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. 1852 Excerpt: ...mourner was a father, whose harshness had driven his son to sea, where he had died under the lash of an American Ship of War. The sixth, a brother who had robbed his brother of his patrimony, hurled him from his door, and refused to visit him on his dying bed. The seventh, a Banker who had retired with a fortune on the ...
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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. 1852 Excerpt: ...mourner was a father, whose harshness had driven his son to sea, where he had died under the lash of an American Ship of War. The sixth, a brother who had robbed his brother of his patrimony, hurled him from his door, and refused to visit him on his dying bed. The seventh, a Banker who had retired with a fortune on the failure of his corporation, and lived luxuriantly, while the doors of the closed Bank were surrounded day and night by crowds of impoverished and helpless creditors. The eighth, a poor man, whose knotted hands betrayed a life of hard labor, and whose soul was stained with no enormous crime, but who had been horrorstricken by the Preacher's picture of the last day. The ninth, a rude sailor, with sun-burnt face and bushy whiskers--a form of iron encased in a sailor's jacket and trowsers--whose heart, untouched by the terrors of battle was melted into very womanhood, by the Preacher's words. And to all of these the Preacher spoke in a low voice, whose very sweetness made it distinct and emphatic, even amid the uproar of the crowded church. To every one some word of comfort, while the ring glittered on his finger, and the perfumed kerchief was incessantly applied to his nostrils. The face of the Unknown became clouded by a deeper doubt. He stood still, in the midst of the scene, while the Preacher hurried to the tenth and last mourner at the Mourner's Bench. Pressing his hand against his forehead, his heart wandered away from that scene of religious enthusiasm and despair, to a quiet western town, hidden away far beyond the mountains, in a nook of hills crowned with golden harvests and emerald forest trees. A rustic church, a grave-yard encircled by & stone wall, overgrown with briers, a new-made grave, and a circle of mourners gathering roun...
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Add this copy of Mysteries of the Pulpit to cart. $23.08, new condition, Sold by Prominent Trading Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2012 by RareBooksClub. com.
