The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . Y. *7S strangled. A boy of twenty stood unbound, with, bis bands extended in prayer,,exposed to bears and leopards, wbicb would not touch him. A bull, urged witha hot iron, turned on the tormentors and tossed them. At length the brave dispatched. Adauctus, a man of noble birth and high office, suffered bravelyin Rome. A Phrygian town, almost entirely Christian, was thought worthy of theattention ofan army. Thepeople, refus-ing to sacri-fice, ran to thechurch; the
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . Y. *7S strangled. A boy of twenty stood unbound, with, bis bands extended in prayer,,exposed to bears and leopards, wbicb would not touch him. A bull, urged witha hot iron, turned on the tormentors and tossed them. At length the brave dispatched. Adauctus, a man of noble birth and high office, suffered bravelyin Rome. A Phrygian town, almost entirely Christian, was thought worthy of theattention ofan army. Thepeople, refus-ing to sacri-fice, ran to thechurch; thesoldiers set iton fire, and allperished to-gether. Threeladies of Anti-och, otherwisedefenselessagainst theinsults of thesoldiers,sprang intothe sea; twoothers werethrown thereby the perse-cutors. In Pon-tus, on thesouth shoreof the Euxineor Black sea,sharp reedswere thrustunder thefinger-nails ofsom e, and melted lead poured on the triumphal arch of san gallo. backs of others. In Egypt some were tied to crosses witb their heads toward the earth, and so left to die. In one day, at one place, a hundred men, women, and. 174 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. •children were put to death by various torments. When the officers grew tiredof murdering, they took to cutting off a leg or plucking out an eye, and thensending the maimed body to the mines. It is to be remembered that anyof these victims could at any time save what was left of them by submission. A few dying speeches or prayers may end this doleful chapter. Victoria, agirl of Carthage, was troubled by a brother, who claimed that she was of un-sound mind. Such mind as I have, she said, has not changed and willnot change. The proconsul asked, Will you go with, your brother ? No;they are my brethren who obey Gods commands. One in torture cried: Helpme, O Christ! Have pity on me, that I be not brought to confusion ; O giveme strength to suffer. Another, in like case, was told by the proconsul, Youought to have obeyed the edict, a
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