The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . LYSIAS. 4o THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. Meantime the Maccabee, being informed of this plan, had withdrawn byanother way and fallen on the camp of Nicanor, whose troops he soon routedand pursued with slaughter. Not waiting to take the spoils, he turned uponGorgias, who was recalled from vain wanderings in the hills by the sight of hiscolleagues burning tents. A panic seized these invaders, who saw the tablesturned upon them, and from pursuers became the pursued. In these
The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times . LYSIAS. 4o THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. Meantime the Maccabee, being informed of this plan, had withdrawn byanother way and fallen on the camp of Nicanor, whose troops he soon routedand pursued with slaughter. Not waiting to take the spoils, he turned uponGorgias, who was recalled from vain wanderings in the hills by the sight of hiscolleagues burning tents. A panic seized these invaders, who saw the tablesturned upon them, and from pursuers became the pursued. In these two en-gagements, or rather in the chase of the fliers, nine thousand Syrians JUDAS RESTORES THE TEMPLE. Gorgias fled to the fortress at Jerusalem, and Nicanor, putting off his gloriousapparel and discharging his company, came like a fugitive servant with dishonorti Antioch, where he told abroad that the Jews had God to fight for them, andtherefore they could not be hurt, because they followed the laws He gave action occurring on a Friday, the victors spent their Sabbath withpeaceful triumph and due observances in the enemys camp, where they found THE STORY OP OUR CHRISTIANITY. 41 great and useful spoil of money, provisions, plate and munitions of war. Theprisoners, especially those that had come to buy Jewish captives, were sold forslaves. Such were the manners of the time: Woe to the vanquished wasthe motto in all wars. Discouraged and reluctant, Timotheus and Bacchides brought another armyagainst Israel, but were defeated with the loss of twenty thousand men and alltheir goods. Of this engagement we have no particulars ; but Judas was nowso well pr
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