his nonresidential children
The leather went whistling through TJ's hands, leaving thin, twin bands of neatly polished skin, until the branch tore loose and a knotful of splintered wood jammed there, bloodying both his palms.
I, not at all ambitious of the crown of martyrdom, resolved to temporize: so that, when I was brought to the question the second time, I made a solemn recantation […]
By the roadside of a pitched country road in Jiyang Village, stretching to Xiayi County, in Henan Province, in central China, a coffin was placed for three days prior to burial. From 16 to 19 October 2000, cars, motor vehicles, and villagers on bikes and on foot passed by and saw the coffin.…The name of the dead young man was Liu Haitao. He was born in Liu Fang Lou Village, Ji Yang Town in Xiayi County on 24 June 1979. He was 21 years old when he became a martyr for the Lord.