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 338 COQUEREL COQUIMBO joined in the organization of the Alliance chretienne universelle, which was designed to unite on a common basis the members of the Greek, Latin, and Protestant churches. Since 1852 M. Coquerel had been one of the central council of the Reformed churches, and in 1867 became its president by seniority. In this position he urged his colleagues to con- cede something to liberal views, but without success. He wrote TOO or 800 sermons, of which a great number have been printed, forming 8 vols. Besides these his principal works are : Biographic sacree (1837) ; Histoire sainte et analyse de la Bible (1838 and 1842) ; a reply to Strauss's "Life of Jesus" (1841; Orthodoxie moderne (1 842) ; Le Christianisme experimental (1 847) ; Christologie, ou Essai sur lapersonne et Vc&uvre de Jesus- Christ (1858); Meditations sur des textes choisies de VAncien et du Nouveau Testament (1859) ; Observations pratiques sur la predication (1860); and Pro- jet de discipline pour les ISglises reformees de France (1861). Many of his works have pass- ed through several editions, and been transla- ted into English and other languages. II. Charles Augnstin, a French author, brother of the pre- ceding, born in Paris, April 17, 1797, died there, Feb. 1, 1851. He was brought up with his brother by their aunt Helena Maria Williams, an English authoress, at whose house he met Humboldt and other celebrated men. He studied at the divinity school of Montauban, but in 1815 went to Paris and devoted himself to general science and literature, studying medicine under Broussais, chemistry under Gay-Lussac. mathematics under Ampere and Biot, and astronomy under Arago. In 1821 he published the Annuaire protestant, the ear- liest work of the kind in France. He was one of the founders of the Revue Britannique (1825), and contributed also to the Revue pro- testante. Among his published works are: Cariteas (1827) ; Histoire de la litterature anglaise, and Essai sur Vhistoire generate du Christianisme (1828); and Histoire des Eglises du desert, his most important work, a record of the sufferings of the French Protestants since the revocation of the edict of Nantes. III. Athanase Josue, son of Athanase Laurent Charles, born in Amsterdam, June 16, 1820. He studied theology at Geneva and Strasburg, was ordained to the ministry at Nimes in 1843, and became assistant pastor in that city. In 1848 he was appointed Protestant chaplain of the college Henri IV., and subsequently of the Chaptal college, a post which he held for 20 years. On Nov. 15, 1850, although opposed by orthodox leaders, he was appointed by the consistory of Paris an assistant pastor, and was reappointed in spite of increasing opposition in 1853, 1856, 1859, and 1861. Having succeeded to his father's position as editor of the L^en and afterward of the Nouvelle Revue de Theo- logie, he published in the Lien the constitution of the newly formed liberal Protestant union, and in 1863 an appreciative though qualified notice of Renan's " Life of Jesus." In conse- quence of this he was at length, Feb. 26, 1864, suspended from the ministry by the consistory of Paris, while the consistory of Anduze voted him an address of sympathy. In 1867 he gave a series of lectures against the doctrinal au- thority of the Apostles' creed. In 1871 he vis- ited the United States, and lectured during the winter in several cities. He received the dec- oration of the legion of honor in 1862. Besides many pamphlets, sermons, and articles, he has published Des beaux arts en Italic, au point devuereligieux (1857) ; Jean Galas, a historical study (1858) ; Precis de Vhistoire de Vfiglise re- formee de Paris (1862) ; Des premieres trans- formations historiques du Christianisme, Pour- quoi la France n'est elle pas protestante f and Lesforcats pour lafoi, a sketch of the Prot- estants condemned to the galleys by Louis XIV. and Louis XV. (1866) ; La conscience et lafoi (1867) ; and Libres etudes (1868). COQUILLA NUTS, the fruit of the Brazilian tree attalea funifera (Martius) or cocos lapi- Coquilla Nut and Paljja. dea (Gartner). The nuts are nearly solid shells, commonly containing two small kernels of dis- agreeable flavor. They are valued only for the solid portion of the shell, which is of very close texture, brittle and hard, and of a hazel-brown color. It is susceptible of a high polish, works well in the lathe, and is an excellent material for small ornamental works, as toys, heads of umbrellas, parasols, &c. COQUIMBO. I. A N. province of Chili, lying between lat. 29 and 32 S., and Ion. 69 30' and 71 35' W., bounded N. by Atacama, E. by the Argentine Republic, S. by Aconcagua, and W. by the Pacific; area, 13,300 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 159,698. The surface is moun- tainous, but there is only one volcano within its limits, that of Limari. The Chuapa, on its S. boundary, the Illapel, Coquimbo, Barrazo, and Tongoy, are the principal streams, all of which are small and from the rapidity of their