Vestina's Martyrdom; a Story of the CatacombsHodder and Stoughton, 1869 - 368 pages |
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... Jesus Christ and His Gospel was a piece of gross ignorance and imposture , doomed only to be crushed out of existence by any and every means ; and even a friendly mind , having become accidentally imbued with more light on the doctrines ...
... Jesus Christ and His Gospel was a piece of gross ignorance and imposture , doomed only to be crushed out of existence by any and every means ; and even a friendly mind , having become accidentally imbued with more light on the doctrines ...
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... Christians ; but , poor and insignificant though they were , they were yet instrumental in spreading , secretly and silently , the knowledge of Jesus Christ . Felicitas was slightly connected by marriage with a family of Christians ...
... Christians ; but , poor and insignificant though they were , they were yet instrumental in spreading , secretly and silently , the knowledge of Jesus Christ . Felicitas was slightly connected by marriage with a family of Christians ...
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... Jesus Himself ? Was it really Christ ? Are you sure ? or was it an illusion of the fancy ? ' asked Marcus , an expression of solemn awe stealing over his face . " It was Christ Himself , my brother . It was just after the middle watch ...
... Jesus Himself ? Was it really Christ ? Are you sure ? or was it an illusion of the fancy ? ' asked Marcus , an expression of solemn awe stealing over his face . " It was Christ Himself , my brother . It was just after the middle watch ...
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... Jesus Christ . Your letter to us has been circulated and copied , as well as studied , and I know certainly that many noble Roman ladies and senators have portions of it by them , copied in their leisure hours . These copies are prized ...
... Jesus Christ . Your letter to us has been circulated and copied , as well as studied , and I know certainly that many noble Roman ladies and senators have portions of it by them , copied in their leisure hours . These copies are prized ...
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... Jesus Christ . " And is Phebe well ? " inquired Paul . " She is indeed a venerable Christian . Do you meet at her house for worship ? " " We do occasionally , " replied Marcus , " PRISONERS FOR CHRIST . 29.
... Jesus Christ . " And is Phebe well ? " inquired Paul . " She is indeed a venerable Christian . Do you meet at her house for worship ? " " We do occasionally , " replied Marcus , " PRISONERS FOR CHRIST . 29.
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Amphitheatre Andronicus apostle Aristarchus aunts beauty believe catacombs CHAPTER confess countenance dark daughter deaconess dear death deity Demas despised disciples Emperor Ephraim Epipodious eyes father fear feel Felicitas felt followed friends Fulvius funeral Gospel hear heard heart heaven holy Honoria and Hortensia honour hope household husband inquired Jesus Christ Jews Judea knew ladies learnt light listened little company lived look Lord Lupercalia Mamertine prison Marcus martyrdom martyrs mind mistress morning mother Nero never night noble once Onesimus pagan Paul Paul bent Paul's Perpetua persecution Ponticus poor Priscilla Priscilla's house prisoners Publius Puteoli Rabbi Rabbi Johanan remain replied roll Roman Rome Ruth secret seemed silent sister slave soldiers soon sorrow soul spirit strange stranger suffer sure tell temple temple of Vesta things thou thought tion told truth turned Tychicus Vestina wife words worship young youth Zillah
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Page 97 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye I/tail speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 268 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Page 98 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 206 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through, the mists and vapours ; Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 93 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 247 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary. My life is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary...
Page 210 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 197 - Time's glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light, To stamp the seal of time in aged things, To wake the morn, and sentinel the night, To wrong the wronger till he render right; To ruinate proud buildings with thy hours, And smear with dust their glittering golden towers: To fill with worm-holes stately monuments, To feed oblivion with decay of things, To blot old books and alter their contents, To pluck the quills from ancient ravens...
Page 132 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Page 173 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.