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century visited the churches of England, was

resisted by faithful witnesses for the truth;

and so fruitless were his efforts that he

departed from the country for a season and

cast about him for some means to enforce his

teachings. When he returned, the lack was

supplied, and in his after labors he met with

greater success. He brought with him a roll

purporting to be from God Himself, which

contained the needed command for Sunday

observance, with awful threats to terrify the

disobedient. This precious document—as

base a counterfeit as the institution it

supported—was said to have fallen from

heaven and to have been found in Jerusalem,

upon the altar of St. Simeon, in Golgotha. But,

in fact, the pontifical palace at Rome was the

source whence it proceeded. Frauds and

forgeries to advance the power and