12 SPRING 2018
IN THE CLASSROOM
PERPETUA, A YOUNG CHRISTIAN WOMAN LIVING IN THE AFRICAN
CITY OF CARTHAGE, KNEW SHE WOULD DIE SOON. SHE AND HER
COMPANIONS WERE ARRESTED FOR REFUSING TO WORSHIP THE
ROMAN DEITIES, AND WHILE IN PRISON, SHE RECEIVED A VISION THAT
HER CAPTIVITY WOULD END IN MARTYRDOM. AS HER EXECUTION
DREW NEAR, HER FATHER VISITED AGAIN AND AGAIN, BEGGING HER
TO DENOUNCE CHRIST AND EARN HER FREEDOM.
THE
ANGUISH
ANTICIPATING THE CROSS:
OF OUR SAVIOR
By Elodie Ballantine Emig
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