Christian herald and signs of our times . Saumur, at Chatel-lerault, and would have gone to the ends of theearth if only it might secure the rights of itsconstituents, is better entitled to the rank ofprotagonist, since it was the true author of thesystem under whose successful operation thekingdom enjoyed for long years a peace foundedupon justice and equity. It was upon the 13th of April, 1598, thatHenry signed the edict which has come to beknown as the Edict of Nantes. It was a re-markable circumstance, noticed even at the timeas a singular coincidence, that the great lawestablish ng the ci
Christian herald and signs of our times . Saumur, at Chatel-lerault, and would have gone to the ends of theearth if only it might secure the rights of itsconstituents, is better entitled to the rank ofprotagonist, since it was the true author of thesystem under whose successful operation thekingdom enjoyed for long years a peace foundedupon justice and equity. It was upon the 13th of April, 1598, thatHenry signed the edict which has come to beknown as the Edict of Nantes. It was a re-markable circumstance, noticed even at the timeas a singular coincidence, that the great lawestablish ng the civil rights of the Huguenots * From The Huguenots and Henry of Navarre. By HenryM. Baird, Professor in the University of the City of New York ;Author of * The History ol the Rise of the Huguenots ofFrance. A valuable historical work, deeply interesting to everylover of civil and religious liberty. Two vols., with *<l by Cfarki £eri*n<r! Stu^ 745 Broadway, New York. THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF 0\]U TIMES. Nov. ] i. An Opium-SellersStore in China. was issued at the very place where, thirty-eightyears earlier, on the ist of February, 1560, inthe reign of Francis the Second, and in themidst of the most violent persecution, the firstAssembly of the Malcontents, soon to be knownas Huguenots, was brought together by the in-credible diligence of GorJefroy de la one of the strange revenges of history, thesame Breton port that witnessed the stealthyconvocation of a few patriots resolved to at-terript against great odds the overthrow of atyrannical usurpation of power, was destined tobehold the promulgation of one of the mostillustrious of laws ever enacted in behalf of re-ligious liberty. The Edict of Nantes is a long and somewhatcomplicated document. Beside the edict prop-er contained in ninety-five public articles, thereis a further series of thirty-six secret articles,and a brevet, or patent of the king, all of whichwere signed on the 13th of April
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