. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. FRENCH SOLDIERS. CHAPTER IN THE LOW COUNTRIES. HE Netherlands occupy a much smaller spaceon the map than in the history of a region which might be enclosedin almost any one of our American states,a land without natural defenses and exposed,to the constant inroads of the ocean, waswaged for three-quarters of a century a warthat will be remembered with wonder andadmiration so long as men cherish has told the story in seven large andeloque
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. FRENCH SOLDIERS. CHAPTER IN THE LOW COUNTRIES. HE Netherlands occupy a much smaller spaceon the map than in the history of a region which might be enclosedin almost any one of our American states,a land without natural defenses and exposed,to the constant inroads of the ocean, waswaged for three-quarters of a century a warthat will be remembered with wonder andadmiration so long as men cherish has told the story in seven large andeloquent volumes ; we shall have to trace itsoutline far more rapidly. At the beginning of the fifteenth cen-tury Holland, Brabant, and Flanders offeredto the rest of Europe a model of industry,prosperity, and the arts of peace. Theirnarrow confines were crowded with cities, whose commerce and manufactureswent through the known world. The eastern portions had been wrested fromthe sea, and were the home of the most expert sailors and fishermen. Themerchant guilds were ancient and wealthy. The towns and provinces hadcharters of remote date, which secured t
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