A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH, FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE PRESENT TIME; EMBRACING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF CHRIST THE LABORS OF THE APOSTLES-THE PRIMITIVE PERSECUTIONS- WITH A HISTORY OF THE SEVERAL PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MARTYRS AND PROMOTERS OF CHRISTIANITY, ILLUSTRATING THEIR CONSTANCY AND ZEAL, SUFFERINGS AND FORTITUDE. ALL NATIONS, INCLUDING THE JEWS, MAHOMETANS, AND VARIOUS CHRISTIAN SECTS. A VIEW OF THE MOST EFFICIENT MISSIONARY SOCIETIES IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, WITH INTERESTING ANECDOTES AND SKETCHES OF THE LABORS AND SUCCESS OF THEIR AGENTS, AND A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS BELONGING TO ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. BY CHARLES A. GOODRICH. NEW YORK: WILLIAM W. REED AND COMPANY. |