Identifier: storyofourchrist00bird (find matches)
Title: The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Bird, Frederic Mayer, 1838-1908 Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901
Subjects: Church history
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Peerless Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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undin their dioceses. Winthrop and his noble colony had gone to found Boston in1630; such as could not leave the country went to church, rather than bear thepenalties of staying away. The fear of jailors and hangmen produced an out-ward show of conformity, but at what a terrible cost! Rage and vengeanceburned in the hearts of those who were forced to witness what they consideredhalf-Romish abominations. Their grandfathers had complained, as did Milton,that new presbyter is but old priest writ large; they said far worse thingsnow, below their breath—violent and bitter things, which there is 110 need ofrepeating. The bishops had themselves to thank for it, if prelacy was consideredas bad as popery. The clergy, who justified every usurpation of the kings, anddenounced resistance to his will as if it were the will of God, were raising upfoes who would soon thrust them forth from their pulpits, it might be to starve.For generations the Established Church has been detested by thousands of
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GLASTONBURY ABBEY. 646 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 647 devout people, she is still disliked and shunned by many, because her rulers fora time grossly abused their trust, and forced her into the wickedly false positionof a persecutor. FAILURE OF TYRANNY IN SCOTLAND. The king and the archbishop met their first serious check through theirstupidity in trying to force the Anglican system, with a liturgy of Laudsown editing, upon turbulent and wilful Scotland. The book was introduced inSt. Giles cathedral, Edinburgh, on July 23d, 1637; but it did not come to stay.Jenny Geddes, an old seller of apples, hurled her stool at the deans head as hewas reading what she supposed to be the Romish mass. A riot ensued ; the min-isters refused to use the book, and the magistrates found a way to evade the royalcommand. The news caused great commotion in England, and pleased manywho liked the Church service, but wished its use to be left optional ; for allEpiscopalians were not bigots and tools of tyra

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