Notes at Paris [by C Wordsworth]
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ISBN13: 9780217967754
Paperback|9780217967754
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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: Louis Philippe jealous of the Church, will now, being cherished by the State, render the Government of Napoleon III. obnoxious to the Nation, and, by its extravagances and impostures, provoke and strengthen the cause of Infidelity and Revolution, and prepare the way for the downfall of his dynasty ? Until the Papal Element is eliminated from the Church of France, the Church can never be a source of strength to the Throne; it will rather be a cause of peril to it. But if that were done, then the Church and Throne might aid each other, and flourish together. Visited the establishment of Sceurs de la Charite, 140, Rue du Bac, founded by S. Vincent de Paul. The buildings very spacious and handsome, not in ecclesiastical style. There are about 500 sisters and 400 novices. Their services to the sick and at the hospitals are gratuitous; and whatever offering is made in return, is applied to the general purposes of the house. The Sceur who conducted us through the house said she had heard that such a design as theirs had been attempted in England and had failed. The Chapel is a neat, large, cheerful building, arranged with open seats and galleries; with the following words inscribed over the altar (from Canticles i. 4); Trahe me post Te; curremus in odoremunguentorum Tuorum. The chapel service was at one o'clock. encounter the Antichristian policy of the domineering Pontiff of the Church of Rome. May not England derive warning and wisdom from the facts here stated ? This Institution suggests interesting reflections. Here is a great work, a charitable and religious one, which has now stood the test of two centuries. Contrast with it and its inmates the professional Nurses for Hospitals, and for the Sick generally, in England. Doubtless from the dislocated condition of Fre...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217967754 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217967752 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 110 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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