The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . r perils of the journey;and if he be obliged to seek concealment, let not the solitude of a desert frightenhim. He who keeps Gods temple within him is not alone. And if, in the wil-derness or in the mountains, a robber or a wild beast should attack the fugitive, orliunger, thirst, or cold destroy him; or if, when he crosses the sea, a storm shouldsink his vessel; yet Christ, in every place, beholds His warrior fighting. The bishops were still the especial objects of attack
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . r perils of the journey;and if he be obliged to seek concealment, let not the solitude of a desert frightenhim. He who keeps Gods temple within him is not alone. And if, in the wil-derness or in the mountains, a robber or a wild beast should attack the fugitive, orliunger, thirst, or cold destroy him; or if, when he crosses the sea, a storm shouldsink his vessel; yet Christ, in every place, beholds His warrior fighting. The bishops were still the especial objects of attack, and in particular those ofRome. Fabian had fallen in the last reign; his successor, Cornelius, was nowbanished from the Capital, and then condemned to death. To accept that highoffice at this time was to expose oneself to almost certain punishment; and a third,Lucius, soon shared the same fate. But the persecution does not seem to havebeen general. Gallus was kept busy by enemies far more dangerous than theChristians; and he and his son Volusian, after two years of troubled power, fol-lowed Decius to their CHAPTER IX. VALERIAN.
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