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in the heart of the kingdom of Wurtemberg is a standing memorial of the Vj& $ lpj ^ ta # 1 £$ ^ c ^ fsrespondin ^^ aiJi&sAirF'Piedin ^ tit ; The ^ Yau ^ Gijs ^ Italian patois / whieh instituted the native tongue of their Waldensian ancestors , but preserved until very lately the use of the French as the language of religion , a practice derived from the same source . In the year 1820 , however , the King of
Wurtemberg ordered these Waldensian colonists , ( for why should not the King of Wurtemberg meddle a little with the affairs of conscience and religion , wfieri ill the Other sovereigns of Europe meddle a great deal ?) ordered the Waldensian colonists to preach in German ! This some of them had great difficulty in doing , and one of them , Daniel Mondon , of Gros Villar , a native Vaudois , brother of the pastor of San Giovanni , was obliged to resign a situation in which he had been much esteemed for many years , in consequence of his not being able to comply with the terms of the Royal Edict
requiring him to preach in an " unknown tongue" Not to return to this subject , I will here mention that I was inforrned by Messrs . Bert and Mondbn that the Vaudois of Wurtemberg are much reduced in number ; they itill , however , have five flourishing parish tftibfcfie ^^ arid two or three other villages in which some of therri are fdinid . ; ^ he ^ aMoun ( in the whol e to s ^ v # al thousand souls , but it is ri 6 t knb ^ W ^ adtly how ^ w . All their villages in which some of thern ate fdinid . ; The ^ aMoun ^ in the whol e to s&v&al thousand souls , but it is Mi fcnb ^ rf ^ aidtfy h ^ German
e&aMsfrmerits are near Durlacti , between y'tM t £ ity and S&fe ^ rd , and at no great dista : nce 'from the eastern ba ^ ^ MRhiri ^ . " Tt is "'fee policy of the ^ ve ^ meijt to amalgamate ^ p ^ % P& ^ a | p ^^ Ie wilkIne suhje ^^ f the kingdom . Bwtiiet 3 ^^® $ ' ^ Villar by his tfephew of the &me name . JSdn'Wiefoe ^^ mona ^ is ; pastor of the parish
6 ^ Netv B&ysteft : It was amongst ^ hfei bf ethref * in TfuHem 6 e ?*^ f , that , after he had securely re- ' establfehed fiis ^ untrymeh of the Valleys in their ancient abodes , ifithej year 1690 , the aged coldttel and pastor , HenryArnaud > found & ^ ti # h < juil ¥ dte&t 9 where he could be undier no apprehension of being driven frbai hi ^ a 1 ? 6 l 3 e by fire and sword . M . Bert furnished me with the following epfr ^ fc fth ^ e ' fe ^ nb of this singular hero , at the Church of Schonberg near Burtiienii Jl
¦ iH'uA -Jo ;; 1 ' a : ¦ y ^ j ^^ m ^ Pedemontanum Pastor , nee non militum praefectus , venerandus ac J strenuus , ' Henricus Arnaud , Sub hoc tumulo jacet . i , * Nescit labi virtus . ' Ad utrumque paratus . , Cerois hie Aruoldi ' cineres : sed gesta , laborer , Infractumque animum , pingere nemo potest . Mi Hi a in Allophilum Iessides militat unus ; Unus et Allophilum castra Ducemque quatit . ¦ . r Obiit 8 Sept . 1721 . JR . 80 .
Translation . Here lies tj ^ e PastQr and the General of the Waldenses of Piedmont , the Reverend and Brave Henry Arhaud . Heroic virtue can never be overthrown , Alike prepared wai Htf'itk Either ni 6 de of conflict . Thou beholdest here the whes of Arna \ id i but hia ftats , hift toils , his undaunted spirit , none can describe . The son of Jesse singly inakca'warA ^ gttiust the Hosts of the Philistines \ singly he ronts their camp , and ^ r ^ e ^^ pr iift ^ th ^ ^ eart of their Leader , Hp died » ept 8 > 1721 . Aged 80 . ¦^ iftv ^ tWi ^ i oi > &tif little ^ Mountain pai ^ at ffiddte ^ tto ; Klie s ^ Jdier spoke hteMy id ' pr ^ iscdf ' Napoleon ' s liberality towards the" Vaudoi ^ I said , f I 0 after
suppose he is regretted in the Valleys ? ^ JNfo , " Mid he , " he certainly plated u » hi a situation eveh superior to tnatol ^^ jthe Catnoliic ^ all that wen had sutfered fiyrmerly ; but ^ e do hot regret fl ^ ofeon i for the King of
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Th * PPitfden&s . 809
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 809, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/25/
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