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Title: The saints and missionaries of the Anglo-Saxon era : First (and second) series
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Adams, Daniel Charles Octavius
Subjects: Anglo-Saxons -- Religion Saints, English Great Britain -- Church history
Publisher: Oxford (etc.) : Mowbray & co.
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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people seemed very friendly, and morethan ordinary success attended their efforts for theirconversion. So they passed through the country toDockum, which is on the north coast of Friesland.Here S. Boniface determined to make some littlestay, and he appointed a day when all his newconverts (which were some thousands in number)should gather together for their Confirmation. Thisday was looked forward to with the happiestanticipations, and the intermediate time was spentin making preparations for the accommodation ofthe multitudes expected. When the day at lastarrived, the sun, we are told, rose with more thanusual brilliance. Everything seemed to betoken aday of peace and happiness. Suddenly, however, aloud and heavy tramp of feet was heard in thedistance. The Missionaries supposed at first thatthis was caused by their expected friends, but soonit became known that a hostile armed force wasapproaching with threatening gestures. The attend-ants, who had accompanied the Missionaries, began
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5. BONIFACE. Page 93. 6. Boniface. 93 to fortify the tents, and to arm themselves for thedefence of the Missionaries, but this the Saint wouldnot allow, and absolutely forbade the use of arms.His last moments were spent in earnest exhortationto his companions not to flinch from suffering, and,if need be, to die for the sake of their religion.It was not long before the barbarians were uponthem. The unresisting attitude of the Missionariesaroused in them no qualms or thoughts of mercy ;they began at once their work of butchery, andceased not until they had put the whole of them todeath. That accomplished, they rushed into thetents, where, it is said, they expected to find valuablestores of treasure from the spoil of their victims.Their disappointment was great when they discoveredonly the remainder of the provisions, brought for theuse of the Missionaries, and some closed up packages.Over these they quarrelled among themselves, andnot a few lives were lost in their anxiety to securethem

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