1766 - Francoise-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, is tortured and beheaded before his body is burnt on a pyre along with a copy of Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique nailed to his torso for the crime of not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France (Source)
Recommended sermon on Voltaire:Horrifying & Terrifying Death Bed Scenes Of Atheists; Apostates and Reprobates (1 of 3), by David Clark
Horrifying & Terrifying Death Bed Scenes Of Atheists; Apostates and Reprobates (2 of 3), by David Clark
Horrifying & Terrifying Death Bed Scenes Of Atheists; Apostates and Reprobates (3 of 3), by David Clark
Recommended poem for those who hate our Lord Jesus:
Invictus, by William Ernest Henley
Recommended poem for those who love our Lord Jesus:
My Captain! by Dorothea Day
Recommended sermon for all the world:
How To Benefit From A Funeral, by Dr. David P. Murray