Believe me, my dear children," said she to her nuns, " no one knows how unspeakably awful is death ! nor can any person, yet afar off, form the least conception of what it is to stand on the brink of eternity. As for myself, I have had a serious sense... A Tour to Alet and La Grande Chartreuse - Стр. 256авторы: Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1816Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| William Carus Wilson - 1822 - Страниц: 516
...compared with the unspeakable fulness of the reality of what I feel it to be at this hour. The prospect of such a change as it now seems to me, would alone...to God, the earth itself sinks and dwindles into a nu.-re speck, though she can more clearly discern tlie path she has passed through ! How is it possible... | |
| Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1835 - Страниц: 522
...beginning of her illness, the awful part of the prospect seemed chiefly present with the venerable Mere. Death was always before her. She spoke of nothing...passed through ! How is it possible for a christian, to have any other pain or pleasure, or object of occupation during all his life, than preparing himself... | |
| 1840 - Страниц: 580
...and for above the last fifty years, I may say, it has continually been in my thoughts. But now that 1 stand at the very threshold, I find all my most serious...passed through ! How is it possible for a Christian to have any other pain or pleasure, or object of occupation during all his life, than preparing himself... | |
| William Mountford - 1852 - Страниц: 400
...serious thoughts had been nothing to the unspeakable awfulness of what she then felt. For, said she, as the soul stands between time and eternity, ready...earth itself sinks and dwindles into a mere speck." " How true that is, Mr. Lin gar d, how true that is ! For, as I was telling you just now, it is sunk... | |
| Mrs. Mary Anne SCHIMMELPENNINCK - 1856 - Страниц: 306
...from my early years, and for above the last fifty years I may say it has continually been in my mind. But now that I stand at the very threshold, I find...passed through ! How is it possible for a christian to have any other pain or pleasure or object of occupation during all his life, than preparing himself... | |
| Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1858 - Страниц: 370
...and meditations as less than nothing, compared with the unspeakable awfulness of the reality which I feel it to be at this hour. The anticipation of...passed through ! How is it possible for a Christian to have any other pain or pleasure, or object of occupation during all his life, than that of preparing... | |
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