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comp'ete Waldcustan church now In course OK
erection there, preached In tile Jefferson Park
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,haofsca h'a' anu tsusteu h's appeal "ou'a oe"s
fruit. Ills text was:
every onu that bcl,cve.h. Hon,das, l.. 10.
There was Divine powar Ii The Gospcl. he
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WHEN ''o 'o.u "usaS e"s'st oso.k"' 1so'a
Heaven, ntl which tho Apostles had preached
cYcrywherc,-lhnt We must accept nMl believe
II VIZ destred to bu aaYcd Gods love
lad bocn manifested by the greatest
sacrifice which It was possible to Imagine. In
ablc sinners Among His dearest children, md
bless body anu sp,il for ever md cyrr. THIS
Divine power in ,te GOSPEL was designed to
mako us happy We needed nothing e1ccpt tho
love Of Cod and His salvation. The Joy Of The
Lord was our strength. We should be happy
and joyoits In uvcry circumstance, a,ld oltr tiap
pinces nnf ldr must shinc IN our fnccs 1t We do.
sired to be Instruments In thc hands Of God for
the conversion Of others. When We believed iii
in onr thoughts and inclinattons. II We abi1ed
IN Ilim we would bring forth much good nnd
Elorlfy ioh. Onc who did not desire to aev n'l
the souls IN tfe face NJ tho Garth converted to
That splrit Obliged MI tu be missionaries.
Mr.. Tn.fno then rofcrfctt tu tho WAltfenstau
Church, sayI,lg Tint 1t had felt somcttlnE ot tho
power I'll tiol, because, though lta members had
hccn fcarfutly prosecuted, tllev hal always re-
jo!cod in tllu Lurd, finding TINT Its power wns
nhla to help item bear their suiferngs. The
Wahcnsian Church had always been n mission
church, Its motto being, "Let your light ahtne
II darkness" God had evidently kept the
Ills hands Tor uniting atl Italy md bringing
souls to Christ. rllcy had always tna!utalncd
llse truth OF tho GOSPEL ind oppoaed SUPER
stitions nt,l Innovations.
11o tf!Gn gave III account OF their origin,
which he dated ia tho third century, c0ntrnvcrt-
lrg the nopular fdea that Peter Waldo wns
thrtr foundur. They t,atl documents written In
te eleventh century. Their persecution by
tho Catholics fur centuries WIS 1wctt upon. Tho
~ armed, md whom hundreds OF children were
stolen bY prlests,-Wticn tho Walhcnsans
couldn't read book In ltn1'au, and their l.llu
n1ica eoulln't 20 to school. Now thcy wcru
frec. Gul had preserved the Church lit,Irr tho
cyes of the Pope, notwithstanding GOO years OF
continued persecution; and they felt that IIe
had dotie It In or,]er that they might bo light
III darkness. witnesses TO Ills truth. The
Church had takcn possession OF all ihe towns;
was not preached, ut.d wllcro some faithful
Christians were not gathered ready to worship
Jesus nnd conscrrato themselves To Ills service.
AL tienominatinns felt It. To bc their duty 10 lu
sutuothtn. toward the cy2ngclfzatiop Ut Italy,
mud representative churches were to he found
In the different towns, but none hasI louo halt
ns much rs The Walllensian, which hail invited
the others to come. They hatl now fifteen
churches tn the Waltcnsfan valleys, tho Wa'dcn~