Calvinism a life-system - pagina 148

CALVINISM AND SCIENCE.

144 kind,

matchless in

siege

of Leyden,

beauty, to which

its

I refer,

is

the

more than three hundred years ago. Leyden was in fact a struggle between

This siege of

Alva and Prince William about the future course of of the world; and the result was, that in the end Alva had to withdraw, and that William the the history

was enabled to

Silent

over Europe.

own

its

banner

the

unfurl

of

liberty

Leyden, defended almost exclusively by entered

citizens,

the

troops of what was looked

against

lists

upon

the

best

at that time as the

army of the world. Three months gfter the commencement of the siege, the supply of food became finest

A

exhausted.

parently

This

rats.

fearful

doomed black

black death

or

managed

The Spaniard

ap-

on dogs and

which carried

the plague,

to the

to live

was soon followed

famine

part of the inhabitants.

and pardon

The

famine began to rage.

citizens

by the

off a third

offered

peace

dying people; but Leyden, remem-

enemy

bering the bad faith of the

in the

treatment of

Narden and Harlem, answered boldly and with pride: If it is necessary, we are ready to consume our left arms, and to defend with our right arms our wives, our

and our

liberty

against

religion

o tyrant.

thee,

Thus they persevered. They patiently waited for the coming of the Prince of Orange, to raise the siege, .

but... the prince had to wait

for

God.

The

.

dikes of the

province of Holland had been cut through the country ;

surrounding to

hasten

water shallow

Leyden was flooded

to

back, pools.

Leyden's

aid

preventing

God

tried

;

the his

;

but fleet

a

fleet

lay

ready

the wind drove the

from

passing

the

At

last

people sorely.

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