A Tour to Alet and La Grande Chartreuse, Volume 2J. and A. Arch, 1816 |
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A Tour to Alet and La Grande Chartreuse, Volume 2 Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck Volledige weergave - 1816 |
A Tour to Alet and La Grande Chartreuse, Volume 2 Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck Volledige weergave - 1816 |
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Pagina 56 - as, in all things, she had ever shewn her parents implicit obedience. Nevertheless, she knew that He who had commanded her to quit all and follow him, has declared, that whoso loveth father or mother more than him, is not worthy of him. She prepared herself by supplication and prayer, and by the entire sacrifice of
Pagina 67 - I come to tell you I will not be Abbess, I hear that Abbesses will give an account to God of the souls under their care, and I have been considering that I shall have enough to do to take care of my own."* " Not I," said the future reformer, the little
Pagina 212 - and though the occupation of their working hours was altered, those devoted to exercises of religion or of charity were never infringed on. " Yet I must own, that the striking contrast between the genuine occupations of the disciples of the Prince of Peace, and our present life, was painful. Scarcely had the pealing anthem
Pagina 69 - assistants, successively visited the monasteries of Maubuisson, Lys, St. Aubin, St. Cyr, Gomerfontaine, Tard, the Isles d'Auxerres, and many other places. In several of these houses they met with rencounters, which might furnish the subject of volumes. In none did they meet with more difficulties than at Maubuisson. It was in the year 1619 that the M.
Pagina 297 - étoient le fruit, ces lectures également pieuses et solides, éloignées de toute vaine curiosité, ces aumônes versées avec abondance dans le sein des pauvres. La vie y étoit austère et frugale, le sommeil court, les veilles longues et fréquentes, les jeûnes soutenus jusqu'au soir, la foi pure, l'espérance animée,
Pagina 230 - decision was accordingly given, such as might have been expected. The Jansenists were condemned. In February, 1656, the Jesuits obtained in the Sorbonne, a censure of Father Cornet's five propositions. These celebrated propositions, it may be remembered, had been artfully framed by the Jesuits, and were pretended to be extracted from the
Pagina 64 - are rivers of joy, and pleasures for evermore. In five years the monastery was entirely changed. The whole community presented a pattern of piety, charity, industry, self-denial, regularity, and every good work. Port Royal was the first house that was reformed in the order of Citeaux. The change consequently excited considerable attention. As usual, opinions were divided. The Rev. M.
Pagina 337 - of la Trappe. When I first arrived in France, I had but a very superficial view of religion; if, indeed, I might be said to have any thing deserving that name. The Abbe de la Trappe was the first person who gave me any solid instruction with respect to genuine Christianity. " I formerly looked upon God as an omnipotent creator, and
Pagina 211 - Instead of monastic solitude, Port Royal now exhibited three hundred warriors armed cap-a-pee. Spears and helmets glittered amidst the dark recesses of her forests, and the din of arms was heard for the first time, in a retreat so eminently consecrated to prayer. Yet was not the character of its inhabitants changed. The same devotion reigned in their hearts,