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The Story of Redemption
The struggle had opened that was to result in the emancipation, not
only of individuals and churches, but of nations. Across the gulf of
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a hundred years men stretched their hands to grasp the hands of the
Lollards of the time of Wycliffe. Under Luther began the Reforma-
tion in Germany; Calvin preached the gospel in France, Zwingle in
Switzerland. The world was awakened from the slumber of ages,
as from land to land were sounded the magic words, “Religious
Liberty.”
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