History of the Protestant Church in Hungary, from the Beginning of the Reformation to 1850 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 edition. Excerpt: ...arose the Psalm of praise sung to those wild melodies which to this day thrill the heart of the worshipper. From lips pale and trembling with disease, arising from a life spent in constant fear and danger, the consolations of the Gospel were proclaimed to the dying. The Lord's Supper was administered; fathers held up their infants to be devoted in baptism to Him for whom they themselves were willing to lay down their lives; and, amid the tears which oppression wrung from them, they joined their hands and looked up to Him who bottles up the tears, and looked forward to a better land beyond the grave. This was especially the case in the mountainous countries of Neutra, Trentshin, Thurotz, Liptau, and Arva, where, despite the watchfulness of the foe, the Protestants continued in some way to enjoy the exercise of religion?' Among those faithful servants of Christ who, in the days of danger, by the Divine blessing, and by the watchful care of their friends, escaped the nets laid for them, some of the best known were Daniel Kirmann, in Tura-Luka; Martin Zener, in Belluds; Daniel Reguli and Samuel Michalovitz, in Trentshin; Nicolas Venitius, Michael Zaborsky, in Thurotz; Zachariah Clementis, Balthasar Csip, and Thomas Coronides, in Liptau. But woe to him whose dwelling was discovered, or who was seized Heavy punishments and imprisonments were his lot, till he either renounced his profession, or died in misery in his lonely cell. It is said that priests, sometimes dressed in the simple garb of Protestant pastors, and assuming as much as possible their habits and forms of expression, went round and found out from the unsuspecting people where the pastors resided, and who they were. These wolves in sheep's clothing came offering...