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Her fault was a reverence for martyrdom in general, and a feeling, of which she was unconscious, that it became a young woman to be unhappy in secret; that it became a young woman, I might rather say, to have a source of unhappiness hidden from the world in general, and endured without any detriment to her outward cheerfulness.
Hence the fear I have at times though without disquietude and pain as formerly, that my soul is dulled, and that I am doing nothing, because I can do no penance; acts of desire for suffering, for martyrdom, and of the vision of God, have no strength in them, and, most frequently, I cannot make them.
Erasmus knew that weakness himself: 'Not all have strength enough for martyrdom, he writes to Richard Pace in 1521. 'I fear that I shall, in case it results in a tumult, follow St. Peter's example. But this acknowledgement does not discharge him from the burden of Hutten's reproaches which he flung at him in fiery language in 1523.
I ran up to my room, took out the bottle, and carried it downstairs, standing again at the window in the summer twilight, glad that the struggle was over and peace at hand. I uncorked the bottle, and was raising it to my lips, when, as though the words were spoken softly and clearly, I heard: "O coward, coward, who used to dream of martyrdom, and cannot bear a few short years of pain!"
Domenichino's 'Flagellation of St Andrew, and 'Communion of St Jerome, in payment of which he only received about five guineas; his 'Martyrdom of St Sebastian, and his 'Four Evangelists, which are among his masterpieces, were all painted in Rome, and remain in Rome.
But there are green hills as we approach Nagasaki, and on a hillside to the left are the white walls of a Christian church with a square tower, stained with traditions of triumphs and suffering and martyrdom long ago.
From every point of view it was as well he got away from Dresden. If he had not got away he would have shared Roeckel's martyrdom.
Denys was put to death, adding, "It is my belief that nothing but your martyrdom will insure peace to the Church." "Be it so," said Becket; "God grant that she may be redeemed, even at the sacrifice of my life."
And when he had said this he was led to the place of his martyrdom, and as he was led, the three knights that led him said to him: Tell to us, Paul, who is he your king that ye love so much that for his love ye had liefer die than live, and what reward shall ye have therefor?
Where are the consecrated bells that drown the martyrdom of the soul? Where are they, with their wide, bronze throats, whose tongues cry out to God for grace for you? Where is that air trembling with harmony, which bears the soul up to God's space? Oh help Esrom, help Soró, and you big bells of Lund! What a .gloomy story that picture told!
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