From the Crucifix to the Cross and the Heretics: Stories of Western MexicoF.L. Rowe, 1909 - 200 pages |
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... soul ! " " And wilt thou find it here ? " interrupted the boy , looking about him . The old man only replied by drawing the boy toward him . Then he led him to the little iron bedstead , where together they sat a moment in silence ...
... soul ! " " And wilt thou find it here ? " interrupted the boy , looking about him . The old man only replied by drawing the boy toward him . Then he led him to the little iron bedstead , where together they sat a moment in silence ...
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... soul and body ! " The boy did not reply . The old man paused and seemed lost in thought . At length the boy arose , threw his arms around his uncle's neck , saying , " Juan is waiting for me in the court , and I must be going . Then ...
... soul and body ! " The boy did not reply . The old man paused and seemed lost in thought . At length the boy arose , threw his arms around his uncle's neck , saying , " Juan is waiting for me in the court , and I must be going . Then ...
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... soul's salvation . Gradually hope had gone out of his life , and with it ambition . Happiness , too , had left him . He cared no longer for a place among men . But his troubled , wearied soul longed for peace , and for such peace he ...
... soul's salvation . Gradually hope had gone out of his life , and with it ambition . Happiness , too , had left him . He cared no longer for a place among men . But his troubled , wearied soul longed for peace , and for such peace he ...
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... soul . At length he arose , and with no light in his room save the light of the stars through the little grated window , he laid himself down upon his hard bed . But not to sleep ; the floods of memory still swept on , bringing before ...
... soul . At length he arose , and with no light in his room save the light of the stars through the little grated window , he laid himself down upon his hard bed . But not to sleep ; the floods of memory still swept on , bringing before ...
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... soul ! My body you will soon lay to rest . But my soul - I can not tell . I have worn all my life the scapular , * and the Holy Mother may be pleased to re- member her promise , but I am not sure , my boy , I am not sure . But I can do ...
... soul ! My body you will soon lay to rest . But my soul - I can not tell . I have worn all my life the scapular , * and the Holy Mother may be pleased to re- member her promise , but I am not sure , my boy , I am not sure . But I can do ...
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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.