Thomas Drowry – The Martyred Blind Boy

Burnt to death on 15th May 1556

 
“Faithful unto death” – Revelation 2:10
 
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.(Rev 2:10 KJV)
 
In the reign of “Bloody Mary” of England, when the… Continue reading →

Hugh Latimer Protestant Reformer & Martyr

 
Born 1485, in Thurcaston, Leicestershire, Hugh Latimer greatly advanced the cause of the Reformation in England through his vigorous preaching and through the inspiration of martyrdom.
 
Latimer was the son of a prosperous yeoman farmer. Educated at Cambridge University, he was ordained a priest around 1510. In the two decades before 1530 he gradually acquired a reputation as a preacher at Cambridge. At first he subscribed to orthodox Roman Catholicism, but in… Continue reading →

John Huss – Protestant Martyr

Introduction

 
A brief history of the life, sufferings and martyrdom of John Huss, who was burnt at Constance, in Germany.
 
John Huss was a Bohemian by birth, born in the village of Hussinetz about the year 1380. His parents gave him the best education they could bestow, and, having acquired a tolerable knowledge of the classics at a private school, he was set thence to the University of Prague, where he soon became… Continue reading →

John Hooper – Bishop of Gloucester & Protestant Martyr

By Sylvia Lacoski

 
It has been truly said that history is an antidote to popery. The decline of the Church began when Constantine made Christianity the religion of the State and when a corrupt Papacy was the spokesman for the Gospel. In pre-Reformation times in England the prevailing feature of religion was gross ignorance. The people had no Bible to guide them, and the prayers of the Church were in… Continue reading →

John Cooper – A Protestant Martyr Who Was Not Burnt At The Stake

 
The Suffolk village of Wattisham is not very large. The traveler is surprised to find in it a large Baptist Chapel. It has been a center of evangelical witness for many years. The parts of our country where there is a strong evangelical testimony today are often places where in the times of bitter persecution steadfast souls kept the faith and lost their lives in its… Continue reading →