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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…

Be Strong

BE STRONG Quit you like men, be strong – 1 Cor 16:13 Do not pray for easy lives! Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray f…

Comnenus Andronicus

Comnenus Andronicus

Andronicus I. (Comnenus, usurper and emperor), 1115-1185. " Lord, have mercy upon me. Wilt thou break a bruised re…

Saint Anselm

Saint Anselm

Anselm ("Saint," Archbishop of Canterbury), 1034-1109. " I shall gladly obey His call; yet I should also…

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

Bacon (Francis, Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans), 1561-1626. " Thy creatures, O Lord, have  been my books, but …

Saint Anselm

Saint Anselm

Anselm ("Saint," Archbishop of Canterbury), 1034-1109. " I shall gladly obey His call; yet I should also…

Prince Albert

Prince Albert

Albert (Francis-Augustus-Charles-Emmanuel, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He married Queen Victoria, his cousin, the …

Saint Ambrose

Saint Ambrose

Ambrose ("Saint," Latin Father, author of many books of varying value and interest, and author of a method of…

Agrippina (Mother of Emperor Nero)

Agrippina (Mother of Emperor Nero)

Agrippina (mother of the Emperor Nero. She was one of the worst of women, and was condemned to death by her own son),—6…

Henry Alford

Henry Alford

Alford (Henry, commonly called "Dean Alford," English poet and divine, Dean of Canterbury), 1810-1871. "…

Saint Anthony

Saint Anthony

Anthony or Antony ("Saint," surnamed Abbas, the reputed founder of monachism), 251-356. " Let this word …

Eugene Aram

Eugene Aram

Aram  (Eugene, executed for the murder of Daniel Clark. The story of Eugene Aram forms the subject of one of Bulwer'…

Henricus Agrippa

Henricus Agrippa

Agrippa (Henricus Cornelius, German physician, theologian and astrologer, skilled in alchemy and occult sciences), 1486…

Fisher Ames

Fisher Ames

Ames (Fisher, distinguished American statesman, leader of the Federal party in the House of Representatives during the …

Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter

Baxter (Richard, noted English nonconformist, author of "The Saints' Everlasting Rest," and "The Cal…

Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter

Baxter (Richard, noted English nonconformist, author of "The Saints' Everlasting Rest," and "The Cal…

Ariosto

Ariosto

Ariosto (Lodovico, Italian poet), 1479-1533. " This is not my home. "

Venerable Bede

Venerable Bede

Bede (surnamed "The Venerable;" an English monk, and the author of " Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglo…

William Battie

William Battie

Battie (William, English physician), 1704-1776. " Young man, you have heard, no doubt, how great are the terrors o…

Ariosto

Ariosto

Ariosto (Lodovico, Italian poet), 1479-1533. " This is not my home. "

Sylvian Bailly

Sylvian Bailly

Bailly (Jean Sylvain, French astronomer and philosopher, first President of the States-General, and later a victim of t…

Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

Beecher (Henry Ward, distinguished American clergyman, for many years pastor of Plymouth CongregationalChurch, Brooklyn…

Jacob Boehem

Jacob Boehem

Boehm or Bohme (Jacob, German mystic who believed himself divinely illuminated and gifted with an understanding of the …

Viscount Bolingbroke

Viscount Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke  (Henry St. John, Viscount, English author, orator, and politician), 1678-1751. At last, though the precise…

Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher

Beecher (Henry Ward, distinguished American clergyman, for many years pastor of Plymouth CongregationalChurch, Brooklyn…

Jacob Boehem

Jacob Boehem

Boehm or Bohme (Jacob, German mystic who believed himself divinely illuminated and gifted with an understanding of the …

Viscount Bolingbroke

Viscount Bolingbroke

Bolingbroke  (Henry St. John, Viscount, English author, orator, and politician), 1678-1751. At last, though the precise…

John Wikes Booth

John Wikes Booth

Booth (John Wilkes, American actor, the assassin of President Lincoln),—1865. "Useless! useless!"  Said to th…

Fredrika Bremer

Fredrika Bremer

Bremer (Fredrika, the most celebrated of Swedish novelists, called the "Miss Austen of Sweden"), 1802-1865. &…

Bergerus

Bergerus

Bergerus (councillor to the Emperor Maximilian), " Farewell, O farewell all earthly things, and welcome heaven. &q…

Cesare Borgia

Cesare Borgia

Borgia (Cesare), killed at the siege of the Castle of Biano in 1507. " I die unprepared. " "Cesare Borgi…

George Berkeley

George Berkeley

Berkeley (George, Bishop of Cloyne, metaphysical philosopher and author), 1684-1753. The last words of Berkeley are no…

Bergerus

Bergerus

Bergerus (councillor to the Emperor Maximilian), " Farewell, O farewell all earthly things, and welcome heaven. &q…

Cesare Borgia

Cesare Borgia

Borgia (Cesare), killed at the siege of the Castle of Biano in 1507. " I die unprepared. " "Cesare Borg…

Nicholas Boileau

Nicholas Boileau

Boileau (Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas, eminent French poet and satirist), 1636-1711. " It is a great consolation for…

Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte

Bronté (Emily), 1818-1848. " No, no! " to her sister who begged her to allow them to put her to bed. She died…

Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

Addison (Joseph, poet and essayist), 1672-1719. " See in what peace a Christian can die! " These words were a…

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven (Ludwig van), 1770-1827. " I shall hear in heaven. " When about thirty-five years old, while at wo…

Nicholas Boileau

Nicholas Boileau

Boileau (Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas, eminent French poet and satirist), 1636-1711. " It is a great consolation for…

Patrick Bronte

Patrick Bronte

Bronté (Rev. Patrick, father of Charlotte and Emily), 1774-1861. " While there is life there is will. " He di…

Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte

Bronté (Emily), 1818-1848. " No, no! " to her sister who begged her to allow them to put her to bed. She died…

Bourg du

Bourg du

Bourg du (Anne, French magistrate. He was falsely accused of the assassination of Minard, and was executed in 1559), 15…

John Bradford

John Bradford

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

Henry Beaufort

Henry Beaufort

Beaufort (Henry, half-brother of Henry IV. He was made cardinal in 1426, and in 1430 he crowned Henry IV. at Notre Dame…

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…

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