Life and Religious Opinions and Experience of Madame de La Mothe Guyon: Together with Some Account of the Personal History and Religious Opinions of Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray
Life and Religious Opinions and Experience of Madame de La Mothe Guyon: Together with Some Account of the Personal History and Religious Opinions of Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray
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. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...so important, both to her and to the person whom she had consulted, to ascertain fully the views of Bishop D'Aranthon, and such was the interest felt in her proposed mission by this person' himself, that he offered to gp personally to the city of Anneei, the distant residence of the Bishop, and lay the subject ...
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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. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...so important, both to her and to the person whom she had consulted, to ascertain fully the views of Bishop D'Aranthon, and such was the interest felt in her proposed mission by this person' himself, that he offered to gp personally to the city of Anneei, the distant residence of the Bishop, and lay the subject before him. Madame Guyon hesitated somewhat upon this proposition, because, although he was full of religious fervor, and wished to spend his last days in attempting to convert the Siamese, he was physically unfitted, at his period of life, to endure much hardship. While they were thus considering what it was proper to do, she informs us, that two travellers, both of them religious persons, called at her house, with no object apparently but that of resting themselves, and stated to them that Bishop D'Aranthon was then in the city of Paris.-He had been there some weeks; but living at this time much retired, she had not heard of it. 7. D'Aranthon was a humble, sincere man. As Protestants, we might naturally suppose him to be in some errors; but he had the great merit of being sincere; he believed strongly, and he endeavored to act up to what he believed. The people, over whose religious interests he presided, were for the most part a poor people, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and simple in their thoughts and manners. They dwelt partly in Savoy and partly in France; in sterile but romantic regions, situated at the foot of the Alpine ranges. Sympathizing with a people, whose lot could be mitigated and rendered happy only by the influences of the religious sentiment, he loved them, and labored for them most sincerely and faithfully. And it was a great satisfaction to him to find any person, especially such a woman as Madame Guyon, willing to...
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