Protestantism in Poland and Bohemia - James Aitken Wylie

to his fellow-sufferers, he said, "How glorious is
the memory of Huss and Jerome! And why?
because they laid down their lives for the truth." He
cited the words of Ignatius -- "I am the corn of
God, and shall be ground with the teeth of beasts."
"We also," he added, "are the corn of God, sown in
the field of the Church. Be of good cheer, God is
able to raise up a thousand witnesses from every
drop of our blood." He went with firm step, and
face elate, to the place where he was to die.
Standing on the scaffold, he said, "Must I die here?
No! I shall live, and declare the works of the Lord
in the land of the living." Kneeling down, he gave
his head to the executioner and his spirit to God.
He was followed by John Schulz, Burgomaster of
Kuttenberg. On being led out to die, he sent a
message to his friends, saying, "The bitterness of
this parting will make our reunion sweet indeed."
On mounting the scaffold, he quoted the words of
the Psalm, "Why art thou cast down, O my soul?"
When he had gone a few paces forward, he
continued, "Trust in God, for I shall yet praise
him." Advancing to the spot where he was to die,
he threw himself on his face, and spread forth his
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