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from their gra.p. - In front of this great half , is an
open square of , ground, 'sufldent for four or
fire thousand people. The great deity seated
in one end of the above-mentioned hall, is a very
large statue, about 10 feet high in' a.sitting posi
tion. His head, with a faoe representing a man.
r ,
ia as large as a bushel, with a body and limbs
in proportion. This idol, except bis face, is
general! j excluded from the gaze of the people,
by a yellow screen, in front of which there is a
large round hole, to enable the worshippers . to
behold the golden face of him whom they adore.
Here on th e first and. middle I of each month
thousands meet and worship these idols made of
brick and mortar; The work of men's hands.
They hate mouths, "but they speak; iot eyes
have they, -but they see.'not i; thej Lave aars, bat
they bear not j neither is there any breath in
tbeir raouthsy Theythat make them are like
unto them j so b every one that trusteth in
them." 135 fsalm.'The Mandarins worship at
sun-rise on the first, day of erery month. : The
people when they come to the temple to worship,
light a candle or stick of incense or both, and
place it before' the idol, for the privilege of which
they give the priest a few doong-dees, that is,
pieces of money, about the third of a cent, and
then kneel on a small platform, in tho form of a
writing desk, and reverently bow their heads o
the desk, 3, 6 or 9 times, according to the fer
vency of their devotions, or the importance of
place, they are not Very industrious in the see- Apostles, and that they bare not swerved - from who have been so . upheld by the wonderful pro
ond place, they have to giv about one-third of the original tenets 'pf their- Church f Mosheim tidettee.t)f "God, that neither those numberless
their nee crop to tho Kpperor, as taxes ia says i VKor'are those destitute of .argumentsj storms ind tempests, whereby tha whole Chris
the, third place, they expend no little for idola- who assert that the AValdensea even in this age, tiai world hath- been shaken, nor those horrible
trous DurDOS3s and in th last nlAn k... mL V,' th Mr' rnA erica inr lTlfrSPCtlli(TTl)l whlnh havw VAn ert directly i raised
a a - . ' vmww wa SU W UBfai I tfV I VUU VW4I m J l"vaa ymm. mm w w mm I r - - - - w Wvvu a- mf -
but little left for their ow?i sustenance i conse- th valleja of iPiedmoit, and- inveighed- freelv against them,' have , b
qnently thej lire in a low .$anp but, with but a against Roman domination. It is well-known them to " y eId ) a yolanUry . submisaiorJ J
Scanty allowance of uOuriiSlni! food, and with that -the iWaUenscs are generally' sapposed to Roman vtTWnn'and : idolatry Sit " Jami
nothing whatever to protect them from the damp) have origins . d from Peter, a rich merchant pf j Mackintosh says ;: J? With the dawi
and cold, but their chthini; (they can't afford Hrozls m rr.born at Vaux or lyaldura, or discover some; simple Christians m the Valley of
to purchase fuel for Ire. ) Aa a eonsequenco of Xidmra , a f m ; the marqutsate of Lyons, the Alps, where they still exist underthe more an
tbitata'of things, they 1 kio off rapidly, and n calle(Ji!rtT:is and , Validiaius.-, He was cient name of Vaudois, who, by the light of the
what is worse than all, without acknowledge -of a pious manaised. the four gospels and other New Testament, saw the extraordinary contrast
God or of the eternity that:await3 the unbeliever. P.0t ct io" be translated firom Latin between i the puriormitive t
of this life ; tuey are rbbed in"the th j
, ; .t,wir.e letter has been, kindly furnished
' ijcition, bf the Rev. Wm. Yates, the father of
Weltbink it itll no&il to Interest axwJ
:s0,u . ' 4 thfl hlPwnrv thov wicV Pm.s,. Wk il!. !.
i j tl,e tnanaers and cuiloms oi, the '"v MkMHUii fcM-J " uu ocwuic. u ueu mu 13
'.-'-' aont, au is OTer, sna tae people psss on , sboat
rinche; .Asjrwt lSth, 1851. " their business,feeling sure thatthey will be bless-
riTsw ' . j ed m their families and business. -1 am Inclined
ifoHlong time, bought of jrriting yon R tkthey in their worship have but very lit-
Oe of ptae length, givinsyoa sota par-Jlie " anynnougntaDOu tne roture the happi
f5n.se and Chinese matters in een-1ne8S of aa individual hi the world of spirits, de
!!' t- . 2.i7 uA s J Ut in tn. . nitv Pends upon the vigilance and attention of the
r--r v , .. ... ? fnj t. m.:
1 fJn Vint hav tint had time to car-1 """6 "" " "" -"uc vutute aeace n is
fliAttSVu, v . . . . ,
I. will now commence, ina5 a" Vnille8e. worslllP at certain seasons, at
.., i" intention
acaiisaT when I shall be ready to send off the graves of their aacestors placing by the
IniTidg you a! few particulars I graTe-hill, at the same time, various dishes of
' - ' .. J .1 u meats. vecretahW nc.p. frmf wSns ir' 'A.
i i a Mmmnrueate mv taouznts m a sivte i -o-- , ,
se 13 possible, irr order that you may if sPirit of their deceased friend or reUtive to eat;
aMsiet s glance at a Chinese city and peo- iaeJ 4150 Durn at tbe grave paper trunks .with
papci luui uu acjr tur uiiu vu put nt9 CtUluS
in, and further, they burn a kind of silver color
ed paper, for his use in the world of spirits.
Every year fbr mfl5y after the1 death of a friend
the female relatives of the deceased, cro to
9 W
all grown over with grass, and cry
and make - great lamentation,- Sec . Thus yu 1
the tnr or shIngiiae.
TUiAj of Shanghae, as well as. all the large
-siaCaina, has a wall around it. This wall
4 cf brick and stone, land is about 18 feet I .
z , .11. I -A
:taa 4 tec i. ttiguw . x nils Hw um u gates
The wealthy
good things
rThe five Valley s of Piedmoni: between Francaf .
and Italy,' environed ancl dfefenaed by almost im v,
passable mountains, fertile, fruitful,-and seclu
ded from surrounding nations, were secure 7t& :
if the all-wise Creator had frci ;he .begitfning r.
designed that place as a cabinet, wherein to put
some inestrmable jewel; or in whieb' toTeserva
many thousand souls which should -tiri bs h4
The Waldenses were numcrqus " daring ih4 .
dark ages, ana especially when the Reformation
began, to dawn. C"PO oi tneir pastors, oeorga
aiorreii; iniorras us waiinti uiue, a as. iuou
there were 800,000 persons ptpfessing the" re- '
ligion of the Waldenses.'" D. in B
hernia, alone, there were said to be 80,006. A. D
1260ihey had floonshin churches ia -Constaii-
finest salks, crapes and satlWs, aad for winter the not jn aocordigeria- tfoie- of JesasTChrist.?- op Usher, IQishop Mede, and others of the high- tuple, Iorenee, Uadelphta, ArbaniarBaTga-
ricbest furs, with a foot-gujTe tor their feet. ;. ne d!str1B.M? PJ tho poor., and f A, est authority,! fed; maintameJ the apostolic ori- riil-oabaidy, SclaVoniay Dhgonitii, Val Spot :
Mjt tiou.j oeesme a jreacner. nis . iotiowars icria oi tne - v ataenscs, or av ieasi piacea tncir i
igio far pack' in antiquity. ; ' , ' ; . plc'7 , oarmaiia, idvonia - anaotner pli
Thus yon see in this as
there is a great diversity
men.
STREETS, ROipS, &C.
The streets of Shansrhae
nese cities, are very narroff 'j averaging about 6
in evtrv other land.
in the conditions of rapidlj mulJiPUe(J ia prance, Lombardy, and af- origin
terwards throughout Europe. -. 1 I. We would also remark that the dialect spoken I Ccs
f - r
as well as of all Chi-
It is not "material - whether we call those an- by the Waldenses indicates their great antiquity. - To prove that the-Waldensas would now bt
cient reformerev Vaudois Vallenses. ValdesL' 'val-1 IVC. Rnoaard. VdbUiish'ed phnoloiriat, statca.l c"6 -Baptists we must refer to their doe trinet.
Ie8i Valdenscs or Waldensc?. All
feet wide. All the merchandise of this great KlJcntl chr 10 the m6 PeoPle
rom two to three ban-
red along these nar-
city, with a population of
dred thousand souls, is ca
row streets on the shoulder of men, (as we have
no carts, wagons, or any thing of the sort.,) You
ban easily imagine the difficulty one would find
m masing sis way alone? tbese streets always
II i,1 IS i . , , .
crowded witn men, women, enudren, barking
side no r and have' from
, of these terms after thorough investigation, that it is "an idiom hat in some of the valleys towards .
pie. I They re- intermediate rbe'teen the decomposition of the e oss f last century "and in tlie. beginning ot
time immemorial, in the language of the Romans' and the establishment ff tne Pre8Cnt there, has been a slight falling off
valleys of theJAlps, and have planted their col- of a new grammatical system. -. .. in respect to their sentiments, and.their confes-
onies in various parts of Europe. .The district! In speaking of UeiV faTe a little modified.- Thif
which they occupy is at present only abouUwen-hwork of the Waldenses extant, the same , writer acc0QQU xor ID? Pracuco 01 "ntan Paptism (per
ty-two mib by sixteen in extent, in the kine- remarks : The lanjmase seems to metobe of foraed; by 'pounnS ;Water on ' the head of th
dona of Sardinia, and called Piedmont. In an-1 an CDOch alreadv far senarated from its ririoinal lcall"aa,:eJ ln 111 e vaueys oi x lea in on t at rtb
i i i . mi . ' i , ; i 1 Tlt'n. T1. 1 1 v ii ;' ' -f
ClCnl 11(1108 it was tar more extensive. 1 be formation ; inasmuch as we may remark the pienJi". jut ur. uaira very canmaiyt-
- .J: : V. .11 u more probable supposition, in respect to their suppression of some final consonants ; a pecnliar-1 marK8 aIter nientuninS tbe present practte
water used by this great clt
ets,' on men's shoulders. Tjh
try are lothing more thami
2 or 3 ' feet wide. Thesel unlike the streets
within the city, fare not
ly in wet weather are alm jsj
retired I ywucuns uvm weir cuuiessious oi iaiin ana
the testimony of their enemies, that they; did
The Chinese, I think, aN the nicest farmers mo;r8 of Morel, written in the sixteenth ceri-1 of Piedmont,1 in the Terv davs ' of CnBritivei not practice infant baptism until moderni times:.
I 0 m ATI (f inn PIorlrrwintnOA tk v.mmaaI 4 ! . f . 1 1.
U carried in Wk- onSa ',''U,M reier P1 Lyons, receivea toe uy wriicu announces mat tne woras oi tnojongr; w-. r ,t;u;yu lu wpwi w laum oap.
j - I name oi &kio irom tne sect, ana net tne sect ispoaen aiaieet naa aireaay iost some portion oil ; ; , , w -ajj
j roads m the coan-1 .. - . . . .. If . . .. . . . J . . f - i v-xi.11 !. .
uarrow foot naths 1 rrom tim Ur McLaine strongly advocates this tneir primitive terminatpns! : This shows that wo uccm " Fruuawet-u noi certain, tnougn tr
P ' '!: t r j. "u.j it.i l i I t.- 1V ' v. i:1 tI.iU xi.. I have never PTaniinrd this nint; witK rTinK
I . - . . - . , . . . I . . . . . - . . . J l t . t. 1 : i. . - i.t itr . ,
nivtd and consequent- .ore reter Waldo, wbo nounsbea Aipme vaies Deiore tbe " establishment of a new "y ""7 Ul lut- " awenses,
f?A1 cTjcfar iJMA:Mtp. for Sthev were numerous. wLick did nVitK-r hnA.
.imp a e or e layg-g 0f pe0I)le in the Alpine vales I" Hence,' remarks the learned Faber. baptism?' There iVVabun:-
i
, Tthink, aN the nicest 'farmers mors pf Morel, written in the sixteenth cen- of Piedmonts in the rery f days of pi
m. ' . - & S Si a a a 1 .y ' . ' i .... 1 v .-.. w W m ,
1Q the WOrld lheir farms ara all Stnall, there- lQry U iastatedthat those professini! the VVaU fc believed that'thero are many descend-
fore they ar enabled to eltivate them to per- en8iatl f-j numbered; about eight hundred Roman emP""e by the persevering . incursions of ants of the ' ancient WTaldenses at the presenl
fection. Although the tittirai fertility of the thousand. These must have included the Pro- te Teutonic nations.' 1 Faber then shows , that time, who hkve never1)owed the knee to " Baal '
sou Baa wng umto mbcu esuuaieu, jc ii u pi testants in the marqutsate Of; baluzza, the rro-1 ""O : tiaeuses wowu uo ua?e, ten ; ine luxu- i ttu u. cbj;v w uuaut uapttsiu. iu3rjeu-
very productive by constarjtjattention to nanur- vjnC6 of Susa in Provence Dauphiny in the want , plains fr sterile valleysnnless there had montese . still maintain the grand principles "
ing. ' The manure used is jbijiman excrement and Pjreneea and perhaps others besides , the Wal- been urgent reasons for it, and intimates that Protestantism and of the apostles, excepting ia
urin. This filth ia taken jmt of the city in open denies, -H isevident from their enemies that the they were undoubtedly : forced thus to, emigrate, relation to baptism, and we. are, suppriscd that i
hneketon rnens ahoulders3 iuat as watdr is car- --, -:-, f : ' ' -A u - : bv the dreadful Persecutions of Christiana in the' thev have swerved at all from the'anostnhVnMnlw
, . . . : Hi ------ j ccv M nuvicu.) ., - t :. . . i w : r . . .... w .. i ..... . . , - . r r . KtTT
strweta into the city they are about 10; or
v... ' J. V,. 1 J . aiu- pv-tuxt, ui a smgw tenure oi
. ; - . 1 , , I the superstitious and idolatrous character of the
ried, and should have befeii .classed among the! TUineriut Satcho: who had lived seventeen second,- third and 'fourth centuries, under theltice. ;4t has been, however brought about from
motiy.mixtu&' referred U-ara--ttnd than three
to
iixi at night. . People may pass and re
tiul about 10 o clocs, when tne rates are
ist till morning. I should have said each
-nvh-is tiro gates, one; at the outside arid
t:3 tHs mside of the wall., i
?m wall now apparent
y useless, was neces-
-awcicnt tims to protect the city from
cEssJiwids of robbers from "Japan," and
liis-Wous regions of China. The civil and
"Mandarins (public ofiBcers) of the
rat 5a?. ( who have no confidence in the hones
V .
people, aiuoiigwbom and for whom we labor.
Bat I Iutc departed from the subject under con-
sideration. 'What I have said above is-in re
gard to the temple of the god of this district.
Besides this, there are numerous temples of local
i deities, if I may so call them, viz : temples of
the god of fireof tha god of the waters of
the god of the fieldsgod of thunder-of the
I queen of heaven." Many temples of "..Budha"
(this latter most numerous) and many others,
.. w)i0 s maniAn A tl t A a V. n . a a A t- n
cdlojalty ol their own subjects,) keep these e , , . v . n .
: - , . - v , . " r . found and seen in bhsnff ha e. . All the? Chinese
in vn.itu rrv rA, maa.a. i . .
, . ... i . . , ,r ,. j cities have the same ; and larger than this," have
of rebellion amctojr their subjects. 1 bet , .
are not bound together by a coda of
ilvs. Eke the neODle of onr favored land.
, - r -j.. r
x whole comoianitiear and even whole States
f- together, as one man. Here although the
fie T something which they call laws, yet
aiia b bis dealings with others, is actuated
4iateni?t without re2ard to law.
;.THE BCILDIMCS IN SRANGhJiE.
more, these temples are to be seen through
out the country, as faas we have been. Every
hamlet must have its temple, and every family
cooking range, must have its kitchen god. This
latter is made of paper.
The dwelling houses of Shanghae, are about
one-third of them two stories high, or have a loft
The bottom side pf the plank of the upper floor
is planed smooth : the top side, where the fe
i-bttrous temples ef Shanghae (of which I male portion of the family lives, is not planed,
"7 ? mnlJ are by far the largest and most but is left just as it come fro m the sawyers. The
-jKnictarea. It will be impossible for me first floor is made of larcre bricks about 14 mchea
pijosany thin like a!correct idea of these, I sauare and 3 inches thick.- The brick here
y aot attempt it. Including ; .ill their having no cntin them, can be, and are planed
notwithstanding the great value of to a i dint like wood. When put bwn in this
s &e city,) they cover from one. to two war. on earth made smooth, thev make a verv
-m ' I mf W W 9
ground. Many of these apartments are j imod floor thbuch in this climate verr damn.'
.. - I - ----. - a - ,
"'-a tne statues of irreat men .and warriors I T4,; Wa nmipV-m. K" rerTArA aa a dA.
888111 times, who are now deified, and wor- scrintion of the best Chinese dwelling. 1 should
thrpeople. These statues ire - the have said before, these houses are all framed out
sz? a man. and trie face and flvfl sn mint. Lr .---- .;mti cnma- l!V' framaA Itmt-A
- J . V ft VUUW !"', BV IV 11 UW W - W . MM. W WV
-represent the livinsr man. and I believe Uf fh ha.VA nn bnt(p as aKta
X, , C I M . MV-WW, w VM w v . Mi. v .. . . m. - . w.
uu expression ot tnese statues are The r0of rests on the ends of the upright posts
msome degree, to represent the char- The snaces between the timbersor upright posts
a of the man when ( living. ' They all Lre filled pn with bricks, forming partitions about
, 7ms DJ Bide alonr the" wall, in an erect to-1 a ;-.!.- Th- nd .1T
c . . . : x thicl-. ine iron, ana Dacs siaes or-tne nouie
- tui a placid countenance, some -have I ar all onened ot closed at pleasure, bv a succes
'iS tuT. '- ' " I r - a ....-'
; .t o much so, as to make you shrink 8ion cf doors, and of windows above Theroo
: " tierClflff rSTfl. Othpr 'rlp.n v. -r. t,nA . - a? Kt-aV wslla
3 sUnding ia runninff posture, with conn-1 on the Rides. All) the stores or shops, have the
pressing rat emotion, as if bidding ( whole endor side of the house on the street
VST-m I- - - - ' ..1 ...... i. -- '
-." w a nearer approach; Others are armed r,T.Pn dnrinfr tha dav. so that the nas3crs.bv can
P-lt ftlnl -.L ;. '- 1 .. .. . -,! , ,.
. - mauj wun a vane. uiigee all . tne -gooos ana mercnanaise t. wimm j a
r-. ume navo great norns on weir njght they are aU mad3 rast by aUding doors.
tly mJxtu-ihactows?theL gtreetSi referred I TearfhrfsW-eix.na -daritir part-of that emperors. MarcuSj.AureJiu?, lajumittjUPfciusJthe feet
above. (Whenever we step out of our lot ;me ha4 tWrftistor of one of their churches. Valerian, and Dioclesian. f ' j hundred years, "have not' allotred them to estab'.
we are constantly meeting this iausance, and are afterwards apostatized, became an Inquisitor oft Paul, in his Epistle to the Komans, tells his Iish' any theological schools or colleges "of their
compelled tof close mouth kid nose, or be aufFo-Lha Church of Rome, and wrote against the brethren that he purposed to visit Spain. If he I own, and they tfhve consequently been cdmpelD-
cated with in awful tenbli ) This manure is Waldenses About tha year 1250. In his look crer performed that journey, and it is probable ed to educate thefr ministry at Lausanne and
nsea principally ior g-ruens as wr we against them, he says, " i heir sect nas been tne ,,ua' "c "c epcB .uuuu.hu; u going, -.- .-.. -"i . . --. m.j ; u
and wheat crop. It is deposited in vats by the most injurious of all, to the Church of God, on he may have passed through those valleys,' and plague, thirteen out of their fifteen pastors, and
road side till the garden is et with plants, or till account of their antiquity ; for they, according there proclaimed the gospel of Christ. had to look to Switzerland and. France for min-
herice and wheat u up y then it is well stirred, Urjonje originated in the times of r the Roman M should b remarked , that .historians, in wtcrs to take their places.-; Thus the churchei
mixed with a little water, and thrown broak-cast Bhop Sylvester, in the f?urth century ; and speaking of the Waldenses, voften . call them were brought immediately xmder the influence "of
over the rice and wheatfJ in the gardens it is according to. others existed aa' early as the -days Leonists ; but they haVe not given them this a Paedobaptist ministry, though a Protestant
poured over each plant aa you water gardens at Qf tjje apostles." Again, he says thatj " they name from Peter Waldo of Lyons, who flourish- one. It was very- different with their ancient
home. Thiaisdone everjjrj two or three days, live justly before taen,; and believe Hot only all ed in the twelfth century E. S. Faber informs churches. A. D. 1544, in order to remove un
till the vegetable is cut fof faiarke. In this way te .ArtKletof the creed, Jbut every sound doc- 08 that the term Leonisfs was probably derived founded prejudices entertained ' agajnst them,
the earth is kept moisthOwever dry the season trine respectipg the Deity ; only they speak evil from a man residing in Lyons, of Aquitam, and they sent to the Jang orrance a (onfession of
maybe, and with this fertijizing ingredient, the oftoe- Rom&n Church and clergy, Pilichderf nch more ancient personage than the one re- Faith jn twelve Articles. Tbe substance of them
the vegetable is forced to maturity in a few weeks . a wrjter of the thirteenth century, states, tbatfenrc to '.above. He was probably a leader in ws tne loiiowing : . , ... t .
In this way, they are enabled to gather many the persons ho claim to have existed from the sect, and a very devout man, as we learn " 1. We bplieve there is but one God, Crea-
crops from their gardens during the year. As tjme 0f .Pop: Sjlvester, were' the ' Walden- feom what JcrorDe J8. .' v '"'A..e1 Wa!J?"?s.e8 l0P nti --Father of M" " " :" "'' ' :
fast as one crop is off, another is down the year Kg(n believe themselves to have originated from no v-? believe mat Jesos Christ w the Son
. man living, since fthe days of the Apostles 1 w vur r. i nat in bim-all ths
ronnd .
Si.
From the BaptitiMemorial.
- si , '
The Waldenses Tbctt Origin and Snti-
ments
, t m m r , i ' r.
ii. hiiiimmaii mtM inn ti reo Anrena ko. i . . . t ..... .., - ,1 , .
-.. . I - .. . .. ; . iminess qi ine uoaneaa aweus.. .
renco, Grand Prior of St. Koch, m Turin,, was tney.asser. r"rneif : 1 3. VVo believe in the Holy Spirit, the Coc
j t n inn ii ithft Anostles themselves. Still thev mav havr lf,..-
torv of the "Men of the Valleys." After pee called after a distinguished leader. That 4. We believe there is one holy Church, th4
thomnh and tended research, he published early Lyonese reformer bas evidently been con- rwno e asseniDiy oi tne. uitatuL
a volume upon the subjeot in 1632, in which he founded by most historians with the more mod-
On . the whole, we think, it , can be credibly J Christ j and by this ordinance we are received
7, v e believe that in the orchnaneA f h n
.TTHS..XOS., ; hT8"
The Waldenses have been regarded from tipe slates that " tne ncrsey oi tne eignt century re- -v.. hich represents to us renovation of the mind bf
immemorial, as a remarkable people. Thej terring to tne aoctriucs oi vaum ui ;iu, . " 7 - . imo mumucauou'w our memodra, throtig-t' Jesus
rl well in the Alnine vales amid some of the bol- continued in these valleys in the pmth and tenth
dest and sublimcst scene
moral character, seems
grandeur of their rugged
nuaViMTi nnnresRed bv
though hunted.like wildbeists, tortured and slain, these valleys."" He further says : No edict markable people in. very early times, we should fits we have received by his sufferings and death.
they have stricUy adhered lo their principles and can be found of any pnuce, who gave permissio , ' J :;ti, fJ.:i
. . ., m t i f . .i -. ' iii i . . t . j.. - ii,ia .niiMno ik.-A i ni wp riavn uhiiith ininiiaiRd. insi inn vv n inAnaao i . a , 1 1 .11 ijn ki ... , ' -
H- ttjr a anrt iimandj At tha i 'hn.oh ni inr .inn 11 1 uuluuu ui vuio ivn.iuu iuiu uco v -.r t - .vwi.vji ,. nuiemiiu luur eenrnrti rii-
Rome. At one time they !have ' suffered impris- parts. Tli finees only grant permission to re, tha - offsprings., of the IVovatians, or vice tfcan ithe1 preceding, 1 in another Confession bf
onment and death W and then their Buh'cJOj continue in the same religion versa. 1 be n ovatians and Donatists were tm- Fbth the Waldenscs'say : '
j . - . '! 1 . e B - mm. k . m V W W a 1 - mm VkBA -V . . m W aramr ACTA TITO SBTl.-! 14 A Vttl-lta am x I . . 4b -.- v - -
saJlied forth upon their erfemied with' the utmost ybich tbey.aa rcceivea irom tneir ancestors." rt"!u7S ,u .7 r .r ,u. "We acknowledge'no sacraments as ofdiveni
I . . . ...... - ' i I .t.. t- - 11TtJ : :.! .1 - I inM ttl Of tlrtl 'nnnmMM F'. '.It. 11' 1
nfnf nature and thir centuries: that the jwaiaenses were mo new provea mat toe ryamcusian cuurcues were es- MVv uj.iwuu ui uous peepie,
5 partake the nSe sect, but ly the revival of an old operand Ublisbed either and declaring curfaUk
llomes."- they have for that- if was impossible to ascertain with certain- terJE the ilvaiineljhad not been yfuoU that the Lord's Supper is i tA
a!errnnt Chnrch . and tv. when It had first earned an entrance into aestroyea py me yoracioM ; enemies oitnat re- memoration of our thanksivinr for tW W-.
fury in self defence, striking terror to tho hearts tne AlonK ueiviaero, m nis reporw as mquisi- "' '" appolnlmcn dui uaptism,and,the UrV Sun-
of their oppresses. TheV have ever been fee- tor, laments that these "heretics have been found composing a part of the same class of Christians f"9JJ sacraments as ;wlb,
bl, but utterly unconquerable. ' Their luxuri- in aU .periods of history, in the valley of An- with the Waldenses, though; taking Afferent r
uie,uui,u . t . , , names. Whatever was the orizin of the Wal- . ?"P5r V
ant fields have been deluged with the choicest grogna. . v Be: -.v jiV ,"'?'V - . with.iaidin 'which, we' maintain that beHevera,
blooto : Henri" da Cornle ; Caaslni, an Italian, priest, ' lfc "beyound dispute, that theynowexS( D. wfttoJi SrwCC
cities) preached the Gospel to them In 'Apostolic
times," or that during the persecutions under the
Roman emperors, some of the persecuted Chris
tians fled there and established . the Waldensian
churches. In a petition presented by the Wal-
denses to Philibert Emanuel, Duke of Savoy
and Prince of Piedmont, in 1559, th ey say :
" We likewise beseech your Royal Highness to
consider that this religion yh ie two' profess is
not only our, nor bath it been invented by men
of late years, as is falsely' reported, but H was
the religion of our fathers, grandfathers, . and
great grandfathers, and other yet more , ancient
predecessors of ours, and! of the blessed martyrs.
contors, lWm ind' . flposlics; and it any
oan prove tha contrary we "are ready to subscribe
and yield thereunto, , Thelearned Beza of the
sixticnth ' cccUrj, sjys; u;fbr tho Walte,
give me leave to call them the very seed of the
primitive and pure Christian Church, being those
r-l tv pittt3 ? wni' Th Other two-thirds of the houses of i Shangl
bv -v maa sama "tatue, and hae not yet mentioned, and almost all those An
'ay nands all armed, and the country, have but. one atory ; built as aboye-
Ie,,"19 o5h?oh is on, tho mentioned, with aslight frame .work',, filled! in
T U arms "and hands all armed, and the
luuiea time and language Uith bricks. Nine out of ton: including those in
ir whatever j their floors
and that on level with
N'ltn
iL fe.t Ascribe aU theliideous forma, the cou-trf, havff no floor whatever : theirfloo-B
w aiiuie above-mentioned- an wpII aiil : n.- . .-.." -,aw -, a ..;
!i Center a0Ter th tricts, is seated North Easyrhich bcOurs once every two or three
vr htjc Hd ;n. . - .:-t. 1 .. ; ,',.-
ov vs cuu oi. inis vmm h ttrta watpr nTM-nnws this winiA rtla.n
t( tntMK..- !4 I nr, .t. i l" t-! ..'.i .'. :
.t"j :I-f .1"' :
U Ar, .-. !- al nrn. in ar.tr -atr '.- n .,- Raapl. AwAWahftt. of Tnrin: and vn antt -V. "vul fcuw -w0,v "?. u CStab
lated their consciences JiLet sword, gib- Voltaire and others, speak 'of the remote anti- fing of their churches. 1 ft gturely . with the
beta and death in their ttst terrific forms come quity of this sect- . Tho Waldensian historians "Tt , ana amensoa we have an
upoathem and they wouli not give up their re- mainUio, with the greatest confidence. -j,,.0en phalanx .down to the present fime, of
Ugioni WhUe (longlog believe either iat Chris Sterff Prptestants, and what would wow bcallei
Juaptists. . - . i - ,
President Edwards, speaking of Christianity
during the dark ages, sajs s ;. , . 1 1
' In every age of this dark time there appear
ed particular persons in all parts of Christendom,
who bore testimony again. tne cormpiiou.; auu
tvrannv of the church of Rome.7 God was pleas
ed to maintain an , uninterrupted ; succession of
witnesses through tbe whole tinio, in.trermany,
France, Britian, and other countries j; as bisto--
riansl demonstrate and mention, tlem by nams,
private persons ministers magistrates r and per
sons of great distinction. ' K - ,
Cut there were not ouy scau-erea inaiviaaais
6rv Ute- Sat entranee it is When this is the case, these houses that have no
"irtoT J'?wioOTa ... de. The floors, have generally from one to, two feet water
street tome thirty yards off. is imardl. rr,-. . D-fT..--nr- ,n dpnriT-lJnn aneli aa - -mrx
' rrnt Kn. ' n - '.." t -.. - -
""'-'is cr" vi 'm "tatue ed to life have never seen or conceived and yet theso peo-
"uf iC-uIFlr3 3- J??V n pie, poor a thej tre,wfll tafa iice ef fcire:rn-
- .-.o. j. ;iesf in
; r ia
ons are so per-1 inors to worship idols.;3-' The poor peoplo In , this
moon-lht'WQ'to .sferersv- Ia 'the first
been everthrown, and all feurope has eu con
vulsed byf revolutiossirjpeople
rocky fastnesses, have maintained their indtpen-
t'!l . .T..v.:t-i" i-JL.f:i:si; . .V'',.;'-"' ' -
aence. Aeuaer we overwueimiag oi tne em
pire of the Caesars by the barbarians of the Nor th",
nor the rushing of the Crusaders of tho West
to the rescue of the liolyijLand, nor the 'conster
nation and slaughter of tl French ; Revulution,
nor- the .triumphal: marches of Napoleon,' have
caused- them to forsake peir simple, apostolic
religion.' Though gaaing on their smouldering
villages and desolated hbmes, though driven to
the caves of the mountains," or carried captive
to foreign lands, they still have maintained their
principles and rebuked thfis' doctrines y ';and 7 prao-
licca of tbclr ccclcat!fl 6pprcssorS. Tdey 'are
truly a wonder to Chrisndom--a model of per
se veranoe, heroism, and Jsiety. .y '
Ite: oria I of tho jyaldns:3 ,u toacwht
doubtful, though it must bo very ancient. They
claim that their doctrines are ' derived from the
at intervals like glowing meteors ip the night, of
Popery ; but tter waa a smsii seeiuaea, -and
jjlihtfal ;; district, fwbcTj i the full " glorj yjt
the sun poured forth between .the two tremen
dous telouds "that overspread;; the east3 and
west of Christendom; was long kud and delight-
fully enjoyed. ;
U. I.
have nd opportunity of observing tbom.T
1 Among the wortsfef the ancient Waldens-jr;'
isf one. (iatcd 1120, on Antichrist,; Purgatory v
&c.i in Vhich the foQowinffpaM ocean a' -
: ytt i ?t .i t. . J'.'t .m . .. . -
; Auwuiut ocuuicb lue peopie irwn tjctrisr
teaches' "to bapti-re' children into' .tha faith' aod
attributes to this the Vork f egenpraivn; thua
confounding the work of the int'r::jiej
ternal rite of baptism,' - - a - y.i rV..
Ch3S3anicu ia 1 5Gk5 aa quoted by B3eby)aayi
Soai&. writers have' afiarmed that the Albijea'
nesa approved not f of tbe baptisro 1 of infantj
others, that theyBtirely slighted this- holy sa
crament.. The $nst his, they did pot rtjizt thir
sacram ent, or say it usclssi but enly cctt-
ed it UDDeoessary ; to infants, because they ard
... v :-..V.T- u ;.. - ;
deBCe of faith., - ':-- 1 -fV"' ' ; :
throughout the states of Europe who appeared u He states again, thaU": they, werliioi thefirtl'
that were of this pnion; and '-infers tc T"rfal-
lianas f an eaearople, Tasrd gfrea" divers -Instance
I thee praeu& of ills' ancients la tha
BIQIS pur
-' -.--: J ;
oose. 4" -
Xm p7:lYTdr AlcxaneV. Jll.VPope ofc "-Kaos
t - r
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Here, Jor a succession oi agesno. aiew,: out Wtim to fBfn..:.