JUVENILE COMPANION, AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL HIVE. VOL III. 1850. NEW SERIES. London: ASSOCIATION BOOK ROOM, 5, HORSESHOE COURT, LUDGATE HILL. CONTENTS. 172 Brother, On the Death of a 280 ....... Christian Missions the Temple at 42, 78 Christmas.. New Year's Inquiries 329 331 307 140 27 223 38 25 Salvation by Christ "The Lord, He is God" "Thy Will be Done " 33 Widow of Nain, The Pride Locke, The Birthplace of John 141 "Look before you" 228 Luther's Chapel in the Castle of Wartburg Rabbi Akiba, Adventures of Rattlesnake, The.......... Religious Decision Riches of Satisfaction Robin Lady Bird, The Dis- Sagacity of a Wounded Monkey 81 Selfishness, Unchristian Sister and Brother United in 168 112 196 139 279 298 111 62 137 265 17 50 55 15 CASTLE OF CARCASSONE AND THE ALBIGENSES. FOR many ages the Papal or Roman Church has, whenever it has possessed power, been guilty of the most horrid and perfidious cruelties towards those who have refused to acknowledge its supreme authority. Among others who have had to endure the horrible atrocities of the Roman Church, the Albigenses, of the south of France, are specially noticed by historians; and with their sufferings the history of Carcassonne, in the south of France, is connected. This town is in a direct line about 390 miles south from Paris; but is a much greater distance therefrom by the road. It was formerly under the rule of the Count of Beziers; but was, in the thirteenth century, ceded to Louis the IX., king of France. Carcassonne stands on the banks of the river Aude. On one side stands the old town, which is surrounded by walls, D |