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Secondly, help in the restoration of her ancient sanctuaries, and one or two additional ones. One thing that struck me as a painful void was, the absence of any public monument of the past events of the wonderful history of the Vaudois. It is true, in one sense, that the whole place is a museum of relics; that every rock has some thrilling tale, every mountain slope and hill-side graven upon it the memory of saints and martyrs. Yet I confess that those who do remember what has passed, and that those who wish that generations yet to come may know the history of these valleys, may well desire that some external tokens stood out to impress the passer-by with suitable emotion. I had this feeling most strongly as I reached the Shiloh of the valleys—the Pra del Tor.
Our route lay through the luxuriant and lovely Val Angrogna, which now rejoiced in the fascinating charms of springtide. Everywhere the eye rested on scenes of softness and beauty, the turf not unlike that which gives such a charm to an English landscape, while the undulating slopes were covered with an unutterable profusion of flowers. As we advanced higher up the valley we were strongly reminded of the words of a French writer: "Sometimes in leaving a gorge our attention was absorbed by a beautiful meadow. A strange intermixture of wild and cultivated nature met our eye everywhere, betraying the hand of man where one would have thought it impossible for him to penetrate. By the side of a cavern we find houses; branches of the vine where we only looked for brambles; vineyards in desert places, and fields amidst the overhanging rocks." All this is true beyond exaggeration, especially after you leave the village of Angrogna, with its parsonage-house in the most picturesque situation of any we encountered. About half an hour from this spot the scenery becomes wildly grand, especially as you draw nigh to the torrent. On one side is the lofty Vandalin, and on the other precipitous rocks; while in the narrow valley the stream rushes down with its roar and foam, forming beautiful cascades, and reminding you of some of the grandest scenery in Switzerland. But, greatly as I was delighted with the topographical interest of my journey, yet I would not forget that it was the people and their fathers' deeds and sufferings that had led me to undertake this rather fatiguing enterprise; and long before I reached the Barricata, or Pra del Torno, I had a great enjoyment in being taken by a Vaudois mechanic, who left his work at Angrogna, and would have no acknowledgment but my thanks, in order to show me one of those wonderful hiding-places in the very heart of the mountains, where the God of the hill and of the Vaudois so effectively succoured his people. The particular cavern I was shown was most difficult of access, not only by its seclusion, but also on other grounds; the entrance would only admit one or two persons at a time; but once within there seemed space enough for about a hundred persons. Here I understood large numbers of the persecuted Vaudois had found a refuge and a sanctuary in its holiest and happiest sense. The words, "He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks," came to my thoughts with a freshness and fulness of meaning not previously realized. But the testimony of this valley is everywhere, "The Lord fought for Israel." The next point of remarkable interest shows this, viz., the Barricata, which is a kind of entrance to the enclosure known as Pra del Torno. At this spot the rocks on either side come down close to the mountain, so that only a mere ledge of rock remains as a path. Consequently, a small number of men could at this point drive back a host; and here, during the persecutions of the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries, the contemptuous foes of the Vaudois met with humiliating and disastrous repulses, while the Vaudois themselves escaped comparatively unhurt. This circumstance led the enemy, during the persecution of 1560, under the Count de la Trinita, to place his men on the heights above Roccamanente; but his one thousand two hundred men were successfully driven back by less than one-twentieth of that number of the Vaudois; and when he renewed the attack with scornful assurance of victory, a few days later, the Vaudois, who were engaged in prayer at the time, having despatched six of their number, who were slingers, to a commanding point above the assailants, obtained a still more triumphant victory, without loss on their own side, but with terrible slaughter to the enemy, including eight of his chief officers.
Time fails to recount all that might be said of these celebrated regions. I must, however, make passing mention of the beautiful mountain peak a little higher up on the right hand as you approach Pra del Torno, i.e., La Vachera. On the 11th of June, 1655, after the Piedmontese troops were unable to force the Barricata, though they tried from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., they advanced towards La Vachera. The Vaudois went up higher. Thinking this to be a retreat, the Piedmontese soldiers exclaimed, "Advance, wreck of Janavello!" The Vaudois responded, "Advance, wreck of San Segonzo!" accompanied by such a shower of stones that the soldiers fled in greatest confusion, leaving behind them two hundred dead, and carrying away more than twice that number of wounded. Indeed, this defeat was so decisive that the persecutors were constrained to acknowledge "God was with the Barbets," and that whereas "formerly the wolves eat the dogs (i.e., barbetti), now the dogs (barbetti) eat the wolves."
But we now come to the goal of our journey to-day, Pra del Torno, a very sanctuary, embosomed amidst the everlasting hills, the site of the ancient college of the Vaudois clergy, from whence they went forth to preach the doctrines of a pure faith even before Wickliffe rose as the morning star of the Reformation in our own land. Nature is still there in all its grandeur; but I must confess to a feeling of sadness as I beheld a church under the patronage of the Virgin Mary in these valleys, where so much noble blood had been shed for the maintenance of the truth as it is in Jesus, but no place of worship for the descendants of the men who were ready to die, but not ready to dishonour God by participating in a worship contrary to His blessed Word. And my regret was not lessened when I learnt that the evangelical Vaudois has to make an eight hours' journey to his nearest temple, and that his pastor would have a journey of similar character to make to the sick and aged members of his flock in this secluded spot. I found a schoolroom, erected by General Beckwith, in a dilapidated state, and the poor old schoolmaster very infirm from sickness and age. My desire, therefore, is to raise funds either to greatly improve the schoolroom, or, better still, to erect a neat temple in this consecrated spot, so as at once to commemorate the piety and heroism of the dead, and to provide for the wants of the living. The pastor of the parish, the Rev. J. Durand Canton, has informed me how great a boon such a place would be. The Table have also assured me of their hearty co-operation. Several subscriptions have been kindly promised. F. A. Bevan, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard Street, has kindly consented to receive donations for the object: they may also be sent to me. Let each reader of this volume join in the work, and so, by the divine blessing, it shall be accomplished; and another object also, viz., that which makes the church of the valleys a holy bond of union between Christian brethren in both hemispheres; and between those whose church polity may differ, but whose creed is one in all essential points, and who proclaim as the one thing needful a living faith in a living Saviour, the one Mediator between God and men, the man CHRIST JESUS.
INDEX OF PLACES AND PERSONS.
Amadeus II., 44, 84-91.
Angrogna, Vale of, 125.
Arnaud, Henri— His birth and early life, 63. Exploits at Germano, Salabertrand, Villaro, 69, 73. Privation of himself and troops, 75, 76. Banishment, 87. Latter days and death, 88, 89.
Azeglio, Marquis, 101.
Balsille— Description of, 70, 78. Siege of, 80, 81. Escape from, 82, 83.
Beckwith, General, 109-112.
Barthelemi, martyr, 35.
Brandenburg, Elector of, 85.
Bricherasio, 4.
Bucer, 34.
Calabria, Persecutions in, 33.
Castelluzzo, Crag of, 45.
Castrocaro, Signal death of, 43.
Catinat, Marshal, 80, 81.
Cavour, Count, 101.
Charles Felix, Bigotry of, 97.
Charles Albert, Justice of, 98, 99.
Children kidnapped, 43, 90.
Claude, Bishop of Turin, 17.
Colonies of the Vaudois, 31.
Cromwell espouses the cause of the Vaudois, 50.
Cutti, Count of, as a ruler, 96.
De la Trinite, Count, 39.
Ecomlapadius, 34.
Edicts of 1686, 58.
Elector Palatine, Noble letter of, 42.
Emancipation, 101.
Emmanuel, Philibert, 10, 38, 43.
Exile of the Vaudois, 61.
Earthquake, Severe, 95.
Farel, 34.
Fequieres, Marquis of, plants a cannon on Mont Guignivert, 82.
Fog, Providential, 27, 82, 83.
Gastaldo, Edict of, 45.
Geneva— City of, kindness of to the exiles, 61. Lake of, 65.
Gilly, Rev. Dr., 107, 108.
Jahier, 54.
Janavello, 54. Bravery of, 56. Banished, 57, 64.
Jerome, 15, 16.
Juliano, Colonel of, rout of soldiers, 25, 72.
La Torre, Pelice, 44, 52.
Leger, 44, 46.
Leidet, Pastor of Guigot, martyred, 60.
Louis XIV. of France, an inveterate persecutor of the Vaudois, 86.
Maggiore, Lago, 1.
Maiden's Rock, The, 40.
Margaret of Navarre, 42.
Milton's Sonnet, 50.
Monks of Pinerolo, 39.
Marengo, Battle of, 94.
Mont Blanc, 67.
Mont Cenis, 68.
Nantes, Edict of, revoked, 58.
Noir of Mondovi, Remarkable death of, 26.
Otho, Emperor of Germany, 23.
Outburst of Romish intolerance at the opening of Vaudois Temple in Turin, 3.
Pascal, Jean Louis, 33, 34.
Persecution of 1686, 46, 60.
Poulat, Captain, 83.
Pra del Torre, 26, 127.
Prali, 71.
Popes— Silvester, 11. Zachary, 16. Innocent VIII. 24. Innocent XII. 86. Lucius, 28. Pius IV., presiding at a martyrdom, 34. Gregory, 16, 97.
Re-baptism of a child prevented, 35.
Rodoret Temple, 118. Avalanche at, 117.
Return glorious, first Sunday at home, 70.
Refugees met at Milan, 85.
Remarkable supply of food, 79.
Salabertrand, Capture of bridge, 69.
San Secondo, 4.
Sartoire, Nicolas, martyred, 36.
Seyssel, Claude, 11.
Sibaud, Oath of, 73.
Solaro, Count of, 3.
St. Germano, Cruelties at, 56, 57.
Synods— Remarkable, 19. Angrogna, 35.
Turin— Opening of the Vaudois Temple at, 3. Proclamation of Statuto, 101-103.
Truchet, a persecutor, his death, 43.
Temples built, 34.
Vaudois Church— Its antiquity, 9, 13, 24, 94. Creed, 14. Organization, 15, 22. Missions, 29, 31, 122.
Victor Emmanuel I., 97.
Viso, Monte, 4.
Vigilantius, 15, 16.
Varaille, Geoffrey, martyr, 36.
Waldensian loyalty to House of Savoy, 1.
Waldensian Pedlars, 29-31.
Wurtemburg, Duke of, 88.
William III., 63.
Zeal of Seremius, Bishop of Marseilles, against images, 16.
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TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES General: corrections to punctuation and format not individually noted Page 4: enterprize standardised to enterprise Page 10: No quotes in original around How long have ... their name? etc. Replicated in this version as it is believed to be intentional Page 14: docrine corrected to doctrine Page 21: [alpha]-[epsilon] are the Greek letters in the original Page 33: Chateau not standardised as it is part of a place-name Page 34: characterised standardised to characterized Page 36: Vachere standardised to Vachere Page 39: attemped corrected to attempted Pages 41, 55 Miraboc, Mirabouc not standardised as it is not clear if they refer to the same place Page 51: garisoned corrected to garrisoned Page 52: chalet as in original Page 76: l'Ombraile standardised to l'Ombraille Page 84: Palavacini standardised to Palavicini Page 87: Zenophon as in original Page 94: assignd corrected to assigned Page 115: No quotes in original around You need ... the rest. Replicated in this version as it is believed to be intentional Page 116: Amount of 21,217,84 lires as in original Page 131: Brandenburgh standardised to Brandenburg; Barthelemei standardised to Barthelemi Page 132: Claude, Seyssell re-indexed as Seyssel, Claude, for consistency with other index entries and the text; index entry for Cutti, Count of refers to page for Count Crotti in original; Guignevert standardised to Guignivert Page 133: Lago, Maggiore re-indexed as Maggiore, Lago Footnote A: Phillibert standardised to Philibert Footnote E: chateau standardised to chateau; aigulles corrected to aiguilles
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