“To the Jews a stumbling- block, to the Greeks foolishness.” With them may also be named two noble sons of the Reformed church, the physiognomist =Lavater=, A.D. 1741- 1801, and the devout dreamer, =Jung-Stilling=, A.D. 1740-1817. The famous historian, =John von Müller=, A.D. 1752- 1809, well deserves mention here, who more than any previous historian made Christ the centre and summit of all times; and also the no less famous statesman =C. F. von Moser=, the most German of the Germans of this century, who, with noble Christian heroism, in numerous political and patriotic tracts, battled against the prevailing social and political vices of his age. § 171.12. The great Swiss educationist =Pestalozzi=, A.D. 1746-1827, assumed toward the Bible, the church, and Christianity an attitude similar to that of the philosopher of Königsberg. The conviction of the necessity and wholesomeness of a biblical foundation in all popular education was rooted in his heart, and he clearly saw the shallowness of the popular philosophy, whether presented under the eccentric naturalism of Rousseau or the bald utilitarianism of Basedow. His whole life issued from the very sanctuary of true Christianity, as seen in his self-sacrificing efforts to save the lost, to strengthen the weak, and to preach to the poor by word and deed the gospel of the all-merciful God whose will it is that all should be saved. He began his career as an educationist in A.D. 1775 by receiving into his house deserted beggar children, and carried on his experiments in his educational institutions at Burgdorf till A.D. 1798, and at Isserten till A.D. 1804. His writings, which circulated far and wide, gained for his methods recognition and high approval.[523] § 172. CHURCH LIFE IN THE PERIOD OF THE “ILLUMINATION.”