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very venerable <strong>and</strong> holy, which attracted these crowds. It was the "Church<br />

of all <strong>Saint</strong>s," in which were shown, to the inexpressible delight of the<br />

faithful, a fragment of Noah's Ark. some soot from the furnace into which<br />

the three young Hebrews were cast. a piece of wood from the crib of the<br />

infant Saviour, some of St. Christopher's beard, <strong>and</strong> nineteen thous<strong>and</strong><br />

other relics equally genuine <strong>and</strong> interesting. But over <strong>and</strong> above all these<br />

allurements, so well adapted to the taste of the time, His Holiness, the<br />

Pope, had granted indulgence to all who should visit the church on the<br />

first of November. Against the door of that church of dubious saints, <strong>and</strong><br />

dubious relics, <strong>and</strong> dubious indulgences, was found fastened, on that<br />

memorable morning, a scroll unrolled. <strong>The</strong> writing on it was firm; the nails<br />

which held it were well driven in; the sentiments it conveyed were<br />

moderate, yet very decided. <strong>The</strong> material, parchment, was the same which<br />

long ago had held words of redemption above the head of the Redeemer.<br />

<strong>The</strong> contents were an amplification of the old theme of glory--Christ on the<br />

cross, the only King. <strong>The</strong> Magna Charta, which had been buried beneath<br />

the Pope's throne, reappeared on the church door. <strong>The</strong> keynote of the<br />

<strong>Reformation</strong> was struck full <strong>and</strong> clear at the beginning, Salvation through<br />

Christ alone.<br />

It is from the nailing up of these <strong>The</strong>ses the <strong>Reformation</strong> takes its<br />

date. That act became, in the providence of God, the<br />

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