 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 638 sayfa
...rankest jacobins this or any other country has at any time produced, is indisputably true. Sir, it has been said, that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. It may with equal force be asserted, that the follies of princes are the food of the jacobins. The underling... | |
 | 1853 - 840 sayfa
...of British conquest sword-wise. If you were forgetful of the fact patent to the Church in all ages, that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, it would be a different thing; hut when one man is smitten down, you are not discouraged ; you send one... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1822 - 692 sayfa
...the gallows:—all—all for the preservation of this Religion of Love! It is even become proverbial that the " blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church!" It is, therefore, not to be wondered at, that you, Sir, who have aimed such deadly blows at the whole... | |
 | 1876 - 818 sayfa
...calmness, or even triumph, they stand in striking and favourable contrast with it. " Though it lia . been said that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, it is not the death of martyrs that has finally given them their chief moral power over mankind. When... | |
 | 1853 - 588 sayfa
...of British conquest sword-wise. If you were forgetful of the fact patent to the Church in all ages, that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, it would be a different thing; but when one man is smitten down, you are not discouraged; you send one... | |
 | Seasons - 1855 - 1830 sayfa
...Presence of the Lord, the actual working of grace, the permanent reformation of God's people. Hence it is that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church ; it falls to the ground apparently in vain, God's enemies triumph and take courage, His people are sad... | |
 | Suffering - 1859 - 142 sayfa
...Protestant, and continued such until two or three years after her marriage. According to the old saying, that "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church," it was hearing of the patient sufferings of so many Catholics, both priests and laity, during the bitter persecution... | |
 | Samuel Burn - 1874 - 428 sayfa
...often resulted in the conversion of some who had been previously living in sin. It has become a proverb that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. It can scarcely be doubted that many a Christian has been enabled to render greater spiritual service... | |
 | Enoch Mellor - 1877 - 444 sayfa
...their calmness, or even triumph, they stand in striking and favourable contrast with it. Though it has been said that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, it is not the death of martyrs that has finally given them their chief moral power over mankind. When... | |
 | William Gleeson - 1880 - 596 sayfa
...his Church and the precious treasures of divine faith communicated to the unbelieving. Well indeed, has it been said that "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of Christianity." And not only has the sufferings of the faithful been the vehicle for the communication... | |
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Though it has been said that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, it is not the death of martyrs that has finally given them their chief moral power over mankind. 
