The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . 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. MATTATHIAS SLAYS THE APOSTATE. (33) 34 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. was living at Modin, a town near the seaport Joppa. And when he saw theblasphemies that were committed in Judah and
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . 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. MATTATHIAS SLAYS THE APOSTATE. (33) 34 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. was living at Modin, a town near the seaport Joppa. And when he saw theblasphemies that were committed in Judah and Jerusalem, he said, Woe is me !Wherefore was I born to see the misery of my people, and of the holy city, and todwell there, when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuaryinto the hand of strangers ? Her temple is dishonored; her glorious vessels arecarried away into captivity; her infants are slain in the streets; her young menwith the sword of the alien. What nation has not had a part in her kingdom,and gotten of her spoils ? All her ornaments are taken away ; from a free womanshe is become a bond-slave, And, behold, our sanctuary, even our beauty andour glory, is laid waste, Gentiles have profaned it. To what end thenshould we live any longer? Then he and his sons rent their clothes, and puton sackcloth, and mourned very sore. Soon the kings emissaries, led by one Apelle
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