The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . d in the THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. n3 faith; when arrested, they confessed at once, nor admitted the suggestion ofthe tempter for a moment. BLANDINAS TRIUMPH. The martyrs were put to death in various ways ; in other words, they wore a chaplet of varying odors and flowers, and presented it to the Father. It became God s wisdom and goodness _ \> .*•*. *^^rf4^*.*^H*2« to appoint that His servants, after enduring a great and manifold con-test, should as vict
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . d in the THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. n3 faith; when arrested, they confessed at once, nor admitted the suggestion ofthe tempter for a moment. BLANDINAS TRIUMPH. The martyrs were put to death in various ways ; in other words, they wore a chaplet of varying odors and flowers, and presented it to the Father. It became God s wisdom and goodness _ \> .*•*. *^^rf4^*.*^H*2« to appoint that His servants, after enduring a great and manifold con-test, should as victors receive the crown of immortality. Maturus, Sanc- tus, Blandina, and Attaluswere offered towild beasts inthe amphithea-tre, in the com-mon spectacleof heathen in-humanity. One ex-traordinary dayof the showsbeing affordedthe people onour account,Maturus andSanctus weredealt with asif they had suf-fered nothing-before, —like those wrestlers fountain of fgeria. who, having already won several combats, are obliged to contend afresh withother conquerors, till some one overcomes all, and so is crowned. As they were. nai 114 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. led to the amphitheatre, they bore the blows inflicted on the condemned: theywere exposed to be dragged and torn by the beasts, to all the barbarities whichthe mad populace with shouts exacted, and above all to the hot iron chair, whencecame the shocking odor of their roasting flesh. But not a word could be drawnfrom Sanctus, beyond his frequent I am a Christian. Only after long tormentswere these faithful gladiators released by death. Blandina, suspended to a stake in the form of a cross, and occupied in con-stant prayer, was offered to the beasts, which at that time would not touch combatants, beholding Christ crucified in the person of their sister in thefaith, were inspired with new alacrity. She was taken down, thrown again intoprison, and reserved for a future contest. Weak and despicable as she mightappear, gra
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