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    the place , ) whose acquaintance I had made at Geneva a year before . We had much conversation on the state of the Protestant cause in this part of France , and on religious affairs in general . M . Jay has at persent the charge of six churches , at which he preaches in turn ; the Liturgy and a printed sermon being read by one of the deacons in the five in which he is

    not present ; but he will soon be relieved from two of these , as the government is going to allow another pastor . The affairs of these six churches , and of six others in the neighbourhood , are regulated by a consistory , consisting of twelve laymen , one from each church , and three pastors T ' six of the former going out of office every year , after they have chosen their successors . France was divided into consistories at the end of the Revolution , one

    being generally formed for a district in which there were six thousand Protestants to be found , and to each of these the government generally allows three pastors . But these proportions are of course modified according to circumstances ; at Nimes , for instance , there are fourteen thousand Protestants and five pastors , besides a suffragan and a catechist . The election of the pastors is in the hands of these consistories , subject , however , to be confirmed by the government ; but , with this exception , which is seldom of any

    detriment , each consistory is perfectly independent of any extraneous authority . The lowest sum which a Protestant pastor receives from the government is twelve hundred franks , i . e . forty-eight pounds , a year . Besides this * the commune allows something in consideration of house-rent , and there are contributions from the flock ; so that no pastor has less than eighty or ninety pounds a year , and in most places this will go as far as double the sum would in England . At Royan I spent three days , and they are days to which I

    shall often look back as to some of the happiest of my life . They were occupied in strolling about the town and neighbourhood with my kind hostin inhaling with him the delicious air on the rocks which overlook the mouth of the Gironde—in looking over his library—and conversing with him on a great variety of subjects of the most interesting nature . ¦ ... From what came under my own observation , as well as from what I learnt fronTothers , I have every reason to believe that M . Jay is an excellent Wstor , entering deeply into the feelings of his flock , and attentive to

    their spiritual wants—loving them , and loved in turn . It was quite delightful to walk out with him , and to observe the terms of kindness and of brotherhood on which he was with the whole population , both Protestant and Catholic . It did my heart good to hear the Adieu , ma petite I which be bestowed upon almost every little girl that we met , and to witness the warmth of affection with which he greeted those who were recovering from sickness . Would to God that all those who take upon themselves the

    sacred office of a pastor , would evince equal zeal in the discharge of some of its most important duties ! 19 th , hired a horse to carry me to Saintes , and a man to bring it back . My friend accompanied me three or four miles on the road , and I felt , on parting from him , as if I was leaving one of my own kin and my own blood . I had a tiresome ride to Saintes , and returned to Bourdeaux by the same conveyances by which I had come .

    Sunday , 21 st , attended the service aux Chartrons ; the congregation numerous and highly respectable , probably five or six hundred persons ; the preaching animated and eloquent , but too impassioned for me , 22 nd . The weather had been so wet on my first arrival at Bourdeaux , that I could not see so much of the town as I wished ; but this day it was

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    8 Journal of a Tour in the South of France .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1828, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2556/page/8/