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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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chbishop, who was soon after murdered. Wisharts influence had secured tothe cause a most important recruit in the person of John Knox, whose fierysermons, especially after his return from Geneva in 1559, resulted in the speedydestruction of the monasteries, the removal of images and pictures from thechurches, and the general overthrow of the old system. On August 1st, 1560,the Parliament, following the popular impulse, threw off the papal yoke andestablished the reformed religion in its Presbyterian form. Queen Mary, whoreturned from France a year later, did her best to undo this work, with onlypartial success. She tried her fascinations on Knox in vain : enraged by hisfierce denunciations, she exclaimed, I cannot get quit of you : I vow to God Ishall be once revenged ! She had him tried for treason and otherwise harassed;but in 1568 she was a prisoner, and in 1587 her death-warrant was signed byElizabeth. With Mary Stuart expired the last hope of renewed Romish suprem-acy in Britain.
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