Scenes of the Early Christians

SCENES OF THE

Seventh Scene.

The cemetery served as a sanctuary original: "kerk" — literally "church," but here referring to the place of assembly for the congregation.
For Christ’s suffering congregation;
It sighs In the sense of deep, prayerful yearning or lamentation. over the martyr’s bones,
And strengthens itself in faith.
Burial places, vaults, nor caverns
Extinguish the fire of heaven’s spirit,
In him who fears his Creator,
Who can ignite his soul.
God binds Himself to no temple grandeur;
A Christian must at all times
And in every place confess His name,
And praise Him by day and night.
He is in the midst of His members A biblical metaphor for the believers who make up the "Body of Christ.",
Though they are gathered in the graveyard;
The heart is His temple here on earth,
In which He is truly worshipped.
O precious, ransomed time!
For Christians, who every day,
Stand as targets for the cruelest plagues Referring to the various forms of Roman persecution and torture.,
How you have gladdened their hearts!
When everyone, for torture and skinning,
Stood as the target of a cruel executioner,
And sought in God his help and refuge,
Where then were the church divisions original: "kerkverschillen" — referring to theological disputes or denominational bickering which the author suggests vanish during times of shared suffering. to be found?

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