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" I believe in God, for He has made all things, and I follow 

 (or believe) the Grospel of God. And in regard to fighting or 

 quarrelling, if we, who are one people, fight and quarrel 

 (among ourselves), what good would be done? But if the 

 enemies of our country come, the servants of God will fight. 

 And in regard to swearing, if the truth is told, does swearing 

 make the truth a lie ? And, if a lie is told, does swearing 

 make the lie truth ? For the truth is truth, and a lie is a lie, 

 whether sworn to or not. I put my trust in God, and in 

 Jesus Christ, the Saviour and Eedeemer of all ; He is able to 

 be that to all that believe." 



Of the numbers implicated some idea may be formed from 

 the fact, that at one time and at one place, 37 who had 

 explained or preached the Word were reduced to slavery with 

 their wives and children ; 42 who had possessed books were 

 made slaves, and their property seized ; 27 who had possessed 

 books, and who had preached, or explained, were made slaves 

 with their wives and children ; 6 with whom it was a second 

 offence were imprisoned; 2055 had paid one dollar each; 18 

 had been put to death; 14 hurled from the steep rock; and 

 4 burnt alive. 



Those who had been appointed to die were treated with 

 the greatest indignity. They were wrapped in old torn or 

 dirty mats, and rags were stuffed into their mouths. Seven- 

 teen of them had been tied each along a pole, and had been 

 thus carried between two men bearing the pole on their 

 shoulders to the place where sentence was to be pronounced. 

 One of their number being a young female, walked behind the 

 rest. Four of them being nobles were not killed in the or- 

 dinary way, as there is an aversion to the shedding of the 

 blood of nobles ; — they were therefore sentenced to be burned. 

 When the sentence was pronounced, some derided, and the 

 condemned were then carried away to the places of execution. 

 The four nobles were burned alive in a place by themselves. 



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