Ten Days in a French Parsonage in the Summer of 1863, Volume 1

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S. Low, son, and Marston, 1864 - France

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Page 243 - And here it is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth.
Page 93 - PLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me, and fight thou against them that fight against me.
Page 28 - Nigris aequora ventis Emirabitur insolens, Qui nunc te fruitur credulus aurea, Qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem Sperat, nescius aurae Fallacis ! Miseri quibus Intentata nites.
Page 253 - ... the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing ; which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience...
Page 45 - Vauban in 16S9, which, however, he seems to have drawn up more as a suggestion for consideration than as a direct proposal for practical use. He begins by pointing out the great importance of Paris to the rest of France, and the consequent expediency of providing for its safety. He says, ' it is impossible to take too many precautions to preserve it, and the more so that if an enemy had forced our frontiers, beaten and dissipated our armies, and at last penetrated the interior of the kingdom, which...
Page 255 - ... evangelistic work. Learn the vernacular of the poor, and then go out into the streets and lanes of the city and compel them to come in.
Page 242 - The red, the colour of blood, is used on all days consecrated to the memory of those who laid down their lives for the faith ; also at Whitsuntide, as if to signify the fiery tongues in the form of which the Holy Spirit descended, " when the day of Pentecost was fully come
Page 45 - ... in 1689, which, however, he seems to have drawn up more as a suggestion for consideration than as a direct proposal for practical use. He begins by pointing out the great importance of Paris to the rest of France, and the consequent expediency of providing for its safety. He says, ' it is impossible to take too many precautions to preserve it, and the more so that if an enemy had forced our frontiers, beaten and dissipated our armies, and at last penetrated the interior of the kingdom, which...
Page 86 - ... that they should labour, it may make them vigorous both in body and mind; that if he sends them sickness, it is to make them more patient and pious ; if he allows them to wrestle with difficulties, it is to form them into finer characters; and that in all emergencies they should depend for their happiness, first, on God, and next, on their own industry, intelligence, good character, resolution, and fortitude.
Page 69 - Is one of the pleasantest, because one of the most tolerant, books that was ever produced by a clergyman's pen,* the author tells. us that when showing a certain French Cure the wonders of London, after a short pause in front of Northumberland House, he and his guest "passed along Parliament Street, gazing with no little wonder at the mounted sentries at the Horse Guards," whilst " extolling the genuinely military aspect of the finest heavy cavalry in tfte world.

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