The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
rHE WALDENSIiN RETn a.,
Fresh Activity In IN Anrarui Church WIN
New OSrk q Connection.

New NSrk Connection.
The presence ia New York ~ the Rev
Arturo MustOn. president u the board
81 eyanKelization ~ IN" Waldensian
Church of Italy recalls tho fact that the
first church on Staten Island and the
first stone church building within the
present limits - Greater New York. Vas
a WaIcensian church. This was at STONY
Brook. midway between tho present
towns Of New Dorp and lakewood. built
in Is5s
The old Walcieusian church di-.Ap-
peared long ago. hut to he great interest
Or. huston found the names of Perrin.
SaIomon aud Raudoin we'll kno~n ~ the
locality. These names have been known
throughout the history - the Waldeurian
church and are TO-DAY frequent m that
little valley among the Gotham Alp- m
the northwestern corner - Piedmont.
where the Waldsn>ian church has sur
vive,I since the DAYS 81 primitive Chris
tianity.
II vas oliver Cromwell Who brought
that Maldsnslan colony o. Staten Island
In lass he sent a representative t. the
Duke % SAVOY 10 demonstrate With him
on the per-4-utions Which N. Nal
dsnslans were then sur~rng He offered
an asylum t. such Il th.'m a. Wished t.
emRrate To- America. and this resulted
IN the first permanent settlement ~
staten island
Or huston VAS Interested rn comparing
A picture az N" Old stony Brook church
with one ~ his possession ~ . little church
at CiAha- er~ct~si IN I5,j and celebrated
az ono q the oldest Nalden-ian -dific'-
nov standing. The two building ara -
exactly the same type. low gabled struC-
ture-.
DR.. Muston IL the guest during hl-
STAY 81 Mn. Richard 4. Dorrnan ~ -
Vest sixty-ninth street, a member a.; the
American EndoW ment FUND committee
~ the WaIdsnsian Church. Speaking AZ
her home recently 10 gave an interesting
account, % what ls calls the religious
Renaissance in Italy.
1T has suddenly brought oar church
INTO unexpected prominence hs said
Without solicitation from Va scholarly
periOdioals have given their readers long
articles On our history and polity. ~
cour.e every educated person knows that
the Waldensian church was simply mo
81 the primitive Christian churches whIrh
AZ a later date refusal 10 acknowledge tho
that vas extended 90 include the entire
Christian Church.
sP~r.~c,Ition confined IL 20 its little
valley among the Cottian Alps. and -
late a. is4s i had only fifteen parishes
IY.arBsa Albert confsTrsd federation upon
IL and to-day Il has over 20 churches IN
italy. schools eeminRrte- and missions
s0ne reason u this ~ that the yslderi
have always besn known IN Italy II
has always been SnONn a. ara ancient.
primitive Italian church. a. "id A. the
church Of Rome. To the Italian mind 10
Represents tho evangelical development
of the early church 10 Italy as the Roman
church represents the Titualistic develop
msnt.
The many scots Ol Professionalism con-
f,l.s the Italian mind Met hodists. Rap
fists. PresbytsSian-. they say. what are
All thsNsg They have been accustomed
to uniformity ia religion. This multi
plIcity of ascts bewilders them. II not
the Roman church. they sav. what theu ?
WHY, the NAlde.i. u course: no need to
10 ott Of Italy tor an evangelical church
The intermingling ~ this matter he
tween Italy and the United states - very
peculiar There ars nov 30 Italian
Protestant churches m America. OF
by immigrants who we're Waldensians
sDT. CIot who was one % our pazsor-
in Sicily for ten year,. has found 100 mem
t,.,rn of his old church IN Palermo ~ tins
country. twenty five Of them in Rochester
where he ssttied and organized a Wal
dsnsimn church. The pastor ~ the Italian
MathOsiist church IN BO-ton was a member
Of his church In Palermo There u =
colony named Naldese ln South Carolina.
oompOasd entirely Of WSidensians who
support their own church and pastor
Tho American Waldenz,an Md Soci@i y
wns Incorporated IN 1879. BiFhOp David
n Greer iA the prasid-nt Mis= H-i.n
Gould H. npe &C the directors. Sp~n'-r
Trnsk wac the treasurer. and the assistant
treasurer Ia Mrs Gilbert Colgate &C BHi
West Seventy -siKth sarsea.