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exclaimed the king. "But yesterday," replied the courtier, "thou didst put such and such a one to death, and lo, there were converted double that number; and the people say that a man appeared to the confessors from heaven strengthening them in their last moments." EXPLAINED THE KING BUT YESTERDAY REPLIED THE COURTIER THOU DIDST PUT SUCH AND SUCH A ONE TO DEATH AND LO THEY WOULD CONVERT A DOUBLE THAT NUMBER AND THE PEOPLE SAY THAT A MAN APPEARED TO THE CONFESSORS FROM HEAVEN STRENGTHENING THEM IN THEIR LAST MOVEMENTS
s that, under the military and political predominance of Islam, promoted its rapid spread, and the opposite conditions under which Christianity made progress, slow, indeed, comparatively, but sure and steady. First, he compares the Christian confessor with the Moslem "martyr:" I marvel much, he says, that ye call those _martyrs_ that fall in war. Thou hast read, no doubt, in history of the followers of Christ put to death in the persecutions of the kings of Persia and elsewhere. Say, now, which are the more worthy to be called martyrs, these, or thy fellows that fall fighting for the world and the power thereof? How diverse were the barbarities and kinds of death inflicted on the Christian confessors! The more they were slain the more rapidly spread the faith; in place of one sprang up a hundred. On a certain occasion, when a great multitude had been put to death, one at court said to the king, "The number of them increaseth instead of, as thou thinkest, diminishing." "How can that be? DY IN WHICH HE CONTRASTS THE INDUCEMENTS THAT UNDER THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL PREDOMINANCE OF HIS LAMP PROMOTED ITS RAPID SPREAD AND THE OPPOSITE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CHRISTIANITY MADE PROGRESS SLOW INDEED COMPARATIVELY BUT SURE AND STEADY FIRST HE COMPARES THE CHRISTIAN CONFESSOR WITH THE MOSLEM MARTYR I MARVEL MUCH HE SAYS THAT YE CALL THOSE MARTYR THAT FALL IN WAR THOU HAST FREED NO DOUBT IN HISTORY OF THE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST PUT IT IN THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE KINGS OF PERTHSHIA AND ELSEWHERE SAY NOW WHICH ARE THE MORE WORTHY TO BE CALLED MARTYRS THESE OR THY FELLOWS THAT FALL FIGHTING FOR THE WORLD AND THE POWER THEREOF HOW DIVERSE WERE THE BARBARITIES AND KINDS OF DEATH INFLICTED ON THE CHRISTIAN CONFESSORS THE MORE THEY WERE SLAIN THE MORE RAPIDLY SPREAD THE FAITH IN PLACE OF ONE SPRANG UP A HUNDRED ON A CERTAIN OCCASION WHEN A GREAT MULTITUDE HAD BEEN PUT TO DEATH ONE AT COURT SAID TO THE KING THE NUMBER OF THEM INCREASED INSTEAD OF AS THOU THINKEST DIMINISHING HOW CAN THAT BE
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