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Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 20)
THOMAS HUDSON Thomas Hudson was a glover by trade, living in the town of Ailesham in Norfolk. Although he had little schooling, he was a great student of the scriptures and preached on Sundays to any of his neighbors who were interested in hearing the Bible read and explained. When Queen Mary began her reign,…
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Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 19)
JOHN HULLER John Hullier came from a respectable family and was sent to Eron and King’s College, Cambridge, where he devoted himself to the study of theology, intending to become a minister. After he graduated, he became the curate of Babram, a village about three miles from Cambridge. He hadn’t been there long before he…
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Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 18)
GERTRUDE CROKHAY Gertrude Crokhay lived with her second husband in St. Katherine’s parish, near the Tower of London. In 1558, a child portraying St. Nicholas made his way around the parish, but Gertrude refused to let him into her house. The next day Dr. Mallet and twenty others appeared at her door to ask why…
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Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 17)
ARCHBISHOP CRANMER (Cont’d) On February 14, 1555, Cranmer was recalled before a new commission, condemned, stripped of his church offices, and turned over to the secular authorities. By now Cranmer had been in prison for almost three years. The doctors and divines of Oxford all tried to make him recant, even allowing him to stay…
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I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY
Amazing Grace A. Catherine Hankey, 1834–1911The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise. (Proverbs 11:30) Soul-winning should be the normal product of our commitment to discipleship and a daily intimate relationship with the Lord. Soul-winning is not salesmanship, in which we try to manipulate or subdue…
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Morning & Evening
Oftentimes we look forward with forebodings to the time of old age, forgetful that at eventide it shall be light. To many saints, old age is the choicest season in their lives. A balmier air fans the mariner’s cheek as he nears the shore of immortality, fewer waves ruffle his sea, quiet reigns, deep, still…
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Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 16)
ARCHBISHOP CRANMER Thomas Cranmer came from an ancient family dating back to the conquest. He was born in Arselacton, Nottinghamshire, brought up in schools from the time he was an infant, and attended the University of Cambridge, where he received his master of arts and was made a professor of Jesus College. When he married…
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Foxe’s Christian Martyrs (Part 15)
RIDLEY AND LATIMER On September 30, 1555, Ridley and Latimer appeared together in Oxford before a panel of bishops to answer the charges of heresy that had been brought against them. Ridley was examined first. The bishop of London began by urging Ridley to recant and submit himself to the pope. “If you will renounce…
