Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva - James Aitken Wylie

them the atrocious edict which orders the
destruction of every house in which Divine service
shall have been celebrated. I remind them that in
more than twenty towns the faithful have been
massacred by the populace.[8] In those happy
days-- happy although stakes were blazing--it
seemed as if the ancient saying was reversed, and
that no longer were the laborers few. No wonder
that Calvin for once breaks into enthusiasm, and
gives vent to his joy. But we do the Reformer only
justice when we say that he rejoiced not because he
was leader, but because his soldiers were devoted.
They were men worthy of their captain.
The success of these Evangelists entailed new
labors and responsibilities on the Reformer. The
Churches which they planted had to be organised.
These new communities came to Geneva for the
principles of their constitution, and the model of
their government. If Geneva bore the likeness of
Calvin, France now began to bear the likeness of
Geneva. Thus the cares of the Reformer were
multiplied and his labors increased as he grew
older, he lived two lives in one. The life passed in
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