The Huguenot Pastor’s Deliverance by W. A. S.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 17, 1914

The Huguenot Pastor’s Deliverance

By W. A. S.

IN his “Rise of the Huguenots of France,” Baird says that it was noted as a remarkable circumstance that but two of the Huguenot pastors in Paris perished on the night of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. “It is certain,” he says, “that no lives were more eagerly sought than theirs. But several Protestant pastors had wonderful escape.” Of one experience he says:—

In the case of Merlin, chaplain of Admiral Coligny, the divine interposition seemed almost as distinct as that of the prophet Elijah. After reluctantly leaving Coligny, at his earnest request, and clambering over the roof of a neighboring house, he fell through an opening into a garret full of hay. Not daring to show himself, since he knew not whether he would encounter friends or foes, he remained for three days in this retreat, his sole food an egg which a hen laid daily within his reach.—Vol. II, page 477.

In a similar way, Brenz, the Reformed pastor, was supplied with food on one occasion while hiding from Catholic persecutors in Germany.

W. A. S.