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so ^ n ^ estth g an dScc ^^ T ^ l » the coiirse Q ^ thQspm ^^ j ^ m ^ ter tfau £ visits eFeiy part of his little flock , He leariis ftW ** y wants— -he ^ aseertains their improvement ~ li ^ Pffl ^ iE ^^ W ^ M
joys tod sorrows—he communicates counsel or encouragement to them , and thus guides them and guards them in their journey td heav&i . It is to be regretted that this touching religious exeffcfee has been at > &ttk £ 6 fted in some
of the departments . There are thirteen parishes Which , with sundry annexations , are served by ministers who generally commence their studies at home , and complete them at Lausanne or Geneva . Before
the Revolution they often went to Bftle , where they had the benefit of a small exhibition , which has been since suppressed . There were fbfrfeaetfiy two exhibitions at Geneva , there is now
but o&e . At Lausanne there are four . There h no printing press among the Vaudois . Their literature is eonfitted to their ministers , among whom Rodolphus Peyvan and Pierre Geymet am entitled to special mention ; but as they receive no other notices of mundane affairs than are communicated to
them by the few miserable newspapers which the despotic cabinet of Turin allows to penetrate to their retirement , h can hardly be expected that they should claim any distinguished rank in tfite vwrld of ' fyfitm ^ In their public worship they employ the collection o # nui
jKTii ^ eneru « y ^ wsca in rroiestam Switzerland . A great tmftiber of religk > us tracti have been cireuteted among them b y the Bible Societies of London , I ^ Ufianiie and Bale . - TTiey are eagerly sought f ^ r and read with gteat advan "iiti&b ¦ ¦ ... ¦ Ae -tkt Sardinian Corvrt looks with lcioob asstettibHes
^^ t s ^ ^ ^ y ' ^ li&tever * tnere Hare too iSfviio f 3 sisiumonea . ll *^^ dUchme ^ ff ^^^ ^ , ltd > verer ,- -ff * fl& / i <||^^ fe
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ferent parishes , changes ¦ among the inim&ters * and local arrangements occupy the attention - j ^^ mM ^ m A . moderator , u sub-moderator ^ and a s ^ W ^ r ^ ^^ % y ^ f «?^^ y < rf voices , and form what is called the raudote Board , to which is entrusted aM ^ . ^ . Lh ± 2 && *^ - *~ X J * ^ — 1 * JL _ l ^ iJiL ^ i . 4 . i ^ L- "I !«¦ KfterJt uirectiou wituM 5
* uxc »» vr v « r may require their care . Of late , « oine comferencea have been held among the neighbouring pastord , but if they should become an object of the slightest jealousy to the government ^ they will be instantly interdicted . v ^ ; - The Vaudois clergy are generally well informed , and dtetmgtrisaed for their benevolence and piety . Great care is taken to preserve the purity of the ministerial character , Mid an instance occurred a few years ago of au individual being dismissed for improper conduct . The poverty oCthe Vaudois has t > r < evented the establishment of charitable
institutions among them . They have long wished to see an . hospitai erected , but in vain . Their humanity feels deeply interested in this object , j * nd their religious principles scarcely less 80 ; for as the unfortunate subjects $ i
relief are now driven to the public innrmaries of Pignerpl , Turin , &c the Catholic prints in their eager : « e ^ l for their cony ^ mpn often t ^ ke advantage of their unfortunate altu » ti < m ;~ tot ! the exhaustion of weakness , the
confusion of tliseas ^ and the i ^> ny of death , lead to 6 frequently t ^ y a seeming apogtacy , over which a furioiis ^ ealot may triumph , but benevolence woujid find in it onl y a subject ] of sorro # Etich Church twni ^ hes asepawrteprovision for the poor of its communion , by means of collections made when the sacrament is administered , aud on the new-y ^ aar ? s dfty—by extraordinttry ol mA
fecUon ^ the ^ m ^^^ MM ritabJe individuals wm ^ tm ^ W ^ y of fiejtoio « . o * ^ o ^^ J ^^ Jja naii ^ J ^^ ^ is ^^^^ ¦ ' ¦ ' " ' ¦ ¦ ' * , < , - « , ry H ; ' . , , fr T
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^ 630 Account afjke Present State of the Faudois Churches in Piedmont .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1820, page 630, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2494/page/2/
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