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. 1896 Excerpt: ...Jackson," I had argued, rather feebly it must be owned, but one of Bee's gibes was still ringing in my ears, " we are Christians, not Jews, and there is no need to be so strict and Puritanical. Does not St. Paul say, 'Be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage?" "True, but he applied those words in a different ...
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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. 1896 Excerpt: ...Jackson," I had argued, rather feebly it must be owned, but one of Bee's gibes was still ringing in my ears, " we are Christians, not Jews, and there is no need to be so strict and Puritanical. Does not St. Paul say, 'Be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage?" "True, but he applied those words in a different sense; still, true freedom is not laxity; there is no need to draw a hard-and-fast line for other people, we must only be careful to follow the leadings of our own conscience. To a Christian, to one who wishes to live the higher life, God's day of rest and Christ's resurrection day cannot be otherwise than holy." And then she opened her Bible and pointed out a passage in Isaiah about the Sabbath. "' Not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words.' Ah, dear child, do you see what the Bible teaches us? Surely ' My holy day' applies to Sunday or Sabbath alike; it is not our day to be spent as we like; it is hallowed, set apart for rest, for devotion, for happy thoughts, for sweet interchange of duties to our fellow-creatures. Life is so hurried, so overful of work and anxieties, that without Sunday few of us would have leisure for the highest work of all." I remember that I had repeated the substance of this conversation to Joyce before I slept that night, but she only listened with a puzzled expression on her pretty face. "Miss Jackson is terribly old-fashioned, Rufa," she said, when I had finished. "I am sure Cousin Sophy is a good woman, but she is not so dreadfully strict. She says young people must have their story books on Sunday and that all music is sacred." "Especially the 'Blue Danube Waltz, '" I returned, sarcastically. "I wonder a...
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Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Probable first printing (the copyright page states 1895 while the TP states 1896). Tan cloth with brown and pink illustration and gilt lettering. The spine is slanted and slightly faded. Gift inscription, dated Dec 25, 1895, along with some erasure, is on the front free endpaper. Otherwise unmarked and in a tight binding with hinges intact.
Add this copy of Cousin Mona. a Story for Girls to cart. $55.00, very good condition, Sold by Books Plus, LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lexington, SC, UNITED STATES, published 1896 by J.B. Lippincott Company.
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BOOK VERY GOOD in Color Pictorial Cover jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover shows overall light wear but interior is nice and clean. Cover is decorated with gilt.
