in view. He has had no hesitation in using their very language, whenever it suited him. Compilers seem to be licensed pillagers. Like the youth of Sparta, they may lay their hands upon plunder without a crime, if they will but seize it with adroitness."* The numerous engravings interspersed through the book, it is thought, will be of utility in making the work interesting, and assist in preserving in the mind the events which they represent. J. W. B. NEW HAVEN, 1834. CONTENTS, Page An outline Sketch of Church History from the Christian Era 33 State of the Jews at the Coming of Christ Signs and Appearances preceding the Destruction of Jerusa- Faith and Practice of the Christians in the first Century 48 Regard paid to the Scriptures by the early Christians Martyrdom of the Theban Legion Willingness of the ancient Christians to suffer for Christ's Letter of Pliny tą Trajan relative to the first Christians 64 Introduction of Christianity into Britain Alban, the first British Martyr Martyrdom of three Christian Friends 89 Religion of the Goths or Scandinavians Taking of Rome by Alaric, King of the Goths Venerable Bede, the English Reformer Dramatic Mysteries, or Scriptural Plays Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln Peter Celestine, the Roman Pontiff John Wickliffe, the first English Reformer Translation of the Bible into the English Language John Oldcastle, or Lord Cobham John Huss and Jerome of Prague Persecutions in China and Japan - Attempt of the Mahometans to subdue Europe Doctrine of Romish Indulgences - Page Spanish Armada 204 Gunpowder Plot 206 Irish Massacre of the Protestants 211 Religious Rites, Opinions, &c. of the N. American Indians 214 Indian Mother 221 Plymouth Settlers 222 Friends, or Quakers 224 John Bunyan 226 Piestical Controversy 228 Emanuel Swedenborg 230 Eliot, the Indian Missionary 232 The French Prophets 234 Sabatai Sevi, the false Messiah 235 Non-conformists 238 Scotch Covenanters 241 Moravian Missionaries 242 Ziegenbalg and Swartz, the Danish Missionaries 244 David Brainerd 246 Anthony Benezet 249 Wesley and Whitfield 252 Howard, the Philanthropist 255 Modern Infidelity 256 Thomas Paine 264 Worship of the Grand Lama 266 The Syrian Christians in India 269 Abdallah, the Arabian Martyr 272 Worship of the Idol Juggernaut 274 Henry Martyn 275 Joanna Southcot 278 Mission among the Hottentots 280 Progress of Christianity in the South Sea Islands 284 Burman Mission 290 Sandwich Islands Mission 291 Missions among the North American Indians 296 African Colonies at Sierra Leone and Liberia 298 Modern Persecutions in the South of France 302 Bible Societies 304 Bethel Union Meetings 306 |
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