. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. save thee, good , they cried: Christ strengthen thee and help thee ! The Holy Ghostcomfort thee ! When the fire was kindled, a man cruelly cast a fagot at him,which struck his face, so that the blood ran down. Friend, said he, I haveharm enough; what needed that? He had not been allowed to speak to thepeople ; and as he was repeating the fifty-first psalm, a knight struck him on thelips, saying: You knave, speak in Latin, or I will make you. Having com-mended his
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. save thee, good , they cried: Christ strengthen thee and help thee ! The Holy Ghostcomfort thee ! When the fire was kindled, a man cruelly cast a fagot at him,which struck his face, so that the blood ran down. Friend, said he, I haveharm enough; what needed that? He had not been allowed to speak to thepeople ; and as he was repeating the fifty-first psalm, a knight struck him on thelips, saying: You knave, speak in Latin, or I will make you. Having com-mended his soul to God, he stood still without either crying or moving, withhis hands folded together, till one with a halberd struck him on the head, sothat the brains fell out, and the corpse fell down into the fire. LATIMER AND RIDLEY. These four perished in February. In March eight followed, among themRobert Ferrar, who had been bishop of St. Davids, and was burned at Carmar-then in Wales. By the end of September sixty-two had perished. October 16th,1555, was the last day on earth of Ridley and Latimer, the famous and godly. LATIMER EXORTING RIDLEY AT THE STAKE. Be of good comfort. Master Ridley, and play ttie man; we shall tliis day ligld such a candle by Gods grace as I trust shall never be put THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 329 ex-bishops of London and Worcester; Oxford, which had been their place oftrial and imprisonment, witnessed their last confession. The dying words ofLatimer were a prophecy: Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play theman; we shall this day light such a candle by Gods grace in England as I trustshall never be put out. We are told that he received the flame as it wereembracing it. After he had stroked his face with his hands, and, as it were,bathed them a little in the fire, he soon died, as it appeared, with very little pain,or none. These triumphs over death were not confined to great prelates and learneddivines. Plain tradesmen and mechanics, wo
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