FEBRUARY 4 "WE SHALL LIGHT A FIRE THAT WILL NOT BE PUT OUT!"
Hugh Latimer was famous as a preacher. He was Bishop of Worcester in the time of King Henry, but resigned in
protest against the King's refusal to allow the Protestant reforms that Latimer
desired. Latimer's sermons speak little of doctrine; he preferred to urge men
to upright living and devoutness in prayer. But when Mary came to the throne,
he was arrested, tried for heresy for his Protestant teachings, and burned
together with his friend Nicholas Ridley. His last words at the stake are well
known: "Be of good cheer, Master Ridley, and play the man, for we shall
this day light such a candle in England as I trust by God' grace shall never be
put out."
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