invisible leader of His people from Egyptian bondage, so
was Satan the unseen leader of his subjects in this horrible work of
multiplying martyrs. For seven days the massacre was continued in Paris,
the first three with inconceivable fury. And it was not confined to the
city itself, but by special order of the king, was extended to all the
provinces and towns where Protestants were found. Neither age nor sex was
respected. Neither the innocent babe nor the man of gray hairs was spared.
Noble and peasant, old and young, mother and child, were cut down
together. Throughout France the butchery continued for two months. Seventy
thousand of the very flower of the nation perished.

"When the news of the massacre reached Rome, the exultation among the
clergy knew no bounds. The cardinal of Lorraine rewarded the messenger
with a thousand crowns; the cannon of St. Angelo thundered forth a joyous
salute; the bells rang out from every steeple; bonfires turned night into
day; and Gregory XIII., attended by the cardinals and other ecclesiastical
dignitaries, went in long procession to the church of St. Louis, where the
cardinal of Lorraine chanted a _Te Deum_.... A medal was struck to
commemorate the massacre, and in the Vatican may still be seen three
frescoes of Vasari, describing the attack upon the admiral, the king in
council plotting the massacre, and the massacre itself. Gregory sent
Charles the Golden Rose; and four months after the massacre, ... he
listened complacently to the sermon of a French priest, ... who spoke of
'that day so full of happiness and joy, when the most holy father received
the news, and went in solemn state to render thanks to God and St.
Louis.' "(398)

The same master-spirit that urged on the St. Bartholomew Massacre led also
in the scenes of the Revolution. Jesus Christ was declared to be an
impostor, and the rallying cry of the French infidels was, "Crush the
Wretch," meaning Christ. Heaven-daring blasphemy and abominable wickedness
went hand in hand, and the basest of men, the most abandoned monsters of
cruelty and vice, were most highly exalted. In all this, supreme homage
was paid to Satan; while Christ, in His characteristics of truth, purity,
and unselfish love, was crucified.

"The beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against
them, and shall overcome them, and kill them." The atheistical power that
ruled in France during the Revolution and the Reign of Terror, did wa