History of the Waldenses: From the Earliest Period to the Present TimeAmerican Sunday School Union, 1829 - 158 pages |
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... name , which signifies " at the foot of the mountains , " is derived from Piedmont's being situa ted at the bottom of the Alps . Italy , they do not entirely agree with either nation THE WALDENSES . 11 CHAPTER II. ...
... name , which signifies " at the foot of the mountains , " is derived from Piedmont's being situa ted at the bottom of the Alps . Italy , they do not entirely agree with either nation THE WALDENSES . 11 CHAPTER II. ...
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... mountains , in the sides of which are numerous caves , formed one of the chief places of retreat for the inhabitants in times of persecution . * Angrogna , Pramol , and San * The following description of one of the caverns into which ...
... mountains , in the sides of which are numerous caves , formed one of the chief places of retreat for the inhabitants in times of persecution . * Angrogna , Pramol , and San * The following description of one of the caverns into which ...
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... mountains ; " as if the all - wise Creator , " says Morland , “ had from the beginning designed that place as a ... mountain scenery of which the Alps can boast . The mountain stream , which is called the torrent of Angrogna , gives its ...
... mountains ; " as if the all - wise Creator , " says Morland , “ had from the beginning designed that place as a ... mountain scenery of which the Alps can boast . The mountain stream , which is called the torrent of Angrogna , gives its ...
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... mountains , so sheltered and protected , that it looked as if no rough winds could ever visit it . The declivities which sloped down to it were clothed with trees of every descrip- tion , among which were abundance of walnuts ...
... mountains , so sheltered and protected , that it looked as if no rough winds could ever visit it . The declivities which sloped down to it were clothed with trees of every descrip- tion , among which were abundance of walnuts ...
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... mountains were covered with snow , for accomplishing their horrid work ; when , falling unexpectedly on these peaceable people , they put many of them to the sword , and took possession of their caves . Those who escaped this massacre ...
... mountains were covered with snow , for accomplishing their horrid work ; when , falling unexpectedly on these peaceable people , they put many of them to the sword , and took possession of their caves . Those who escaped this massacre ...
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afflicted Albigenses amidst Angrogna arms army Arnaud attack Balsille banishing barbarities beseech Beziers Bishop blood brethren Cathari Charles Emanuel Christ Christian Claudius Claudius of Turin commanded Count of Foix cruel cruelty crusaders death Divine Providence doctrines dominions dreadful Duke of Savoy Earl of Montfort edict endeavouring enemies England excommunicated exterminate faith fathers favour flames fled force French hands hath heresy heretics holy horrid horror hundred inhabitants Innocent inquisitors King of France legate length Lord Lucerna Marquis massacre monks mont mountains multitudes native neighbours obliged Papal Paterines perished persecution persons Piedmontese Pignerol places poor Pope Popish prince prisoners Protestant Provence Raymond Roger Reformer religion rendered Roman Catholic Rome Romish church royal highness says Scripture sent sovereign subjects sufferings sword thousand tion Torre Toulouse treaty troops Turin valley of Pragela valleys of Pied valleys of Piedmont Vaudois Victor Amadeus Waldenses Waldensian pastors worship
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Page 95 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers...
Page 90 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 95 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 95 - AVENGE, O Lord, Thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them, who kept Thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not. In Thy book record their groans, Who were Thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 106 - The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
Page 31 - ... of salvation : we cannot penetrate it. Pestilential man ! what pride has seized your heart, and what is your folly, to refuse peace with your neighbours, and to brave the divine laws, by protecting the enemies of the faith ? If you do not fear eternal flames, ought you not to dread the temporal chastisements which you have merited by so many crimes?
Page 100 - ... mind of your royal highness, which hath been provoked against them. " In behalf of these poor people whose cause truly even commiseration itself may seem to make the more excusable, the most serene Protector of England is also become an intercessor; and he most earnestly entreateth and beseecheth your royal highness, that you would be pleased to extend your mercy to these your very poor subjects, and most disconsolate outcasts ; I mean those, who inhabiting beneath the Alps, and certain valleys...
Page 4 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the...
Page 144 - They get their livelihood by manual industry, as day labourers or mechanics, and their teachers are weavers or tailors. They are not anxious about amassing riches, but content themselves with the necessaries of life. They are chaste, temperate, and sober. They abstain from anger. Even when they work, they either learn or teach. In like manner also, their women are very modest; avoiding backbiting, foolish jesting, and levity of speech, especially abstaining from lies or swearing, not so much as making...
Page 5 - I now believe that the eye which saw seven thousand in Israel who had not bowed the knee to Baal...