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Yonge, Charlotte Mary, 1823-1901

"A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children"

Polycarp suffer?
23. What did he say of himself at the tribunal?
24. What was his last thanksgiving?
25. What was the manner of his death?
26. What was the story of the Thundering Legion?

LESSON XXV.
1. How had our Lord forewarned His followers of their
sufferings?--_Matt_. x. 16, 17.--_John_, xvi. 2.
2. How had they been told to meet their afflictions?--_Matt_. v. 12.--1
_Peter_, iii. 14.
3. What had He said of confessing or denying Him?--_Matt_. x. 32, 33.
4. What had been promised through St. John to such as overcame?--_Rev_.
ii. 17.--iii. 5 and 21.
5. How had the lot of the martyrs been shown to St. John?--_Rev_. vii.
14-17.
6. How many periods of persecution had been predicted?--_Rev_. ii. 10.
7. Name the ten chief persecutors.
8. How is Severus memorable in Britain?
9. Who were the martyrs of Carthage?
10. Who were the chief martyrs of the persecution of Valerian?
11. What were St. Lawrence's treasures? 12. Why did Sapricius fail?
13. What became of Valerian?
14. Whose was the fiercest persecution?
15. How did the Theban legion witness their confession?
16.


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