WILLIAM STEPHEN GILLY, M.A.

PREBENDARY OF DURHAM, AND VICAR OF NORHAM.

"There are very few habitations in Dormilleuse which are not liable to be swept away,
for there is not a spot, in this narrow corner of the Valley of Fressinière, which can be
considered absolutely safe. But terrible as the situation of the natives is, they owe to it
their religious, and perhaps their physical existence. If their country had been more
secure, and more accessible, they would have been exterminated, like the inhabitants
of Val Louise."-NEFF'S JOURNAL.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. G. & F. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD,

AND WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL.

Introduction

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.

Neff's Birth and Education-His first Tastes and Occupa-

tion-His military Career-Leaves the Army and be-

comes a Probationer for Holy Orders-Exercises the

Functions of a Probationer in the Swiss Cantons

CHAPTER II.

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Neff
goes to France to officiate at Grenoble and Mens-

His Observations on National Churches-The Nature of

his Charge at Mens-His laborious Duties-Remarks on

the Effects produced by Sacred Music-Neff's Method

with his Catechumens

CHAPTER III.

Neff's difficulties as to Ordination-His reasons for not

being ordained by the Genevan Clergy-Goes to Eng-

land for his diploma-His return to France and recep-

tion at Mens-His nomination as Pastor of the High

Alps-His first visits to the mountain hamlets of his

parish

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