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Saint Among the Hurons

S.J. Francis Xavier Talbot

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Description:From back cover:"Saint Among the Hurons is the story of Jean de Brébeuf, the great, burly Jesuit who came out to Canada in 1625, labored for twenty-four years among the Hurons, with dreadful trials of soul and body, and was captured, tortured, killed and eaten by the Iroquois. He was canonized, with seven other American martyrs, in 1930."What a story it is! To fit the easiest classification, it is an adventure story -of a zealous young French priest sent into the savage wilderness to convert a nation by the power of faith alone and with the aid of what sacred baggage he could carry on his back. He knew terror by night, the arrow that flieth by day, the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and he was not afraid."It is an adventure story indeed, but an adventure in which the hero is no gallant young pioneer, merchant or soldier, but a saint. Thus we have, parallel to the experiences of an inquisitive young Frenchman (and an extraordinary linguist) amid a barbarous and capricious people, the adventures of a beautiful soul. "Father Talbot has told the story well. He has given us plenty of background, long descriptions of Montagnais and Huron life, innumerable details on the trials of the missioners, their perpetual discouragement, their failures and and final success. Yet the author makes no effort to whip up excitement with the devices of the popularizer. He has no need to; the story is exciting enough without the aid of mass-circulation rhetoric."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saint Among the Hurons. To get started finding Saint Among the Hurons, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: From back cover:"Saint Among the Hurons is the story of Jean de Brébeuf, the great, burly Jesuit who came out to Canada in 1625, labored for twenty-four years among the Hurons, with dreadful trials of soul and body, and was captured, tortured, killed and eaten by the Iroquois. He was canonized, with seven other American martyrs, in 1930."What a story it is! To fit the easiest classification, it is an adventure story -of a zealous young French priest sent into the savage wilderness to convert a nation by the power of faith alone and with the aid of what sacred baggage he could carry on his back. He knew terror by night, the arrow that flieth by day, the pestilence that walketh in darkness, and he was not afraid."It is an adventure story indeed, but an adventure in which the hero is no gallant young pioneer, merchant or soldier, but a saint. Thus we have, parallel to the experiences of an inquisitive young Frenchman (and an extraordinary linguist) amid a barbarous and capricious people, the adventures of a beautiful soul. "Father Talbot has told the story well. He has given us plenty of background, long descriptions of Montagnais and Huron life, innumerable details on the trials of the missioners, their perpetual discouragement, their failures and and final success. Yet the author makes no effort to whip up excitement with the devices of the popularizer. He has no need to; the story is exciting enough without the aid of mass-circulation rhetoric."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Saint Among the Hurons. To get started finding Saint Among the Hurons, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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