The History of Christianity / Consisting of the Life and Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; the Adventures of Paul and the Apostles; and the Most Interesting Events in the Progress of Christianity, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time.

by John S. C. Abbott

Devoutly watch, devoutly pray;

From pride and sin, oh! turn away;

Be good and true; take nought by might;

Be bold, and guard the people’s right:

This is the rule for the gallant knight.”

This institution, which manifestly sprang from Christianity, exerted a powerful influence, amid the anarchy and barbarism of the middle ages, in rectifying disorders, and in protecting the weak against the strong.

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CHAPTER XXIV.
THE CHURCH IN MODERN TIMES.

Character of Henry III.—​Assassination of the Duke of Guise.—​Cruel Edicts of Louis XIV.—​Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.—​Sufferings of Protestants.—​Important Question.—​Thomas Chalmers.—​Experiment at St. John.—​His Labors and Death.—​Jonathan Edwards.—​His Resolutions.—​His Marriage.—​His Trials.—​His Death.—​John Wesley.—​His Conversion.—​George Whitefield.—​First Methodist Conference.—​Death of Wesley.—​Robert Hall.—​His Character and Death.—​William Paley.—​His Works and Death.—​The Sabbath.—​Power of the Gospel.—​Socrates.—​Scene on the Prairie.—​The Bible.