Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 21 · 1875
Hold Fast Your Shield
Hebrews 10:35
THE early Christians had to suffer for their faith. They were exposed to great ridicule and enmity: they were, indeed, the by-word, the laughing-stock, and the derision of all mankind. There are still to be seen in Rome, in the prætorian guard-room, caricatures of Christians and of their Lord.