. The history of Christianity: consisting of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; the adventures of Paul and the apostles; and the most interesting events in the progress of Christianity, from the earliest period to the present time. light and guidance; though he would, appar-ently with profoundest reverence, fall upon his knees at myside, and listen to my prayers to the Creator. Circumstances soon removed me several hundred miles fromhis dwelling. Whether he be living as I now write theselines with a tearful eye, I know not. A few years ago, aftertwo years of absence, I met him. Sorro
. The history of Christianity: consisting of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; the adventures of Paul and the apostles; and the most interesting events in the progress of Christianity, from the earliest period to the present time. light and guidance; though he would, appar-ently with profoundest reverence, fall upon his knees at myside, and listen to my prayers to the Creator. Circumstances soon removed me several hundred miles fromhis dwelling. Whether he be living as I now write theselines with a tearful eye, I know not. A few years ago, aftertwo years of absence, I met him. Sorrow had left unmistakabletraces upon his marked features. As I took his hand, he ad-mitted that there were still no rays of light to gild the gloomof his pathway to the grave. CHAPTEE Xni. SIX AND MISERY. ITaximin the Goth. — Brutal Assassination of Alexander. —iSIerciless Proscrip-tion. — Eevolt of the Army on the Danube. — Eage of Maximin.*— His Marchupon Kome. — Consternation in the Capital.—Assassination of Maximin.—Successors to the Throne. — Popular Suffrage unavailing. — Persecution underDecius. —Individual Cases. —Extent of the Eoman Empire. — Extent of thePersecution. —Heroism of the Christians. C^^. HE last chapter closed with the reign of Alexan-der Severus, in the year of onr Lord 235. Hismother being a Christian, her son, though still,for popularitys sake, supporting idolatry, wasinduced, out of respect to his mother, to ingraftupon the errors of paganism many of the nobleteachings of Christianity. His death is asso-ciated with one of the most wild and wondrous of the tales ofancient times. Alexander Severus, or the Severe, as he was called, from hispuritanic severity of morals, was returning with his armyfrom a war expedition to the East. On the plains of Thracehe stopped to celebrate the birth of a son. In commemora-tion of the joyful event, there was a display of all the militarypageants and gymnastic games then in vogue. The whole army
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