Barriers Burned Away
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217337861
Paperback|9780217337861
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III LAUNCHED SCAECELY was the last word spoken when a sudden glory filled the room. So brilliant was the light that mother and son were startled. Then they saw what had been unnoted before, that day had broken, and that the sun, emerging from a single dark cloud, was shining, full-orbed, into the apartment with a light that, reflected from myriads of snowy crystals, was doubly luminous. Nevertheless it seemed to them a good omen, an earnest, an emblem of the purer, whiter light into which the cleansed and pardoned spirit had entered. The snow- wrapped prairie was indeed pure and bright, but it was cold. The Father's embrace, receiving home the long- absent, erring, but forgiven child, would be warm indeed. Though the bereaved wife believed that a brighter dawn than that which made the world resplendent around her had come to her husband, still a sense of desolation came over her which only those can understand who have known a loss like hers. For years he had filled the greater part of time, thought, and heart. As she saw her first and only love, the companion of a life which, though hard, still had the light and solace of mutual affection -- as she saw him so still, and realized that she would hear him speak no more -- complain no more (for even the weaknesses of those we love are sadly missed after death) -- a flood of that natural sorrow which Christianity consoles, but was never designed to prevent, overwhelmed her, and she gave way utterly. Her son took her in his arms and held her silently, believing that unspoken sympathy was worth more at such a time than any words. After the convulsive sobbing had somewhat ceased, he struck the right chord by saying: Mother, father is not lost to us. He himself said good-by only for a little while. Then you ha...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217337861 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217337864 |
| Weight | 1.04 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.71 In |
| List Price | $22.35 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 318 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-09-01 |
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