tion, a Church can be appealed to, having all the constituent elements of that to which the name of Protestant is now given, we may unhesitatingly affirm, that this is a satisfactory solution of the question asked.
The design of this little Volume is to furnish the youthful student, and those persons whose leisure will not allow them to peruse larger works, with a condensed but connected view of these people of God. And should it be serviceable in leading either the sceptic to perceive that Christianity is a practical religion, or the adherent of Romish idolatry to discover that the Waldenses were under the influence of pure religion ere it was encumbered by man's institutions, a very important, though secondary purpose, will be accomplished.
It may be only farther stated, that no exertion has been spared to render the history as complete and unbroken as possible; that every source to which the writer had access has been explored to authenticate the statements advanced in it; and that it was deemed unnecessary to swell the work