Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Ladies' Repository, 1868, Vol. 28: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature and Religion
While the council was undecided as to the yielding of this request the people took the mat ter in their own hands and conducted Farel into the church of the barefooted monks, where, on the first of March, at the ring of the bell, the Gospel was preached for the first time. F arel's words had power, and the people did not for get them. Henceforth the Gospel made great progress, and from that day the beams of the new light streamed forth from Geneva to other parts of Switzerland. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper was celebrated according to the instructions of Christ himself; many priests left their altars, and there was a universal stir in favor of the great doctrines which Farel had proclaimed.
But with an increase of Gospel truth there was renewed opposition on the part of the Romish Church, yet it was plain enough that it could not succeed, and that the Reformation was fast becoming a fixed fact in Geneva and throughout Switzerland. On the twelfth of July Farel spoke to the people so convincingly and with such great power that nobody dared to raise a voice against him, and on the 27th of August the Reformation was firmly inaugura ted in Geneva, and it has existed from that day to this. Farel was not intent merely on proclaiming new doctrines, but he also paid great attention to an improved Spiritual life. Having succeeded in Geneva, he went else where, preaching the Gospel with renewed confidence.
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.
