The Helpers of the holy souls; who and what they are, with some account of the life of their foundress

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Burns and Oates, 1874 - 76 من الصفحات
 

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الصفحة 13 - This excellent work has a twofold value, being both a biography and a volume of meditations. It contains an elaborate analysis of the wants, dangers, trials, and aspirations of the inner man, and supplies to the thoughtful and devout reader the most valuable instructions for the attainment of heavenly wisdom, grace, and strength.'— Catholic Times. 'A treatise of the very highest value.'— Month.
الصفحة 4 - ... Christ, and Venard was peculiarly instrumental in gathering in this harvest." — Northern Press. " We cannot take .leave of this little volume without an acknowledgment to Lady Herbert for the excellent English dress in which she has presented it to the British public ; certainly, no lives are more calculated to inspire vocation to the noble work of the apostolic life than those of Doric and Venard.
الصفحة 7 - The writer of the present volume has had the advantage of very copious materials in the French works on which his own work is founded ; and Mr. Thompson has discharged his office as editor with his usual diligence and accuracy.
الصفحة 5 - The more we have of such works as 'The Hidden Life of Jesus,' the better." — Westminster Gazette, " A book of searching power." — Church Review. "We have often regretted that this writer's works are not better known.
الصفحة 7 - There has been no adequate biography of St. Stanislas. In rectifying this want, Mr. Thompson has earned a title to the gratitude of English-speaking Catholics. The engaging Saint of Poland will now be better known among us, and we need not fear that, better known, he will not be better loved.
الصفحة 12 - Him,' is one of the most useful and comforting that we have read for a long time. We earnestly commend this little book to all troubled souls, feeling sure that they will find in it abundant cause for joy and consolation.
الصفحة 17 - Legends of our Lady and the Saints ; or our Children's Book of Stories in Verse. Written for the Recitations of the Pupils of the Schools of the Holy Child Jesus, St.
الصفحة 6 - The book before us contains numberless traces of a thoughtful and tender devotion to the Saint. It shows a loving penetration into his spirit, and an appreciation of the secret motives of his action, which can only be the result of a deeply affectionate study of his life and character.
الصفحة 3 - A narrative of Missions and Martyrdoms too little known in this country. " This is a notice of the martyrs who have fallen in this most interesting mission, and of the history of its rise and progress up to the present day.
الصفحة 16 - Cloth, 3s. ; cheap edition, zs. 6d. Life of St. Frances of Rome. Neat cloth, zs. 6d. ; cheap edition, is. 8d. Edited by the Same. Our Lady's Little Books. Neat cloth, 2s. ; separate Numbers, 4d. each. Life of the Honourable E. Dormer, late of the 6oth Rifles, is. ; cloth extra, zs. Helpers of the Holy Souls. 6d. 'Tales from the Diary of a Sister of Mercy.

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