Waldensian Christians . Steadfast to the gospel , the Bohemians waited through the night of their persecution , in the darkest hour still turning their eyes toward the horizon like men who watch for the morning . " Their lot was cast in evil days , but . . . they remembered the words first uttered by Huss , and repeated by Jerome , that a century must revolve before the day should break . These were to the Taborites [ Hussites ] what the words of Joseph were to the tribes in the house of bondage : `I die , and God will surely visit you , and bring you out .'" -- Ibid ., b . 3 , ch . 19 . " The closing period of the fifteenth century witnessed the slow but sure increase of the churches of the Brethren . Although far from being unmolested , they yet enjoyed comparative rest . At the commencement of the sixteenth century their churches numbered two hundred in Bohemia and Moravia ." --Ezra Hall Gillett , Life and Times of John Huss , vol . 2 , p . 570 . " So goodly was the remnant which , escaping the destructive fury of fire and sword , was permitted to see the dawning of that day which Huss had foretold ." --Wylie , b . 3 , ch . 19 .
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