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    Vaudois further than , the Unitarians . He did not think , however * that there was an essential difference , between the Unitarians and the Vaudois , but that in the services of fcl * e . GtiuTch of England there were many remnants of Popery , judging from the Book of Oomtnon Prayer . Similar sentiments to those of Mf Giie were expressed to me in conversation by a respectable

    native of La , Tour , who had spent seven years in England , in a mercantile concern . He said he had frequently attended the Unitarian Chapel at Halifax in Yorkshire , and that the Vaudois and Unitarians were exactly alike in their prayers and pleaching * " except , " said he , sniffing , " that the minister jsometimes gave the other sects a set down . " " Methodism is madness * " said he , " and the Church of England is almost the Church of Rome . "

    Sunday , Nov . 26 th . I heard M . Monasterien at St . Laurent , the central hamlet of the parish of Angrogna . At this place the Waldenses buiit tbeir first church , in the year 1560 , having previously assembled in > flie open air * 3 ut all the churches , except that of Pralli , which escaped from its great elevation and remoteness of situation , were destroyed m the persecutors ) of 1655 , and again in 1686 . The parish church of Angrogna staftdg ja , a most romantic and sublime spot , on a hill which , projecting forward feey 0 a < l

    the range to which it belongs , narrows the Valley of Angrogna into a very inconsiderable space , and presents a most interesting vista down to La Touf ? three miles distant . Above the church , are seen the lofty range of snowcrowned mountains which form the barrier towards the Valley of San Martino ^ T ^ e , littl e sanctuary ^ crowded with serious worshipers in their homely clothings seated rank behind rank , on the time-worn deal benches ; : the honoured body of elders in the centre , alone being indulged with the luxury of a board over the cold stone floor , on which to rest their feet wet with the

    mountain snows ; and the small unglazed windows neatly papered by the care e ^ thfc ^ ho © hnasterV presented an affecting picture of ancient Waldensian simplfcityUiiM , M ® iiasteriea ' s text was Ephes . vi . 1 , 2 , " Children , obey your parents in the Lord / : fbxjthis is right . Honour thy father , &c , which is the first commandment with promise , that thy days may be long in the land . ' * He observed that there was no instance in which the dictates of nature more

    strikingly coincided with the precepts of Divine Revelation than that of requiring respect on the part of the young towards the aged , and that the puiest periods of antiquity , particularly the laws and customs of the ancient Spartans , presented examples of this kind which might put to shame some Chrisrtians . After stating the arguments by which the duty of obedience to parents is enforced , he went on to remark , ' * I am sorry to have observed among some of you , my brethren , that a very inadequate notion has been

    taken up respecting the extent of the duty of a child towards the authors of his days . For you seem to think that your period of filial duty is finished when you have carefully obeyed the commands of your parents up to the time of your coming of age , and having families of your own ; and that after that nothing more is incumbent on you but to see that your parents want for

    nothing . MtBut if they claim your respect on the ground of their superior experience and wisdom , has not this wisdom been continually growings and will it not-continue to grow with each advancing year ? In extreme old ag ^ while tlieir faculties remain , their wisdom must be far greater and more valuable' to their juniors , than at the period when you first quitted the paternal roof . Your reverence for them ought , then , to be receiving continual fobrease ; iristead of diminishing . And when they are on the borders of the graved you ought more than ever to ask their counsel in the important c <* nu cern $ or llfe ^ and guide your ' conduct » ¦ byitbi ' light of their superior ^* j > e-

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    gftf Tfie Waldens&

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 876, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/20/