. A short history of the Italian Waldenses who have inhabited the valleys of the Cottian Alps from ancient times to the present. s, and to liberty of conscience, calledforth a fiery protest from Pope Innocent the Senate of Turin prohibited the pub-lication of this bull, and thus gave their firstresolute resistance to the papal power over theWaldenses. Thus was inaugurated the era ofliberty of conscience, and this faithful peoplebegan at last to enjoy the longed-for rest frompersecution. When will the other inhabitantsof Italy understand that because they trustedin God they were deliver
. A short history of the Italian Waldenses who have inhabited the valleys of the Cottian Alps from ancient times to the present. s, and to liberty of conscience, calledforth a fiery protest from Pope Innocent the Senate of Turin prohibited the pub-lication of this bull, and thus gave their firstresolute resistance to the papal power over theWaldenses. Thus was inaugurated the era ofliberty of conscience, and this faithful peoplebegan at last to enjoy the longed-for rest frompersecution. When will the other inhabitantsof Italy understand that because they trustedin God they were delivered, and learn thesame undoubting faith which saved them?Two hundred years ago these valleys weredeserted, and the few heroes who came backfrom Switzerland were uncertain whether newexile and new persecutions awaited a contrast to the liberty now enjoyed bytheir descendants ! Benevolently consideredby their fellow-citizens in the Italian pen-insula; the bi-centenary of the GloriousReturn treated as a national glory; reducedrailroad fare granted them in their journey tothe valleys, and the sympathy of the successor. WALDENSIAN RESIDENCE AND MUSEUM.
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