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KISSING THE STAKES

Kissing the Stakes On September 28, Latimer and Ridley were brought to trial again; when the priests demanded…

SUNDAY AWODI REST IN PEACE

SUNDAY AWODI REST IN PEACE In the quietness of the hour When the birds of dawn slumbered In the stillness of the nig…

John Bradford

John Bradford

Bradford (John, a martyr of the Reformation),—1555. " Be of good comfort, brother, for we shall have a merry suppe…

Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

Bruno (Giordano, philosopher of an independent and speculative mind. He was burned at Rome in 1600 by the Inquisition o…

Robert Bruce

Robert Bruce

Bruce (Robert, distinguished divine of the Scottish Church), about 1554-1631. " Now God be with you, my dear child…

John Bradford

John Bradford

Bradford (John, a martyr of the Reformation),—1555. " Be of good comfort, brother, for we shall have a merry suppe…

Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

Bruno (Giordano, philosopher of an independent and speculative mind. He was burned at Rome in 1600 by the Inquisition o…

Michael Angelo Buonarotti

Michael Angelo Buonarotti

Buonarotti (Michael Angelo), 1474-1564. " My soul I resign to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possession…

Godliness or Death

Theodora, a beautiful young lady of Antioch, on refusing to sacrifice to the Roman idols, was condemned to the stews, t…

Saints will Rather Die

Gallus, the emperor, having concluded his wars, a plague broke out in the empire: sacrifices to the pagan deities were …

Bishop of Gortyna

Cyril, bishop of Gortyna, was seized by order of Lucius, the governor of that place, who, nevertheless, exhorted him to…

A Remarkable Persecution

Agatha, a Sicilian lady, was not more remarkable for her personal and acquired endowments, than her piety; her beauty w…

Tortures of the Saints

Trypho and Respicius, two eminent men, were seized as Christians, and imprisoned at Nice. Their feet were pierced with …

Great Origen

Origen, the celebrated presbyter and catechist of Alexandria, at the age of sixty-four, was seized, thrown into a loath…

Butchered Babylas

Babylas, a Christian of a liberal education, became bishop of Antioch, A.D. 237, on the demise of Zebinus. He acted wit…

Distinct Denisa

Denisa, a young woman of only sixteen years of age, who beheld this terrible judgment, suddenly exclaimed, "O unha…

Saved and Martyred

Lucian and Marcian, two wicked pagans, though skilful magicians, becoming converts to Christianity, to make amends for …

Pious Nichomachus

Nichomachus, being brought before the proconsul as a Christian, was ordered to sacrifice to the pagan idols. Nichomachu…

Soldiers Buried in a Hole

In the year of our Lord 251, the emperor Decius having erected a pagan temple at Ephesus, he commanded all who were in …

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