The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont/Chapter 14
CHAPTER XIV.
The Existing Church
The missionary Church—Present state of the Waldensian Church—Its missionary efforts.
HAVING brought down the history of the Waldensian Church to the most important epoch of religious toleration and civil emancipation, it remains to give some detailed account of her present position and future prospects, together with the effect this desirable consummation has had on both.
We have beheld the sorely straitened Church, like a tempest-tossed vessel struggling into port, her masts bent, her sails torn, whilst the little lamp dimly glimmering at her prow, her compass, and anchor, were the only possessions remaining to her crew from their long warfare with the winds and waves* Should we wonder, then, to find that they were at first somewhat cast down and dispirited; and Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/261 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/262 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/263 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/264 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/265 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/266 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/267 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/268 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/269 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/270 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/271 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/272 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/273 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/274 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/275 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/276 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/277 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/278 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/279 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/280 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/281 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/282 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/283 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/284 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/285 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/286 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/287 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/288 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/289 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/290 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/291 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/292 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/293 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/294 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/295 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/296 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/297 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/298 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/299 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/300 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/301 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/302 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/303 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/304 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/305 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/306 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/307 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/308 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/309 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/310 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/311 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/312 Page:The Waldensian Church in the valleys of Piedmont.djvu/313 within its walls. It is to the patient and long-continued efforts of the Rev. J. N. Worsfold that the inhabitants of Val Angrogna owe this restored temple, in which we trust that the gospel may always be faithfully preached, telling men of free and full pardon of sin, and of deliverance from its power to all tho se who become the righteousness of God in Christ.