...allowed to remain inert and unknown. The sufferings of the Church of Christ display similar effects. The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the Church. By opposition from the rulers of the earth and the rigours of persecution, the most salutary influence...

...word." The reformation of the sixteenth century ' was established in the face of a reckless opposition. The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the church. | It becomes us to study the waye of God's providence. They always throw light on the written Word,...

...allowed to remain mert and unknown. The sufferings of the Church of Christ display similar effects. The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the Church. By opposition from the rulers of the earth and the rigours of persecution, the most salutary influence...

...putteth it off?" And what is to be said of the blood shed at Tongataboo and in Madagascar ? Why, that the blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the church. Why, that " precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints" — too precious to be needlessly...

...Persecution has never injured, but, on the contrary, has rather served to build up, Christ's church. The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the church. Which heard the word] The address of Peter. And the number of the men was about fire thousand] The...

...and his immediately meeting with Hopeful, shows the impossibility of exterminating Christianity, as the blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the church, others having risen up, like the phoenix, from their ashes. " The account Bunyan gives, in his experience,...

...death of Bishop Auer, though to us it seems so strange and sad, will work a larger good for Africa. The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the Church. The death of Robert Smith was the salvation of our African Mission. The martyr of the Pongas, the lamented...

...teachers. But facts, as well as philosophy, show that such judgment is not a " righteous judgment." The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the Church. The doctrines of a true teacher get fire, force, and sweep by inflicting on him a martyr's death. Christ's...

...have taken place in the history of mankind have marched through the fire arid flood of opposition. The blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the church. Scientific men who have advanced beyond the commonly received opinions of their day, and introduced...

...prospect was blasted by the Whigs. They boasted that they had " destroyed" the popular statesman : but the blood of the martyrs has always been the seed of the Church. Shelburne's detractors are all comprehended in one name — his political rivals. By the practice of...