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The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.

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We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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Believe Himself Men Religious
The blood of the Christians is seed.
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Blood Christian Seed
Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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Nature Soul Teaching
Prevention of birth is premature murder, and it makes no difference whether it is a life already born that one snatches away or a life that is coming to birth.
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Born Death Difference Life
It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Evil Religious Violence
You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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Forgiveness God Let Go Truth
If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
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Earth Religious Sky
A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Born Christian Men
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame
The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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Enemy Hurt Religious
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Enemy Hate Truth
Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Joy Ourselves Work
Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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Hero King People Violence
He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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Men Present
Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
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Conquer God Prayer
It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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Eyes Kindness Practice

The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.

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