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Bound and drowned for Christ by Roman Catholics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Baptist History, Heritage and DistinctivesBound and drowned for Christ by Roman Catholics<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aeltgen Baten an aged woman. And Maeyken Wouters a young woman about 24 years both received Christ and were baptized and gave evidence of their faith before God and man in their community in their native city of Liege, Belgium. For no more than this, the authorities of the state church (Roman Catholic) sent 14 trappers (those who were charged to bring in heretics) to apprehend these two offensive women.They were imprisoned for ten weeks in the officials\u2019 tower, where they were enticed to turn from their faith. One bishop\u2019s chaplain came to Maeyken on bended knee with wine trying to get her to recant but she repelled the \u201cdevil\u2019s deceit.\u201d A friend came and said, \u201cJust yield on one point and you can live as before.\u201d She said, \u201cWould you advise that I should forsake God and become a child of the Devil?\u201d The man said, \u201cThen you will have to die.\u201d She said, \u201cI would rather have this come to pass than to enjoy the light of day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n These two saints of God endured the worst tortures devised by depraved mankind, often fainting and being revived with cold water. They were so sustained that Aeltgen said, \u201cYes, if the door stood open, I should not wish to go away.\u201d In all their sufferings they were joyful in their God, thankful to Him and sang praises to Him in prison.Their sentence was that they were to be bound, gagged and cast alive from the Meuse River Bridge. And so it was. Aeltgen said, \u201cO Lord, this is a beautiful city indeed; would that it repented with Ninevah.\u201dMaeyken asked that she might pray, her executioner told her to pray to the lords the magistrates, and believe with us in the Romish Church, and you shall save your life.And so the depths swallowed up these two precious saints on July 24, 1595, and their Lord receivedPresented by Thomas E. Kresal from: This Day in Baptist History Vol. I: Cummins\/Thompson, pp.302.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTHOMAS E KRESAL<\/a> ADMIN<\/a> \u00b7JULY 24, 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n