THE TIMES.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22 1894
THE WALDENSES
In bis address Sunday night he
t raced the early atrugglera of his peo
ple for religious freedom, and gave a
brief account of the work bis church
is now doing for the evangelization
of Italy. At tbe outset be spoke
beautifully of the three books out of
which God teaches men. The book
of natnre and the book of history are
. . 1 m
tne nrsi two, out Decause men bo oi
ten read these amiss God gare a tnird
book. His Word, contained in the Bi
ble. He would take bis text, bow
ever, fmm tbe second book, that of
history.
He explained, parenthetically, that
the Waldenses did not derive their
name, as is so coram only believed
and taught, from Peter Waldo. He
was a Frenchman of Lyons, and lived
about 1120. He was called Waldo
because he became a Waldensan.
Every sect or denomination, observ
ed Dr Prochet, reverence the memory
of its founder. The Metb'nlists are
proud to point back to Wesley as
tbeir founder, the Calvinists to Cal
yin, the Lutherans to Luther. Tbe
Scotch Presbyterians honor the mem
ory of John Knox, but no Waldensan
has ever been known to claim Peter
Waldo as their founder or the organ
izer of their church.
I he Bpeaker brousht out forcibly
the power, both temporal spiritual,
of tbe Pope about and after the year
1.000, and showed bow wonderful was
the resistance of tbe little bandful of
Waldenses to the might and domins
ion f the Romish Church. His peo
ple have been called tbe Israel of the
Alpse. and, indeed, in many ways do
they rasemble God's chosen people,
A. tu t0-. F,iftn0fn,.Lrin
k miAa r- hon,a , -,J
ti. wi(ionap hnh r in t.i,A t.JAvt t
i,A r.ttudfe nrM o n,0 T.ri.
n,o n.fiBaa r
the true religion, so the Waldenses
tho .,r.lir nnpo wbn rl.M I
the knee to Baal, and refused to be
A fitrv hv tho rnr wiiirh th
Catholic Church disseminating.
At first tbe Roman Church sent
missionaries among tbe Waldenses.
She began by courting them, going
to them with soft words and flattery,
and when they were not to be won
over in that way she began her terrK
ble and bloody persecution among
them. They began to slaughter them
by the whole families It was either
4,the mass or death.' and the waN
denses died. Their Bibles were burned
in stacks; but, said the speaker, the
Waldenses have always had a enstora
of committing great gortions of the
Bible to heart. (He himself knew a
Waldensan who could repeat tbe
whole book of Paalms.) If the Catho
lies had succeeded in burning every
Bible, a very likely Waldensan tradi
tiorijeays that it would have only been
necessary to have gathered the people
together, string them out in a line.
and have the man -who committed
ueuesis to repeat it from memory;
likewise him or her who had c)m
mi Led Exodus, and so on thionghout
tbe whole of the Scriptures. The
Waldenses learned the Bible by books
it seems.
The speaker's description of the
. t
scenes 01 iuoe perescunons was a
powerful one. He pictured the
soldiers entering the peaceful moun
tain home. The father whs given
eight days to bow to the Pope, or die.
The speaker graphically portrayed
the day passing away after another
until tbe fated hour drew near, when
the father should first see his whole
family-wife and cblldrenslau2h.
tered before bis eves and then die
himself. A decendent of those mar-
tyrs tUe speaker said bis blood boiled
as be thought of their persecutions.
It was this description that tbe soea
ker very effectively ended bv quotinz
Milton's
n.yuin; -Avenge, u uom
1 1 Bla lln litaM1
Wut the ualdenses did not submit
tamely to these persecutions. Tbey
resistei wun a wonderful heroism.
ami sometime?, fortified bv tueir
superior ikmiliou m ue motjnuiu
fastnesses, a mere handful uf them
put to fight whole companies of their
eoeraie.
While it was in 1600 that the
bloody persecutions ceaed, it was
not until lg8 that the Waldenses
bad leave to worship outside tbeir
own valleys, or even to buy land be
yond their own boundaries. Higher
schools were long prohibited, and it
was only through the intervention of
the ambassador of Engltnd in 1833
that the? were allowed to have Latin
grammar taught to tbeir children.
Since the Waldenses have been al
lowed some latitude and freedom
they have begun the evangclizition
of Italy, Uic work ofrescuing.it tVoai
tlie errors taught by the 'priests, and
from the two daughters of Romanism,
aper&titioa nd infidelity. Paradox
leal as it may seem, these two are
sisters, the preacher maintained, and
in illustration said that if Voltaire,
the great infidel, when starting out on
a journey should see three crows he
would turn back in terror, and post
pone bis journey to another day.
Tbe Waldenses aie making an im
pression, and are having no little suc
cess in spite of great obstacles. The
King of Italy has peisonally assured
Dr. Prochet of his hearty wish ior the
succes of the Waldenses work. They
have 44 orgauized congregatins, 53
stations. 5.000 have come out ' from
iiia Kiimtn ctiuicn uirouzn ineir ei
.... . a m
forts, and 709 Roman Catholics are
now attending their Bible classes.
There is a desire to hear the Gospel
in Italy. The nation, as a whole, is
not vet touched, but the Waldenses
are content to labor on with such sue
cess as they are meeting. 1 he . spea
ker related many instances or re
markable . conversions . among rtbe
Catholics. He told, among others,
of a Catholic who bad been a drunk
nrd. wno was converted, lhe priest..
hearing of it. went to the man's wife
in threat alarm and said :
i
o
Mv dear woman, your husband is '
on tbe wav to bell.
" ..... . I
He has gone
with tbe Waldenses."
The woman ;- said :Well
Father,
when he was on the way to heaven,
! he used to come home drunk, ' and
beat me and abuse the children.
Since he has been on the way to bell.
comes booie sober, and brings us
words to say. I wish you would let
him be on the roap to hell a little
longer" . .
In conclusion, the speaker aaia lie
wanted the sjmyatby and prayers of
all who were then listening to bim.
While his people and this people
spoke difflrent languages, they all
believed in the a. me God. The ItaN
an said 4 4 Pad re. Nostref"theAmeri-
can "Our Irtner; the
Germau
44 Pater
"Unser Fater; the Latin
Noster;" but He is the Father of
all
alike.
l ue uoserver icariieu jcsicfunv
mi I - 1 ...tJ..t
tnat one. m lue 1.DJecw m ur .
ets coming to this country is to try
to collect $20,000 for carrying on tbe
ovAncrellailc work in Italv. The
Waldenses hsve a ways been a . poor '
- "r "v
people, oui iney uiougui, mat Fer
hada they might get some uelp
Der
through the generosity of the free
hearted and free-handed Americans. I
Whothor ho ancfteerlft or not in noU '
lecting it, their work will go on,
though under greater difficulties,
Tbey are are not begging. Rev. J.
H. Boyd, of the Second church, has
consented to receive and forward to
Dr Prochet any etfering that any
one might care to contribute.
MISSIONARY COLLECTIONS.
'Notice from the Board, of Miss
sions, Dy our excellent secretary,
Rev. W. B. Doub, which appeared in
the Advocate of January 31st. are
timely and should have tbe attention
of every member of tbe conference. I
isb to stress the importance of
early collections for missions, and in
doing so suggest three considera
tions :
1. By unanimous vote of annual
Conference at Wilmington we 4,re
solved to endeavor to collect tbe
amount for Foreign Missions by
March 1st, 1894." So that by formal
and positive action, we as members
nf the ennferenrn nrn mmmitW n
...
lo Ppie. ?
l here is immediate 'demand for
the money. Foreign Missionary
.,,tAK' fau . .
? .
Pan ol lDeear m e paia Dy the
Board when due. If the money is
not in the treasury it must be bois
rowed, at heavy interest and that in
vol yes loss to our missionary fund
which the Board is not able, and
ought not to be required, to bear.
The nly means of relief is through
early collections. The responsibilis
ty is mainly upon tbe presiding eU
ders and pastors who have this mats
ter specially in hand. Lot us be
faithful to our trusu
And tbeu then our home Missions
aries need money, tnd need it early.
Many of them have families to sup
port; perhaps received sxna'l salaries
tbe past year, have bad to bear the
peu9 ui luug muye, ana conse
quently have but little, if any, money
AS tuey enter upon their new work,
besides this, the) are in undeveloped
territorv where thev nnnnt t, w
and will not be likely to recieve
J LTIg
much from the
peop e whom thev
not thor t
serve. Thcv arc no;
own'motiveaT but" in" obedience to ibt
tbe powers that be, and to do work
assigned them by tbe church. They
are entitled to the thoughtful aad im
mediste consideration of those who'
have more inviting" fields of labor.
We are their stewards and to us
they look tor prompt aud earnest
etfort lor their relief. We think
our stewards unfaithful if they defer
collections for our support un til the
close of tbe yean Let us set them
an example worthy of tbeir imitation.
3. Farly collections render entire su c
ccs more probable and easy. Money
often more plentiful in the' first part
of the year; if the first call does not se
cure the full assessment, there will be
opportunity for other efforts during: the
year; and then It is not encumbered by
un accumulation of other interests for
which collection must be taken, to leave
all these collections to the uncertainties
of the close of the year, when the stew
ards of the circuit or station are in a
fijreat strain, to bring -up- the pastor's sal
ary, is to imperil success aud invite fail
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By virtue of a power of sale contained
in a Mortgage Deed executed on the.iOth
day of Dec. 1892 by D. Stewart and
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corded iti the Register's office of Harnett
county in Book F. page 498, which said
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I will sell for cash lit the t6urt hoiiic
door in the Town of LilHngton on Mon
day the 5th ' day of March 1894 at V2
i. if i i i j i i s.. s i
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lanJji rUpOU wh!cll the D A Stey.xt and
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, i ' .5. ,
description see '-Registry of Harnett
county Book F page 498. This the 5th
D. . A. ayior, Assmee.
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE
SALE.
By virtue of a power or sale con
tained in a mortgage deed, executed
to me and duly registered in Book H
No. 2. Page 163,'Kecords of Harnett
county. I will sell at public sale at
the Court House door at Lillington
on the 1st day of March 1894 at 12
o'c.ook M a certain bouse and lot in
tbe town of Duunr known as tbe
Mack Parker place. This is one of
tbe most desirable buildings in the
town, the house being new, well fin-
isnea, witu 4 jooa. stzseu rooms,.
being on the corner of two prominent
streets, and a welt of splendid water
on the lot. Title is good. This Jan.
17th 1894. j. wade, Mortgagee.
F. P, Jones. Attorney' 4i
NOTICE.
By virtue of a certain Mortgage Deed
executed ta me Feb; 20 1893 by A. F,
Kennedjvaiul duly registered in the rd-cord-
of deeds of mbrtgagca of Harnett
county, iu book II. No." 2 page 12C. I
will sell at public sale to the highest bid
der at the Depot in Dunn, N. C. at 12
o'clock M. on Saturday the 17tb. day of
March, 1894, The following property
therein conveyed,- to-wit: A certain
tiact of land in Grve Township Harnett
county adjoining the land of W. H.
Stephenson and others containing 22 J
acres more or less. For full discription
see Book H No 2 page 120 Record of
Harnett county. Said land contains val-i
mule convej'eil Hi cs:dd mortgage. This
13th day of ' Feb 1894. -
v L. M.-Kyal. Admr.
R.. M, CaiUiady. Iortg:igee.
L. J. Best, Attornev.
North Carolina,
the Suerior Court
Harnett County
ty.j
J. J. Wilson Assignee of I NOTICE
G leaves Hardware, Co. of .
vs. V Execution
A. R. Wilson, j Sile.
By virtue of an execution dlrectetl to
the undersigned troin the Superior Court
of Harnett county iu the above entitled
action, I will on Monday, the 2nd tlay of
April 1894. at 12 o'clock MM at tlie court
1kusj door of county, sell to the
highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said
execution, all the right, title, aud inter
est which the said A. R. WlUowv Defen
dant, has in the following described rail
estate, to-wit: : 4!$ acres.of loud known
as McTean land, 7iJ acreof land known
as Lewis McLean laud, S5 acres known
as Alex. Furgusou land, located in Stew
j arts Creek Towtoshlp, one acre at Spout
sPri"g lu-Audctson Creek - rownhlp.
4 : C, McArtan, Sheriff
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