of them were anxious to purchase a copy of it. As soon as M. ----
ascertained the object of their visit, he appeared on the balcony, and
expressed his regret that he had no more of those interesting volumes
with him; informing them that, if it pleased God he should return to
Paris, he would forward a hundred to his correspondent in that place,
that each of them might be furnished with a copy. This was accordingly
done immediately after his return to Paris. And during his residence
there, M ---- had the satisfaction to see, that more or less
individuals from S----, who came to solicit orders for their
manufacturing establishments, also brought orders for an additional
supply of the sacred volume. And the number of Bibles and Testaments
which were introduced into a dense catholic population, in consequence
of the apparently trivial circumstance of the opening of the case in
the Diligence, will probably never be ascertained until the great
day of account; nor will it be known to what extent they have been
instrumental in reclaiming and saving the souls of deluded men.

On the day following M---- received a deputation from the Village in
the Mountains, anxiously desiring to hear on what day and hour they
might hope to enjoy his long-expected visit. He proposed to be at the
widow's house the following morning, at 11 o'clock. Furnished with a
carriage and horses by one of his friends, he set out accordingly;
and, on reaching the foot of the mountain, was met by a deputation of
twelve or fifteen of these faithful followers of the Lamb, who greeted
his approach with demonstrations of joy. He immediately descended from
the carriage, and was conducted to the house of the widow with every
expression of the most sincere Christian affection, some taking him by
the sleeve, and others by the skirts of his coat, some preceding and
others following him. But what was his surprise, on arriving at the
house, to find an assembly of from sixty to eighty, who, with one