The Imitation of Christ - The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas
Excerpt: The treatise "Of the Imitation of Christ" appears to have been originally written in Latin early in the fifteenth century. Its exact date and its authorship are still a matter of debate. Manuscripts of the Latin version survive in considerable numbers all over Western Europe, and they, with the vast list of translations and of printed editions, testify to its almost unparalleled popularity.
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The Practice &Science of Drawing The Practice &Science of Drawing - The Practice &Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
Excerpt:
The best things in an artist's work are so much a matter of intuition, that there is much to be said for the point of view that would altogether discourage intellectual inquiry into artistic phenomena on the part of the artist
Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther -
Martin Luther died on the 18th of February, 1546, and the first publication of his “Table Talk”—Tischreden—by his friend, Johann Goldschmid (Aurifaber), was in 1566, in a substantial folio
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Mark Twain
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YOU don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing
The Otterbein Hymnal The Otterbein Hymnal
by Edmund S. Lorenz
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To he useful, a hymnal must express the peculiar type of Christian life characterizing the denomination it is to serve
A History of the Moravian Church A History of the Moravian Church - When an ordinary Englishman, in the course of his reading, sees mention made of Moravians, he thinks forthwith of a foreign land, a
foreign people and a foreign Church. He wonders who these Moravians may be, and wonders, as a rule, in vain
The Wonders of Prayer The Wonders of Prayer
by Various
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The incidents which are published in this volume, are vouched for upon the strongest proofs of authenticity possible to obtain, and are either of circumstances known amid my own experience, or connected with the lives of my correspondents and their friends
A Text-Book of the History of Painting A Text-Book of the History of Painting - The origin of painting is unknown. The first important records of this art are met with in Egypt; but before the Egyptian civilization the men of the early ages probably used color in ornamentation and decoration, and they certainly scratched the outlines of men and animals upon bone and slate
The Ancient Church The Ancient Church
by W. D. (William Dool) Killen
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The appearance of another history of the early Church requires some explanation
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
by Martin Luther
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The preparation of this edition of Luther's Commentary on Galatians was first suggested to me by Mr. P. J. Zondervan, of the firm of publishers, in March, 1937. The consultation had the twofold merit of definiteness and brevity.
"Luther is still the greatest name in Protestantism
