 ... is there, And hoary eld and virgin fair, Who, for the faith, have freely bled And, by example, others led. From every age, from every land, Stout champions of the faith, they stand. There are the earliest Christians slain, By rack, and fire, and sword,...  The Beggar's Coin, Or, Love in Italy - Page 284by John Richard Beste - 1845 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1850 - 628 pages
...earliest Christians slain, By rack, and fire, and sword, In many a hostile pagan's reign Ere mighty Rome ador'd. There are the missioners of grace, Slain in...place ; Beneath far India's blazing sun, Or in the forests of the north, Or in the kingdoms of Canton, Wherever Truth had call'd them forth : And those... | |
 | Holy readings - 1868 - 386 pages
...earliest Christians slain, By rack and fire and sword, In many a hostile pagan's reign Ere mighty Rome ador'd. There are the missioners of grace, Slain in...place ; Beneath far India's blazing sun, Or in the forests of the north, Or in the kingdoms of Canton, Wherever truth had called them forth : And those... | |
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