Champions of the Cross
Historical AccountTestimony★★★★The first champions of the cross were men in whom the truth displayed itself in deeds rather than in words. They were intensely active, rather than intellectually refined; they made no pretence to be philosophers, but thought it to be sufficient to be servants of Jesus Christ.
Their hearers remembered them, not because they had melodiously warbled sweet nothings into their ears; but because they spoke in the demonstration of the Spirit and power of God. They were not mystics, but workmen; not elocutionists, but labourers.
We track them by the cities which they evangelised, the Churches which they founded, the tribes which they converted to Christ. Hence their power, under God, to move their age, and all succeeding ages.
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A description of early Christian champions who demonstrated truth through actions and evangelism, impacting their age and all succeeding ages.