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- catalog contributor b4160620.
- catalog created "1832.".
- catalog date "1832".
- catalog date "1832.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1832.".
- catalog description "Description of the Valleys of Fressiniere and Queyras, and of Neff's parish -- The pass of the Guil -- Neff at Arvieux, and in his presbytery at La Chalp -- His progress through his parish -- San Veran -- Pierre Grosse -- Fousillarde -- The pastor's manifold duties -- Neff's winter journey to Val Fressiniere -- Palons -- The Rimasse -- Dormilleuse -- Neff's description of Dormilleuse, and of the condition in which he found the remains of the primitive Christians there -- His perilous labors there -- V. Neff organizes Reunions, or prayer-meetings -- His opinion of the necessity of such meetings -- Neff's last exhortation to his flock on the subject -- His exhortations examined -- Prayer-meetings -- VI. Neff at Champsaur -- His difficulties there -- From Champsaur to Val Fressiniere -- His employments from break of day to midnight -- His account of the consecration of the new Church of Violins -- His discussion with a Vandois pastor -- ".
- catalog description "His conciliating manners -- Two remarkable traits -- Neff compared with Bernard Gilpin, George Herbert, Oberlin, and Henry Martyn -- Testimonies to Neff's services.".
- catalog description "I. Neff's birth and education -- His first tastes and occupation -- His military career -- Leaves the army and becomes a Probationer for Holy Orders -- Exercises the functions of a Probationer in the Swiss Cantons -- II. 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 -- III. Neff's difficulties as to ordination -- His reasons for not being ordained by the Genevan clergy -- Goes to England for his diploma -- His return to France and reception at Mens -- His nomination as pastor of the high Alps -- His first visits to the mountain hamlets of his parish -- IV. Description of the department of the High Alps -- Restitution of Protestant rights -- Organization of Reformed Churches of France -- Nature and extent of Neff's pastoral charge -- Henry Oberlin -- ".
- catalog description "Proposes to himself the example of Oberlin -- The Aqueduct -- The Christian advocate -- Neff teacher of agriculture -- Neff at the fair of St. Crepin -- X. Neff's caution in the choice of his catechists -- Neff in his schools -- Works at the building of a school-room in Dormilleuse -- Establishes and conducts a normal school for the training of catechists and schoolmasters -- The difficulties of this undertaking -- The farewell repast -- Neff's remarks on the characters of the young men of his adult school, and on the effects produced by it -- Observations on the state of public instruction in France -- XI. Neff's strength fails -- Winter horrors of Dormilleuse -- Neff obliged to return to Switzerland -- Parting scenes -- Neff goes tot he baths of Plombieres -- His last address to his Alpine flock -- His death at Geneva -- XII. Review of Neff's character -- Its value as an example -- His practical wisdom and usefulness -- His prudence and caution -- His gentleness of spirit -- ".
- catalog description "Wretched condition of the natives of Val Fressiniere -- An affecting incident -- Neff institutes associations of the Bible and Missionary Societies among his Alpines -- Passage of the Col d'Orsiere -- Progress of his catechumens at Champsaur -- Laments over the levity of some of his flock -- Prevents the appointment of an unworthy pastor at Champsaur -- VII. Neff's method and good understanding with the Roman Catholics -- His interview with a Romish priest -- A family sketch -- The convert of Arvieux -- A death bed scene -- The mission -- Controversies -- Anecdote -- The cure -- Palons -- The shepherdess Mariette -- VIII. Neff's self-denial -- Reminiscences in Val Fressiniere and Val Queyras -- The Alpine pastor's duties and mode of life -- Passion week in Dormilleuse and Val Fressiniere -- IX. Neff's extraordinary influence over his flock -- How obtained -- His improvements introduced into the condition of the Alpines -- Their wretched state previously to his arrival -- ".
- catalog extent "xii, [13]-318 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Memoir of Felix Neff.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Memoir of Felix Neff.".
- catalog issued "1832".
- catalog issued "1832.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston, W. Hyde & Co.,".
- catalog relation "Memoir of Felix Neff.".
- catalog subject "BX4827.N4 G5".
- catalog subject "Neff, Félix, 1798-1829.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Description of the Valleys of Fressiniere and Queyras, and of Neff's parish -- The pass of the Guil -- Neff at Arvieux, and in his presbytery at La Chalp -- His progress through his parish -- San Veran -- Pierre Grosse -- Fousillarde -- The pastor's manifold duties -- Neff's winter journey to Val Fressiniere -- Palons -- The Rimasse -- Dormilleuse -- Neff's description of Dormilleuse, and of the condition in which he found the remains of the primitive Christians there -- His perilous labors there -- V. Neff organizes Reunions, or prayer-meetings -- His opinion of the necessity of such meetings -- Neff's last exhortation to his flock on the subject -- His exhortations examined -- Prayer-meetings -- VI. Neff at Champsaur -- His difficulties there -- From Champsaur to Val Fressiniere -- His employments from break of day to midnight -- His account of the consecration of the new Church of Violins -- His discussion with a Vandois pastor -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "His conciliating manners -- Two remarkable traits -- Neff compared with Bernard Gilpin, George Herbert, Oberlin, and Henry Martyn -- Testimonies to Neff's services.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Neff's birth and education -- His first tastes and occupation -- His military career -- Leaves the army and becomes a Probationer for Holy Orders -- Exercises the functions of a Probationer in the Swiss Cantons -- II. 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 -- III. Neff's difficulties as to ordination -- His reasons for not being ordained by the Genevan clergy -- Goes to England for his diploma -- His return to France and reception at Mens -- His nomination as pastor of the high Alps -- His first visits to the mountain hamlets of his parish -- IV. Description of the department of the High Alps -- Restitution of Protestant rights -- Organization of Reformed Churches of France -- Nature and extent of Neff's pastoral charge -- Henry Oberlin -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Proposes to himself the example of Oberlin -- The Aqueduct -- The Christian advocate -- Neff teacher of agriculture -- Neff at the fair of St. Crepin -- X. Neff's caution in the choice of his catechists -- Neff in his schools -- Works at the building of a school-room in Dormilleuse -- Establishes and conducts a normal school for the training of catechists and schoolmasters -- The difficulties of this undertaking -- The farewell repast -- Neff's remarks on the characters of the young men of his adult school, and on the effects produced by it -- Observations on the state of public instruction in France -- XI. Neff's strength fails -- Winter horrors of Dormilleuse -- Neff obliged to return to Switzerland -- Parting scenes -- Neff goes tot he baths of Plombieres -- His last address to his Alpine flock -- His death at Geneva -- XII. Review of Neff's character -- Its value as an example -- His practical wisdom and usefulness -- His prudence and caution -- His gentleness of spirit -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wretched condition of the natives of Val Fressiniere -- An affecting incident -- Neff institutes associations of the Bible and Missionary Societies among his Alpines -- Passage of the Col d'Orsiere -- Progress of his catechumens at Champsaur -- Laments over the levity of some of his flock -- Prevents the appointment of an unworthy pastor at Champsaur -- VII. Neff's method and good understanding with the Roman Catholics -- His interview with a Romish priest -- A family sketch -- The convert of Arvieux -- A death bed scene -- The mission -- Controversies -- Anecdote -- The cure -- Palons -- The shepherdess Mariette -- VIII. Neff's self-denial -- Reminiscences in Val Fressiniere and Val Queyras -- The Alpine pastor's duties and mode of life -- Passion week in Dormilleuse and Val Fressiniere -- IX. Neff's extraordinary influence over his flock -- How obtained -- His improvements introduced into the condition of the Alpines -- Their wretched state previously to his arrival -- ".
- catalog title "A memoir of Felix Neff, pastor of the High Alps. By William Stephen Gilly ... From the London ed., with notes.".
- catalog type "text".