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Alfred J. Church. To the Lions
To the Lions
Table of Contents
I. — AN ACCUSATION
II. — AN OLD STORY
III. — A CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD
IV. — LOVE OR DUTY?
V. — A PLOT
VI. — PLINY AND THE CHRISTIANS
VII. — THE ARREST
VIII. — BEFORE THE GOVERNOR
IX. — RHODA'S EVIDENCE
X. — THE EXAMINATION
XI. — THE HOUSE OF LUCILIUS
XII. — A MARTYR'S TESTIMONY
XIII. — A DISCOVERY
XIV. — A LETTER FROM TRAJAN
XV. — THE AMPHITHEATRE
XVI. — "THE CHRISTIANS TO THE LIONS"
XVII. — ESCAPE
THE END
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Alfred J. Church
Published by Good Press, 2022
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"Take heed what you say," interrupted the minister. "In this house there is neither bond nor free."
"It is so," said Verus. "I spoke after the fashion of the world. But who is this young man? Is he not a stranger, known to you only by a letter which he brought from the elders of Smyrna? Can you condemn me for aught beyond that which I have myself willingly owned on his single testimony?"
