Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 ...joy as to see the church full. After only a few months this was effected. The previous solitude was replaced by an eager crowd, and people flocked in from-all sides. This was the moment which John had eagerly waited for. He had gained the first the next and the most important was to maintain this interest, and so earnestly did he labour at all that tended to the common edification, and so attractive did he make both the services and the sermons, that month by month, and year by year, the church was thronged with a devout and earnest congregation, while the veneration to the miraculous picture daily increased. Great as were his goodness and gentleness towards his penitents and towards all good Christians, he yet could be stern and severe in reproving vice, as the following incident will show. In the height of summer, a body of young men of the lowest class came to bathe in the fountain opposite the HIS ZEAL IN REPKOVIKG VICE. 95 basilica. Very often their coarse jokes and loud laughter attracted a crowd of lookers on. John was very much scandalized at this proceeding, and looked upon it as an outrage on the majesty of God, whose tabernacle was close at hand, and whose temple was profaned by their indecent cries. While he was considering what to do, four or five of them undressed in broad daylight, and prepared to enter naked into the basin. Filled with a holy zeal, John seized a long whip, and hastening towards the impudent bathers, administered to them a sound castigation. The young men,-thoroughly ashamed, fled right and left, followed by the hisses of the crowd; and the scene was never again repeated. A zeal of this kind was sure to provoke enemies, and God permitted the persecution of His servant in order thereby to increase his merit. One of his ...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 The life of st. John Baptist de Rossi, tr. from the Ital. [of E. Mougeot] by lady Herbert. To get started finding The life of st. John Baptist de Rossi, tr. from the Ital. [of E. Mougeot] by lady Herbert, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The life of st. John Baptist de Rossi, tr. from the Ital. [of E. Mougeot] by lady Herbert
Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 ...joy as to see the church full. After only a few months this was effected. The previous solitude was replaced by an eager crowd, and people flocked in from-all sides. This was the moment which John had eagerly waited for. He had gained the first the next and the most important was to maintain this interest, and so earnestly did he labour at all that tended to the common edification, and so attractive did he make both the services and the sermons, that month by month, and year by year, the church was thronged with a devout and earnest congregation, while the veneration to the miraculous picture daily increased. Great as were his goodness and gentleness towards his penitents and towards all good Christians, he yet could be stern and severe in reproving vice, as the following incident will show. In the height of summer, a body of young men of the lowest class came to bathe in the fountain opposite the HIS ZEAL IN REPKOVIKG VICE. 95 basilica. Very often their coarse jokes and loud laughter attracted a crowd of lookers on. John was very much scandalized at this proceeding, and looked upon it as an outrage on the majesty of God, whose tabernacle was close at hand, and whose temple was profaned by their indecent cries. While he was considering what to do, four or five of them undressed in broad daylight, and prepared to enter naked into the basin. Filled with a holy zeal, John seized a long whip, and hastening towards the impudent bathers, administered to them a sound castigation. The young men,-thoroughly ashamed, fled right and left, followed by the hisses of the crowd; and the scene was never again repeated. A zeal of this kind was sure to provoke enemies, and God permitted the persecution of His servant in order thereby to increase his merit. One of his ...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 The life of st. John Baptist de Rossi, tr. from the Ital. [of E. Mougeot] by lady Herbert. To get started finding The life of st. John Baptist de Rossi, tr. from the Ital. [of E. Mougeot] by lady Herbert, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.