Author: William Connor MageePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428983178
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Excerpt from A Charge Delivered to the Clergy and Churchwardens of the Diocese of Peterborough, at His Third Visitation, October, 1878 MY first words to you on this occasion are naturally those of congratulation and of thankfulness that we are not meeting amidst the distractions and the horrors of a great European war. The peril, more than once of late so imminent, Of our becoming actors in the strife, of which we have been such anxious spectators, has passed away. So, too, let us hope, are passing away from the lands which have been the scene of that terrible conflict the miseries which it has inflicted, to be succeeded eventually by the blessings of peaceful and well-ordered freedom and civilisation. As English citizens we have had, and doubtless still have, our differing opinions as to the issues at stake in that conflict, and as to the merits of the settlement by which, for the present at least, it has been terminated but as Christians, who believe that above the imperfect counsels and erring passions of men there reigns the overruling Providence of God, we can all unite in thankful acknowledgment that it is by His goodness and mercy that we have thus far been spared the trials and the sorrows that must accompany even the most successful of wars. 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.
