His red beard, flashing eyes, and powerful voice always drew attention to Guillaume Ferrell––and lead to action. Without trying. He won the loyalty of thousands––especially young men––and stirred the wrath of the religio-political establishment with its determination to preserve the status quo.Here you see him chased by mobs, attacked by irate churchmen, clawed by angry women, beaten by suspicious citizens. You also see him standing in cathedrals and before councils of state declaring God's message for men.Not wanting to be a career soldier as his father wished, young Farel went to the University of Paris and then became a teacher. But within a few years, he found himself on a different battlefront, in combat against tradition, ritualism, and religio–political tyranny.Armed with the sword of the Word of God and the shield of faith, he fought for "the pure gospel" with a sometimes rash courage and is sometimes intolerant zeal. Yet he was undeniably a man of God. A pioneer of the Reformation in the French–speaking area of Switzerland and the forerunner of Calvin in Geneva, he preached also in eastern France and travel into the Waldensian valleys of northern Italy.Pharaoh was a firebrand kindling lights that burned with increasing brightness long after.