Excerpt from The Israel of the Alps, Vol. 2: A Complete History of the Waldenses and Their Colonies; Prepared in Great Part From Unpublished Documents
Chapter XX. - influence OF the philosophy OF the eighteenth cen tury ON the vaudois church, and progress OF events down TO the french revolution. (a.d. 1730 to a.d. 17 - Persecution continued in many forms of vexation - Growth and effects of new ideas - Children seized and retained by Papists - Popish missions in the valleys - Insin cerity in replies to remonstrances of the British Government - Vexatious prohibitions and restrictions - Poverty and distress of the Vaudois - Their services to the King of Sardinia in his wars - Battle of Assiette - Con tinued vexations on the part of_ the Popish clergy The Refuge of Virtue -the Vaudois Table instituted - Origin of the Vaudois congregation at Turin - The Vaudois churches of the French Alps begin to display signs of life - Unhappy effects of the infidel philosophy of the period on the spiritual character of the Vaudois pastors and.
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