num_pages: 590
description: Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1867. ... played that I never doubted it was hope you meant to express." " So I do not doubt I did; for the multitude was full of hope, vain hope, to lay hold upon the truth. And you, being full of the main expression, and in sympathy with it, did not heed the undertones of disappointment, or the sighs of those who turned their backs on the chase. Just so it is in life." " I am no musician," I returned, " to give you a musical counter to your picture. But I see a grave man tilling the ground in peace, and the form of Truth standing behind him, and folding her wings closer and closer over and around him as he works on at his day's labor." " Very pretty," said Mr. Stoddart, and said no more. " Suppose," I went on, " that a person knows that he has not laid hold on the truth, is that sufficient ground for his making any
language: English
title: Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood
titlecomplete: Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood
genres: Fiction, Christian Fiction, Philosophy, Classics, 19th Century, Theology, Historical Fiction, Christian, Christianity
ratings_count: 232
series: The Marshmallows Trilogy
publisher: Sunrise Books