. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. on the top of a highmountain; the sound of music and the odors of flowers came through the - it was opened. d\u\ the saint with a heavy heart turned away from all the ravishing beauty, and. hardly knowing what he the mountain, until he came to the gate ol the region wSOuls dwell. A youth at the gate said to him,— Come in. The gate opened, and the Evil ack inside the gate, I could wish n | into it; and once inside the gate I < ould never be turned [( ami up to the gate again, and called for St. saint o
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. on the top of a highmountain; the sound of music and the odors of flowers came through the - it was opened. d\u\ the saint with a heavy heart turned away from all the ravishing beauty, and. hardly knowing what he the mountain, until he came to the gate ol the region wSOuls dwell. A youth at the gate said to him,— Come in. The gate opened, and the Evil ack inside the gate, I could wish n | into it; and once inside the gate I < ould never be turned [( ami up to the gate again, and called for St. saint opened the gate a little. • I , i in < harity. said St. < Ihristopher, let me listen to the music. gate w; . little more ajar. Immediately St. Christophet threw into the < elestial place the wonderful sack ; he wished, and in a. REVOKING THE EDICT OF NANTES. BRITTANY. 293 moment he was in the sack himself,— and he has remained in the re-gion of light, music, flowers, and happiness ever since. The Class went by rail to Rennes, one of the old capitals of Brit-tany. It was hardly interesting to them, but a pleasant ride tookthem to Yitre, where the boys visited the residence of Madame de Se-vigne. Nantes, the ancient residence of the Dukes of Brittany, is situatedon the river Loire, about forty miles from the sea. It is one of thelargest and most beautiful of the provincial towns of France. In theold castle Henry IV. signed the Edict of Nantes, giving freedom ofworship to the Protestants in France. This famous Edict was published April 13, 1598. The Reformers,or Huguenots, had at this time seven hundred and sixty churches. Itwas revoked by Louis XIV. in 1685, under the influence of his pre-lates, who persuaded him thus to seek expiation for his sins. The re-sult of the act was that four hundred thousand Protes
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