The home of the lost child, a tale of the Asylum of the Good Shepherd, HammersmithC. Dolman, 1848 - 223 pages |
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... with much respect , as well on account of her holy habit as for the trouble she had taken in directing him , followed her instructions , and soon arrived at a large new looking building with an iron cross over the 2 THE CONVENT .
... with much respect , as well on account of her holy habit as for the trouble she had taken in directing him , followed her instructions , and soon arrived at a large new looking building with an iron cross over the 2 THE CONVENT .
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... holy will , I would gladly have laid my Rachel in the grave ere she had lived to bring this blight upon her family , this disgrace on her sainted mother's memory ! But for whatever reason Thy wisdom has permitted this degradation , it ...
... holy will , I would gladly have laid my Rachel in the grave ere she had lived to bring this blight upon her family , this disgrace on her sainted mother's memory ! But for whatever reason Thy wisdom has permitted this degradation , it ...
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... holy will of God , but if she would but have chosen any other order - I beg you a thousand pardons , dear Reverend Mother , but you must excuse me it does to me seem so shocking that Jemima , who has lived in such extreme inno- cence ...
... holy will of God , but if she would but have chosen any other order - I beg you a thousand pardons , dear Reverend Mother , but you must excuse me it does to me seem so shocking that Jemima , who has lived in such extreme inno- cence ...
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... holy work , as much as if they were with the penitents all day , though they may , perhaps , from morning till night never see even one . Your daughter may prove one of these , and may be united to the community of their good works by ...
... holy work , as much as if they were with the penitents all day , though they may , perhaps , from morning till night never see even one . Your daughter may prove one of these , and may be united to the community of their good works by ...
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... holy soul , and you , sister , will do well to imitate her zeal for the salvation of souls . " 66 Shall I imitate her English too , dearest mother ? " 66 Ah , you are a naughty child , we must pray for your con- version . " " Thank you ...
... holy soul , and you , sister , will do well to imitate her zeal for the salvation of souls . " 66 Shall I imitate her English too , dearest mother ? " 66 Ah , you are a naughty child , we must pray for your con- version . " " Thank you ...
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Page 86 - ... thee. Send me heavenly meditations, spiritual sweetness, and fervent desires of thy glory ; ravish my soul with the contemplation of heaven, 'where I shall everlastingly dwell with thee. Bring often to my remembrance thy unspeakable goodness, thy gifts, and thy great kindness shown to me.
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