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The Spirit of the Cure of Ars.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

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passionate accent., with such abundance <strong>of</strong>tears; and indeed his words were <strong>the</strong>n impressedwith a character <strong>of</strong> divine tenderness,<strong>of</strong> sweet gentleness, and <strong>of</strong> penetrating unction,which was beyond all comparison. <strong>The</strong>re wasso extraordinary a majesty, so marvellous apower, in his voice, in his gestures, in hislooks, in his transfigured countenance, that itwas impossible to listen to him and remaincold and unmoved.Views and thoughts imparted by a divinelight have quite a different bearing from thoseacquired by study. Doubt was dispelled from<strong>the</strong> most rebellious hearts, and <strong>the</strong> admirableclearness <strong>of</strong> faith took its place, before so absolutea certainty, an exposition at once so luminousand so simple.<strong>The</strong> word <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Cur6 <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ars</strong> was <strong>the</strong> moreefficacious, because he preached with his wholebeing. His mere presence was a manifestation<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> truth; and <strong>of</strong> him it might well be said,that he would have moved and convinced meneven by his silence. When <strong>the</strong>re appeared in<strong>the</strong> pulpit that pale, thin, and transparent fgce;when you heard that shrill, piercing voice, likea cry, giving out to <strong>the</strong> crowd sublime thoughtsclo<strong>the</strong>d in simple and popular language,--youfancied yourself in <strong>the</strong> presence <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> thosegreat churacters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bible, speaking to men

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