Excerpt from The Israel of the Alps, Vol. 2: A Complete History of the Waldenses and Their Colonies; Prepared in Great Part From Unpublished Documents Chapter XX. - influence OF the philosophy OF the eighteenth cen tury ON the vaudois church, and progress OF events down TO the french revolution. (a.d. 1730 to a.d. 17 - Persecution continued in many forms of vexation - Growth and effects of new ideas - Children seized and retained by Papists - Popish missions in the valleys - Insin cerity in replies to remonstrances of the British Government - Vexatious prohibitions and restrictions - Poverty and distress of the Vaudois - Their services to the King of Sardinia in his wars - Battle of Assiette - Con tinued vexations on the part of_ the Popish clergy The Refuge of Virtue -the Vaudois Table instituted - Origin of the Vaudois congregation at Turin - The Vaudois churches of the French Alps begin to display signs of life - Unhappy effects of the infidel philosophy of the period on the spiritual character of the Vaudois pastors and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.