The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN. Christ. The limbs, weary with labor, lie on the cold ground, but it is no pain tobe there with Christ. The feet have been fettered with bands and chains, but he THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 145 is happily bound of men whom the Lord doth loose. Though the outward man. AN ALEXANDRIAN DONKEY BOY. be covered with filth, yet the inward man is the more purified. There is butlittle bread ; but man lives not by bread alone, but by the word of God. There 146 TH
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN. Christ. The limbs, weary with labor, lie on the cold ground, but it is no pain tobe there with Christ. The feet have been fettered with bands and chains, but he THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 145 is happily bound of men whom the Lord doth loose. Though the outward man. AN ALEXANDRIAN DONKEY BOY. be covered with filth, yet the inward man is the more purified. There is butlittle bread ; but man lives not by bread alone, but by the word of God. There 146 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. is but little clothing to keep out the cold ; but be that has put on Christ hasgarments and ornaments enough. Even the loss of the means of grace, mydearest brethren, can do your faith no injury. You celebrate the most gloriouscommunion, you bring to God the most costly offering, even yourselves. To the ministers who were undergoing this punishment he wrote: Mostof the faithful have followed your example, confessing with you, and with youbeing crowned ; they love you so that the prison and the mines could notseparate them from you ; even girls and boys are among you. What triumph,to walk through the mines with imprisoned body but free spirit, to know thatChrist delights in the patience of His servants, who tread in His footsteps andwalk in His ways to heaven ! The separat
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