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<p>which was prominently visible there <del><gap/></del> <add>then.</add> An anonymous paper was<lb/> | |||
sent to the Consistory then urging the re-establishment of several<lb/> | |||
obsolete ceremonies, & accusing the Reformers of having corrupted the<lb/> | |||
faith of their fathers. This libel is believed to have proceeded from<lb/> | |||
the Catholics, but it did not produce much impression – till in 1813<lb/> | |||
a pamphlet was circulated thro' the same channel entitled<lb/> | |||
<foreign>Respectueuse Representation à <unclear>Mill la</unclear> Pasteurs de Geneve</foreign> – | |||
The pamphlet was brought from Lyon by the Courier <del>to</del> delivered<lb/> | |||
to the Sœur Grise Benoite – She handed it over to a zealous<lb/> | |||
Catholic priest called Vaurin – & he undertook to disseminate<lb/> | |||
the different tracts according to their addresses, – & as a work<lb/> | |||
of inpererogation scattered them about plentifully in the Town.<lb/> | |||
If this <add>germ – this</add> Respectueuse Representation – (having so pure an anger<lb/> | |||
& coming from individuals so interested in preserving the <del>purity</del> <add>integrity</add> of<lb/> | |||
the protestant faith & <del>is the term of all the</del> events which have<lb/> | |||
<del><gap/></del> troubled the peace of the Génevan church are but the<lb/> | |||
development – and such is the great auxiliary <add>of</add> which our<lb/> | |||
English protestant missionaries have availed themselves with such<lb/> | |||
eager avidity. Its immediate consequences would however have<lb/> | |||
been soon forgotten – & the application of the old maxim Divide<lb/> | |||
& <unclear><foreign>empéra</foreign></unclear> would have been out of place – if the<del>y</del> <add>spirit of intolerance</add> had not been fanned<lb/> | |||
& fostered by the fanaticism of <unclear>Masamo Kreisener</unclear> who visited | |||
Genéva in the same year (1873). The Moravians had continued<lb/> | |||
to hold meetings &<del>its</del> some <add>other</add> individual whose orthodoxy was of the<lb/> | |||
more violent sort – & at these meetings two or three <del>young</del> Theological<lb/> | |||
students were accustomed to attend. These young men were fit objects</p> | |||
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which was prominently visible there then. An anonymous paper was
sent to the Consistory then urging the re-establishment of several
obsolete ceremonies, & accusing the Reformers of having corrupted the
faith of their fathers. This libel is believed to have proceeded from
the Catholics, but it did not produce much impression – till in 1813
a pamphlet was circulated thro' the same channel entitled
Respectueuse Representation à Mill la Pasteurs de Geneve –
The pamphlet was brought from Lyon by the Courier to delivered
to the Sœur Grise Benoite – She handed it over to a zealous
Catholic priest called Vaurin – & he undertook to disseminate
the different tracts according to their addresses, – & as a work
of inpererogation scattered them about plentifully in the Town.
If this germ – this Respectueuse Representation – (having so pure an anger
& coming from individuals so interested in preserving the purity integrity of
the protestant faith & is the term of all the events which have
troubled the peace of the Génevan church are but the
development – and such is the great auxiliary of which our
English protestant missionaries have availed themselves with such
eager avidity. Its immediate consequences would however have
been soon forgotten – & the application of the old maxim Divide
& empéra would have been out of place – if they spirit of intolerance had not been fanned
& fostered by the fanaticism of Masamo Kreisener who visited
Genéva in the same year (1873). The Moravians had continued
to hold meetings &its some other individual whose orthodoxy was of the
more violent sort – & at these meetings two or three young Theological
students were accustomed to attend. These young men were fit objects
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