...time or degree, is certainly favourable to the growth of any religion ; according to the old maxim, that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church :" but the small number of protestants in Spain and Portugal, since the erection of the inquisition, proves...

...fatal morning. After all, it is probable that the ready way in which the little tout indicated Nelusko (who was third) as the coming Cesarewitch horse, vexed...fond of saying that "the 'blood of the martyrs is the seed of ihe church," but some more earthy notion of the kind seems to tincture the Newmarket dialect....

...fatal morning. After all, it is probable that the ready way in which the little tout indicated Nelusko (who was third) as the coming Cesarewitch horse, vexed...the kind seems to tincture the Newmarket dialect. On the whole, the Newmarket touts, with the £200 damages, the announcement from the bench at Westminster,...

...liberty, and a pure Gospel ministration, which may be said to have sprung from their ashes, if it be true that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church !" But in an age so rife with the spirit of controversy, how needful it is that Christian charity and moderation...

...and abhorrence, so richly deserved. There may be some truth in the saying ascribed to St. Augustine, that — "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church." But although the persecutions of Universalists, were bloodless, it is far from being desirable to endure...

...character, may be ascribed the astonishing success of Christianity in the first age. It has been said that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church." But the mere martyrdom did not convince : there had been impostors who endured death calmly, and with resignation....

...there is a much more continuous and powerful testimony in their living according to it. It may be true that " The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church ;" but it is just as true that The long lives of faithful men effect a vast deal more good than their death...

...fatal morning. After all, it is probable that the ready way in which the little tout indicated Nelusko (who was third) as the coming Cesarewitch horse, vexed...less classic order. The ritualists are very fond of Baying that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church," but some more earthy notion of the...

...that not a single Christian was left in the country. We have been told (and in most cases it is true) that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church ; but in Persia it was not so. And why ? We think the reason was, that though the Persian converts had faithfully...

...boast "that the stain of heresy no longer defiled her garment." We are accustomed to say, and believe, that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church ; " but this is only true under certain circumstances. It is not easy to justify such an expression when we...