The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-12-21

whipped 10 death by thornr. en-
other was flung from rock; another
Vas beheaded. At last the mother be-
came martyr. There they ARR to.
gether-a family group in Reatetii
Yonder is John Bradford. who said. In
the frei eve shall have merry sup
per with the Lord tonight Y0uder
is Henry Woes, who exclaimed, Is he
died: "If / had ten heads. they
should all fall of for Christi The
great throng of the martyrsi They
had hot lead poured down their
throats; horses were fastened to their
hands, and other horses to their
feet. and thus they were pulled apart,
they had their tongues pulled out BY
red-hot pincers; they were seven mp in
the skins Of animals, and then thrown
to the dogs; they were daubed with
combustibles and set on frel If all
the martyrs stakes that have been
kindied could be set at proper disr
tahces, they would make the midnight,
all the world over, bright as rioondayl
And now they sit yonder in tho
| martyrs gallery. For them the fires
of persecution have gone .yut. The
swords are sheathed and the mob
hushed. Now they watch us with
an all-observing sympathy. They
know all the pain, all the hardship, all
the anguish, all the injustice. all the
privation. They can not keep still
They cry: Courage! The fire will not
consume. The floods can not drown.
The lions can not devour Couragel
down there in the arena"
What, are they all looking? This
night we answer back the salutation
they give. and cry: Hail! sons and
daughters of the frc!''
| look again, aid see another gall
lery, that of emineat Christians What
strikes me strangely is the mixing in
companionship of those who on earth
could not agree. There see Martin
Luther, and beside him Roman
Catholic who looked beyond the super
| stitions of his church, and is saved.
There is Albert Barnes, and around
| him the presbytery who tried
him for heterodoxy' Yonder Is
| Lyman Beecher, and the church
court that denounced him! Stranger
| +hanall thar. !. Jo,,r C.lv;r ard J.nee
Ann,;s;rs, wv S,a,,,d ~. +horcbt
that tbev would s;t 90 lov;nolv to-
r.ther Thsra = C.orc. Wh;tef,ld
and the b;shons who would not lot him
come into their pulpits because they
thought him fanatic. There are the
sweet singers. Toplady. Montgomery.
| Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts and Mrs.
Sigourney. IfHeavcn had had no music
before they went up. they would have
started the singing. And there, the
band of missionaries: David Abeel.
! talking of China redeemed: and John
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