Letters from AbroadSeeley & Company, 1878 - 77 pages |
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... visited Bayonne , Biarritz , and Pau . In making the journey to Bayonne , I had to travel by railway through the seventy miles of pine - forest of which I spoke . Here and there , as we went along , we saw a small space of ground ...
... visited Bayonne , Biarritz , and Pau . In making the journey to Bayonne , I had to travel by railway through the seventy miles of pine - forest of which I spoke . Here and there , as we went along , we saw a small space of ground ...
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... visited what is called the silent nunnery . The many nuns there , of their own accord , have taken a vow of silence for life ; and they foolishly imagine that , by so acting , they are doing God service . They are not allowed to speak ...
... visited what is called the silent nunnery . The many nuns there , of their own accord , have taken a vow of silence for life ; and they foolishly imagine that , by so acting , they are doing God service . They are not allowed to speak ...
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... visited , with M. Bost , the directress of one of the institutions , who was dying of consumption . She was most calm and peaceful , rely- ing on the finished work of the Saviour ; and it was very touching to see the elder girls come ...
... visited , with M. Bost , the directress of one of the institutions , who was dying of consumption . She was most calm and peaceful , rely- ing on the finished work of the Saviour ; and it was very touching to see the elder girls come ...
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... visited there the English Protestant church , the chaplain of which is an old Cambridge friend of mine , Mr. Frossard . I also visited the French Protestant church , and the Pro- testant hospital . In that hospital , among other ...
... visited there the English Protestant church , the chaplain of which is an old Cambridge friend of mine , Mr. Frossard . I also visited the French Protestant church , and the Pro- testant hospital . In that hospital , among other ...
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... visited the picture - gallery at Bordeaux ; but in that I stayed a very short time , as I could hardly look in any direction without being distressed and disgusted by seeing on the walls paintings of females in a state of perfect nudity ...
... visited the picture - gallery at Bordeaux ; but in that I stayed a very short time , as I could hardly look in any direction without being distressed and disgusted by seeing on the walls paintings of females in a state of perfect nudity ...
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Page 27 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God ; but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Page 67 - I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth ; and He shall speak unto them all that I shall command Him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which He, shall speak in My name, I will require it of him.
Page 25 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 77 - For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Page 67 - He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath One that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 42 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 44 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away : and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 18 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 44 - And, now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?
Page 72 - ... Almighty and most merciful Father; we have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done; and there is no health in us.