The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . A COBBLER INSTALLED IN A RUINED BATHS OF CARACALtA. 160 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 161 naturally be indignant at this new and sudden requirement, and at the suspicionwhich it implied. If they spoke or acted rashly, how easy to say, You see,these Christians are all disloyal; not one of them can be trusted. They are astanding men-ace to govern-ment: it istime to putthem down. AT NICOMEDIA. So thefierce Galeriusthought, andso he it wasyears beforehe cou
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . A COBBLER INSTALLED IN A RUINED BATHS OF CARACALtA. 160 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 161 naturally be indignant at this new and sudden requirement, and at the suspicionwhich it implied. If they spoke or acted rashly, how easy to say, You see,these Christians are all disloyal; not one of them can be trusted. They are astanding men-ace to govern-ment: it istime to putthem down. AT NICOMEDIA. So thefierce Galeriusthought, andso he it wasyears beforehe could bringDiocletianover to hisviews. Theemperor wasold, sick, andtired of thecares of state;his wife anddaughter weresaid to be se-cretly Chris-tians. Allwinter the tworulers weretogether atNicomedia, inAsia, not farfrom the coastof youngerman urged; the elder ob- chorch of sr. ikophimus, a companion of st. paul. jected, doubted, feared to act. The emperor wished to restrict the persecution tothe court and army; the younger insisted that it should be general, the object
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