From the Crucifix to the Cross and the Heretics: Stories of Western MexicoF.L. Rowe, 1909 - 200 pages |
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... dying man , waiting . Life was very feeble , but his mind still active . Very quiet it was . in that little back ... dying man , for not even in the clear light of day would one have guessed that the thin , worn face upon the hard pillow ...
... dying man , waiting . Life was very feeble , but his mind still active . Very quiet it was . in that little back ... dying man , for not even in the clear light of day would one have guessed that the thin , worn face upon the hard pillow ...
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... dying man and the boy listened while Felipe talked . He spoke of the years that had passed when they were boys together . He told of the new and blessed life which had been his since he had found his Jesus ; the story of the cross , so ...
... dying man and the boy listened while Felipe talked . He spoke of the years that had passed when they were boys together . He told of the new and blessed life which had been his since he had found his Jesus ; the story of the cross , so ...
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... dying bed . " It is strange , " said the girl . " I would fear to listen to the stranger , but I would like to hear him sing ! " " Then go with me to - night ! I will ac- company thee . We will stand on the street and listen and no one ...
... dying bed . " It is strange , " said the girl . " I would fear to listen to the stranger , but I would like to hear him sing ! " " Then go with me to - night ! I will ac- company thee . We will stand on the street and listen and no one ...
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... dying . The physician had given place to the priest . The sick man had listened passive- ly to the words of his dying confession which the priest had spoken , for the man had been too weak to utter them himself . The sign of the Holy ...
... dying . The physician had given place to the priest . The sick man had listened passive- ly to the words of his dying confession which the priest had spoken , for the man had been too weak to utter them himself . The sign of the Holy ...
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... dying words , and of the occasion attend- ance upon the preaching of the Protestant . He begged her to go with him to listen , but she seemed only the more broken , and besought him not to bring further sorrow and disgrace by ...
... dying words , and of the occasion attend- ance upon the preaching of the Protestant . He begged her to go with him to listen , but she seemed only the more broken , and besought him not to bring further sorrow and disgrace by ...
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From the Crucifix to the Cross and the Heretics: Stories of Western Mexico Harriet Crawford No preview available - 2012 |
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Popular passages
Page 76 - Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of GOD.
Page 71 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 27 - I THINK, when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How he called little children, as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then.
Page 145 - I sign thee with the sign of the cross, and I confirm thee with the chrism of salvation, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 44 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow Thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my All shalt be.
Page 101 - Many things are asked from God and are not granted; they are asked from Mary and are obtained.
Page 18 - There is no other name under heaven given unto men, whereby we must be saved...
Page 18 - God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life...
Page 45 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Page 102 - It is true that in dying for the redemption of the world Jesus wished to be alone ; but when God saw the great desire of Mary to devote herself also to the salvation of men, he ordained that by the sacrifice and offering of the life of this same Jesus she might co-operate with him in the work of our salvation, and thus become Mother of our souls.