The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-07-09

mrrso"sni. suffered death FeS l74s
unsrned impIore ibeaon discharge msketry
the reply to their appeal when SIX killed and
,erssds s The iahunsny
part %of'ay IN M"i:ter snesss nssS
"a md At "%prs, ps In 1Gi the ees
Toulouse with three brothers named rener who had
wa p" oken on be sna e
hearted Fab seeing his about to be led to execution suffer
little came to these 1
ss @ ts the and his
Rev Eienne Gilbert being active and prominent ministers Of the
enough to make escape England With only
was to hide for years
this his family tn the mercy OF
ss a so"s M % S
in 1 s a%d h IN reading % e en
ss
S:ss:
the ia family the Bsasme sonis,s the
France Flanders .h country But the
ton, as the manuer their fight saieieny indicates.
Thus ut the time our ancestors left France the
the State II matter of history that
to be admitted into the Hospital Of the Invaldes.
shelter and When ,9s;r
dieted ministers xele the country or M found
anchised Of nearly ev-y political privilege they
the honorable csns life and aI%o,
families; when In Short all classes women and children
ss OF SS
that sa
which hitherto enabled them keep
n h s%S 70! the vii" resolve bear ''0
Had they been rebeious subjects harasng sovereign by
ubver the and order of soeyhad they been sect OF per-
With the apOogy might
S s w s Of They s
different Quiet and unobtrusve In their devou In their
political laws Of their country they begged only for that peace
attendant on freedom Of religious worship ana Long
their shs no h@ Ern%
soSen
they yielded their s G6sep in all Ptan1E bs1
they failed to reoceover his losses they always lament
hs % @ ns Ss 1
his mounes and event prayers for his hap
% BY o an" ss
huguenois and their cup The fiat Of
v" They @ SsrS to 5" nS as
child his has cast him him upSn a
and they began seriously prepare bid adeu ali they loved
correspondence opened Rev. Mr. Gilbert With fam
the Ssy from
the Ie Of Guernsey The pleasant i1ege1ce n that the & hamg
his roSince Of south They asked rendezvous
Plymouth England Speedily their personal effects were convert
ed ready aud might be interesting gouIs
men children, gathering secret aud often
by night small numbers from the Departments OF Langueoc
Hainau Ontrave and from the River Loire anu from
On the 1863 considerable number arrive hear the
Royant ship lies anchor But from the secrecy re-
uured other the vessel uisuppled win pro-
Sons the to down es 49, to pu
supplies On the 9th OF August they put OUT
sea They their forever their native land
We behold imagination that small vessel us begins 10 spread
ts sails distant We the devoted
tie group HuguenOs the husband the anxious
babe they crowd the deck gaze for the last tune
the recedng The bright morning gs distant
coast and varied coors OF summer landscape
charming peculiar beauty hang around those wales
aud verdan slopes bewcng Is there discovered never
before their the distant scene heho
hold the affection beloved friends and the soil
that gave birth All the associations OF early l the fond re-
chdhnods homeher native hills and woods anu
school and school girl joys OF man
The prosecutions from which they had I'D
Gently their minds and fill their hearts and eyes
shore lost to sight, anu now there
but the wide waey waste ana
that which holds them from the deep Perhaps IN
state beweed dreamness they ngr on deck and strain their
another glimpse OF their beloved France bu soon
NAV imagine turning their vision to the blue heavens
now spaned by Hope and with strong unwaVehE
courage nervng hearts follow in the appointment
their Heavenly Leader. , ,,.. - , .,,
ding adeu friends country Ihe suehgs
of The of the body yet this did our an
the sckenng hope deferred the gloomy pangs OF
and all the untold msees o Sca
had the blue land become dim speck upon
the panse before their troubles began MS we e
from Journal kept by number For week they
tossed at length the 10Th OF August
bey were driven weather into the Port oil DAmo
been without days On the 2snd they put to
again In their bargue which leak, TO e
captain and all and the passengers were l %
work necessarily long hours with buckets ana WIN e
the Al ny