118 Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists
by few nor by many. The armies of Ferdinand could not stand against
the attacks of Gustavus. Victory after victory attended the Protestant
arms. In the full tide of success, Gustavus fell; but his people, true
to the purpose for which his blood was shed, continued the struggle,
until a peace was won which delivered all Northern Europe from the
papal yoke.
In the old Riddarholms church at Stockholm the body of Gustavus
is entombed. The following inscription is placed near his resting-
place: “He undertook difficult things; he loved piety; he conquered his
enemies, extended his kingdom, exalted the Swedes, and delivered the
oppressed; and he triumphed in death.”