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The Persecuted Family (Classic Reprint): A Narrative of the Sufferings of Religious and Pious Christians: A Narrative of the Sufferings of Religious and Pious Christians (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Pollok, Robert

 
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Sinopsis

A vivid historical tale of faith under pressure and family resilience. This narrative follows the life of a Scottish minister and his kin as they endure persecution during a turbulent era, exploring courage, devotion, and the cost of conscience. Told with clear, accessible prose, it brings to life their struggles, prayers, and moments of sorrow and hope.

In these pages, readers meet a pastor whose learning and gentle strength shape a family bound by faith. Their trials—capture, loss, and the daily stand for principles—are seen through intimate scenes and the lull of the Scottish landscape. The story centers on personal faith under harsh government pressure, revealing how a family's love and steadfast belief sustain them.

What you’ll experience
- A first-hand view of religious oppression and the peril faced by a pious household.
- Moments of quiet heroism, prayer, and moral resolve in the face of danger.
- Rich, atmospheric scenes of Scottish countryside and 17th-century life.
- Reflections on faith, duty, and the meaning of courage in dark times.

Ideal for readers who enjoy historical religious narratives, character-driven stories of endurance, and explorations of faith under trial.

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Excerpt from The Persecuted Family: A Narrative of the Sufferings of Religious and Pious Christians

They bled, and for whom they died 2 But it is not only that we may pay them our debt of gratitude that we ought to acquaint ourselves.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Persecuted Family: A Narrative of the Sufferings of Religious and Pious Christians

The lives and memories of our Christian ancestors, who suffered so much for the blessings of that civil and religious liberty, which the inhabitants of Britain now enjoy, ought, one would think, to be peculiarly interesting and sacred to us their posterity. Yet so it happens, that while the warrior, who has drained his own country of its wealth, and emptied it of its bravest people, to carry devastation and ruin over other nations, attracts the historic pen minutely to record his deeds, and the genius of poetry, in lofty verse, to sing his praise, - those glorious sufferers, who exposed themselves to the fury of persecution, and, like the true soldiers of Jesus Christ, patient, persevering, and zealous, fought in behalf of all that is dear to man, are wholly forgotten by many, - their characters ridiculed, and their actions misrepresented by others, - and the courage with which they suffered for our good, too little admired by all.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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