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Excerpt from Elizabeth Seton: Foundress of the American Sisters of Charity, Her Life and Work
There stands, at the threshold of the nineteenth century, the forerunner of that noble band of confessors who, during it, renounced honors and wealth, and friendship, and high places, and pleas ant lives, for Christ''s sake, the figure of a woman, worn and wasted with con?ict, yet touched with the radiance of victory; one who, chosen by God to do a great work in the new country that was to repair to the Church the losses in?icted upon her by the schism of the sixteenth century, shows throughout her life the special guidance that He vouchsafes to souls faithful to His inspirations, and the strength and consolation He imparts to those who suffer for His sake.
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There stands, at the threshold of the nineteenth century, the forerunner of that noble band of confessors who, during it, renounced honors and wealth, and friendship, and high places, and pleas ant lives, for Christ''s sake, the figure of a woman, worn and wasted with con?ict, yet touched with the radiance of victory; one who, chosen by God to do a great work in the new country that was to repair to the Church the losses in?icted upon her by the schism of the sixteenth century, shows throughout her life the special guidance that He vouchsafes to souls faithful to His inspirations, and the strength and consolation He imparts to those who suffer for His sake.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Agnes Sadlier
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ISBN - 9780266835967
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 297
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ISBN - 9781331839958
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