Brief Memoirs of the Pious, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Brief Memoirs of the Pious, Vol. 1<br><br>Julius Charles Rieu was born at Geneva, August 11th, 1792. Having devoted himself to the service of the Lord in the work of the ministry in the year 1816, he relinquished, at the close of 1817, the fairest temporal prospects, in order to go and preach the gospel to an humble colony of French refugees, who had resided for nearly a century on the shores of the Little Belt, in Denmark.<br><br>His deep humility and self-diffidence had led him at one time to consider himself as altogether unworthy of the sacred office, believing that it required higher talents, purer feelings, and greater faith than he possessed. Wore than once, after having become a student in the Theological Hall, he was on the point of quitting it. But such was not the will of his great Master, who intended that he should become "a burning and a shining light" in his day. He remained, therefore, and continued his studies.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.