The Glorious Return

"The Glorious Return" is a historical novel by Crona Temple. The Waldensians (also known as Waldenses) are adherents of a church tradition that began as an ascetic movement within Western Christianity before the Reformation. It is nearly two hundred years since the long persecutions of the Church in the Alpine valleys ended in their 'Glorious Return' from exile, and their gain of liberty of conscience and freedom from the yoke of Rome. It is but right that in 1889 Protestant countries should unite in offering sympathy and brotherly help to the Waldensian Church in its time of commemoration.