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CHAPTER I.

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THE JOURNEY AND ITS MOTIVE 1-5

CHAPTER II.

THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE VALLEYS, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES 6-8

CHAPTER III.

ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF THE WALDENSES AS A DISTINCT COMMUNITY 9-13

CHAPTER IV.

CREED AND ORGANIZATION OF THE WALDENSIAN CHURCH 14-22

CHAPTER V.

THE BEGINNING OF PAPAL PERSECUTIONS 23-27

CHAPTER VI.

THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF THE WALDENSES FROM THE RISE OF THE ROMAN INQUISITION TO THAT OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION 28-37

CHAPTER VII.

PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN INITIATES THE SECOND GREAT PERSECUTION OF THE VAUDOIS.—THEIR LOYALTY AND THEIR CONDITION DOWN TO A.D. 1655 38-44

CHAPTER VIII.

"THE BLOODY PASCHA"—LOYALTY EVEN BEYOND THE POWER OF PERFIDY AND PERSECUTION TO QUENCH.—REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES.—THE CRIMES OF LOUIS XIV. INVOLVES THE VALLEYS IN TROUBLE, EVEN GREATER THAN BEFORE.—TREACHERY OF GABRIEL OF SAVOY.—EXILE 45-51

CHAPTER IX.

RORA AND JANAVELLO 52-62

CHAPTER X.

THE VALLEYS REGAINED UNDER HENRI ARNAUD 63-89

CHAPTER XI.

THE VAUDOIS FROM THEIR RETURN TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND THE RESTORATION OF THE HOUSE OF SAVOY TO THEIR DOMINIONS 90-95

CHAPTER XII.

THE VAUDOIS FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE EDICT OF EMANCIPATION 96-103

CHAPTER XIII.

THE WALDENSIAN CHURCH, FROM THE GENERAL PEACE TO THE DATE OF VISITS FROM DR. GILLY AND GENERAL BECKWITH 104-113

CHAPTER XIV.

WALDENSIAN CHURCH PROGRESS IN ITS OWN VALLEYS, FROM 1827 TO 1848 114-119

CHAPTER XV.

THE CHURCH OF THE VALLEYS AS THE EVANGELIST OF ITALY.—ITS HOME CLAIMS AND NEEDS 120-130

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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