“You have made
The cement of your churches out of tears
And ashes, and the fabric will not stand.”
Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935) American poet
Captain Craig (1902)
“Christians well know that the much-decorated statue of the Church, as it now stands, is not of pure chiseled marble, but of clay, cemented together by blood and tears and hardened in the fires of hatred and persecution.”
Christian Missions: A Triangular Debate, Before the Nineteenth Century Club of New York (1895)
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John Leland (Baptist) (1754–1841) American Baptist minister
The Government of Christ a Christocracy (1804)
Context: The fondness of magistrates to foster Christianity, has done it more harm than all the persecutions ever did. Persecution, like a lion, tears the saints to death, but leaves Christianity pure: state establishment of religion, like a bear, hugs the saints, but corrupts Christianity, and reduces it to a level with state policy. (p. 278)
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet
Sonnet addressed to Vittoria Colonna; tr. Mrs. Henry Roscoe (Maria Fletcher Roscoe), Vittoria Colonna: Her Life and Poems (1868), p. 169.
“The evil that we do does not attract to us so much persecution and hatred as our good qualities.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Le mal que nous faisons ne nous attire pas tant de persécution et de haine que nos bonnes qualités.
Maxim 29.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“My blood shall cement the victory of the future.”
Romain Rolland (1866–1944) French author
Jean-Christophe (1904 - 1912), Journey's End: The Burning Bush (1911)
Context: Christophe returned to the Divine conflict.... How his own fight, how all the conflicts of men were lost in that gigantic battle, wherein the suns rain down like flakes of snow tossing on the wind!... He had laid bare his soul. And, just as in those dreams in which one hovers in space, he felt that he was soaring above himself, he saw himself from above, in the general plan of the world; and the meaning of his efforts — the price of his suffering, were revealed to him at a glance. His struggles were a part of the great fight of the worlds. His overthrow was a momentary episode, immediately repaired. Just as he fought for all, so all fought for him. They shared his trials, he shared their glory.
"Companions, enemies, walk over me, crush me, let me feel the cannons which shall win victory pass over my body! I do not think of the iron which cuts deep into my flesh, I do not think of the foot that tramples down my head, I think of my Avenger, the Master, the Leader of the countless army. My blood shall cement the victory of the future...."
“Standing in a garage no more makes you a car than standing in a church makes you a Christian.”
Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
“The altar of liberty totters when it is cemented only with blood”
Daniel O'Connell (1775–1847) Irish political leader
Written in his Journal, Dec 1796, and one of O'Connell's most well-known quotes. Quoted by O'Ferrall, F., Daniel O'Connell, Dublin, 1981, p. 12
Petr Chelčický book The Net of Faith
Source: The Net of Faith (c. 1443), Chapter 91, Interpretation of Romans 13:5-7 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%2013%3A5-7&version=NIV (Conclusion)
“What fire does not destroy, it hardens”
Oscar Wilde book The Picture of Dorian Gray
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray