortitude of the true worshippers, criedout, Away with the Atheists ! Search for Polycarp ! One, by name Quintus,lately come from Phrygia, at sight of the beasts, trembled and gave wayhad persuadedsome to come,unsought andof their ownaccord, beforethe the pro-consul, bysoothingspeeches, in-duced to swearand to sacri-fi c e . Onthis account,brethren, wedo not ap-prove thosewho offerthemselves formartyrdom;for we havenot so learnedChrist. The ex-cellent Pol 3-carp, when heheard whattook pi ace, wasunmoved, andintended to re-main in thecity. But onthe entreatiesof his people,he retired to temple of minerva. a village at no great distance ; and there, with a few friends, he spent thetime m praying, after his custom, for all the churches in the world. Three-days before he was seized, he had a vision while at prayer; he saw his pillow. .rOO THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. consumed by fire, and, turning to the company, said, I must be burned. Onbearing that those in search of him were at hand, he removed to another finding him, the officers seized two servants, one of whom was. induced, by
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