The Beauties of St. Francis de Sales
Subtitle: bishop and prince of Geneva. Selected and translated from the writings of John Peter Camus.
Publisher: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
Published: 1829
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: An abridged Memoir of St. Francis de Sales, i; title: An Account of the Evlque de Bellay, xvii; title: Troth and Charity, 1; title: Humility, 8; title: St. Francis distrusts himself, 9; title: Obedience and Authority, 11; title: Submission, 13; title: Monsieur de Bellay tries to imitate St. Francis mode of Preaching, 15; title: Mildness, 18; title: Perfection, 20; title: Lore your Enemies, 26; title: Memory and Judgment, 28; title: Long Life, 31; title: Confidence in God, 33; title: Solitude — its Dangers, 35; title: Do your Duty and let the World talk, 38; title: Temptation, 40; title: The best Disposition for meeting Death, 42; title: St. Francis checks the Murmurs of Monsieur de Bellay, 44; title: Graceful Remonstrance, 45; title: Minor Virtues, 47; title: Meekness, 48; title: Distrust of ourselves must be joined to trust in God, 49; title: Inequality of Devotion, 51; title: Scruples, 53; title: The Desponding Criminal, 54; title: The Providence of God orders all things, 57; title: A poor Man longing for Eternal Life, 59; title: The Heart cannot be too much weaned from the Love of the World, 03; title: The Scruples of a wealthy and beneficent Man, 64; title: Reformation of the Heart, 66; title: A Saying of Saulere, 68; title: Coldness in Prayer, 69; title: Singularity, 71; title: Virtue should not be obtrusive, 73; title: Fasting, 76; title: Monsieur de Bellay consults Monsieur de Geneva on the subject of Religious Retirement, 78; title: Various kinds of Humility, 79; title: Poor in Spirit, 81; title: The fulness of Piety, 83; title: Lore of the Poor, 84; title: On Seneca, 85; title: Eat what is set before you, 87; title: The Food of Soldiers in Lent, 89; title: Solitude, 90; title: Know how to abound and how to suffer want, 91; title: St. Francis never asked and never denied, 92; title: Recreation, 93; title: Modesty, 95; title: St. Francis loses a Ring, 96; title: Self Denial, 98; title: Duplicity, 99; title: Intention, 101; title: Activity and Contemplation, 102; title: In what Progress in Virtue consists, 103; title: Perfection, 104; title: Imitation, 105; title: On Good Books, 107; title: Virtue, 109; title: Love of God, 111; title: Willingly, not by Constraint, 113; title: Resignation, 114; title: The Reconciled Enemy, 115; title: Magdalen at the Cross, 116; title: Sincerity, 118; title: Reason and Reasoning, 110; title: Justice and Jurisprudence, 120; title: Obedience, 121; title: Learning. — Conscience, 122; title: Patience in Suffering, 123; title: Fidelity in Trifles, 125; title: Be Satisfied, 126; title: Justice, 128; title: Innkeepers, 120; title: Poverty of Spirit with Riches. — Spirit of Magnificence with Poverty, 132; title: Our Saviour's Death, 133; title: The Light of Piety, 135; title: Dependance on God, 137; title: Equanimity, 138; title: Hurry, 139; title: Prudence and Simplicity, 143; title: Love your Neighbour for God's sake, 144; title: Tokens of Good will, 146; title: Love to be Hated, — Hate to be Loved, 149; title: On over-thoughtful Minds, 151; title: On Superiors, 153; title: Equivocation, 154; title: Judge no one, 156; title: True Devotion consists in performing the Duties of Life, 158; title: How to receive Insult, 160; title: Humility, 163; title: Impatience, 164; title: On Benignity & Patience towards ourselves, 166; title: Scale of Virtues, 171; title: We may be very regular in Devotion, and very Wicked, 173; title: Slander, 177; title: Do not contradict unnecessarily, 178; title: The Presence of God, 181; title: Humility, 182; title: He who utters Complaint, sins, 186; title: On Falsehood, 189; title: On good Dispositions, 190; title: Taciturnity, 191; title: Wishing for Death, 192; title: St. Francis reproves the Cardinal de Bellay's 2nd. Murmur, 194; title: Monsieur de Bellay's 3rd. Lamentation, 199; title: St. Francis hears that he has been calumniated, 205; title: Walk by Faith, 207; title: Aversion, 209; title: On Ridicule, 213; title: Be content with your Condition in Life, 215; title: Rash Judgments, 218; title: Despondency, 219; title: Company and Conversation, 220; title: The Essential Point of Charity, 222; title: The Distractions of Business, 223; title: Fear of Ghosts, 226; title: Calm amidst Storms, 228; title: Delight in the Scriptures, 229; title: Anecdote of a good Master, 230; title: Vanity, 232; title: Discontent, 234; title: Hope and Fear, 236; title: The Difficulty of Praying during Sickness, 237; title: On Invalids, 240; title: Long Illness, 241; title: The Use of Illness, 243; title: We cannot know whether we are in a State of Grace, 245; title: Self Love, and Love of Ourselves, 247; title: The Motives of our Actions constitute their Value, 250