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boyhood. God was preparing him for greater

trials. “The crosses, persecutions, and

machinations of Satan, of which I was

forewarned, have not been wanting,” he said;

“they are even much severer than I could

have borne of myself; but God is my Father;

He has provided and always will provide me

the strength which I require.”—D'Aubigne,

History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth

Century, b. 12, ch. 9.

As in apostolic days, persecution had “fallen

out rather unto the furtherance of the

gospel.” Philippians 1:12. Driven from Paris

and Meaux, “they that were scattered abroad

went everywhere preaching the word.” Acts

8:4. And thus the light found its way into

many of the remote provinces of France.

God was still preparing workers to extend

His cause. In one of the schools of Paris was a