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Randlett, as he prayed unctuously in front of the flowers massed on the platform. I vaguely resented his laudatory references to my father. The old church, with its severity, had actually stood for something. It was the Westminster Catechism in wood and stone, and Dr.
Brooks had been her mother?" "I don't know, quite; unhappy, I am sure; for Mrs. Brooks's own children look as if they had been fed on chopped catechism, and whipped early every morning, ever since they were born.
How excellently this Catechism, with its originality and clearness, its depth and simplicity, responded to the wants not only of his own time, but of after generations, has been proved by its having remained in use for centuries, and amid so many different ranks of life and such various degrees of culture.
Come, say good-night to thy father, Henri; give them thy blessing, Jean and let me get them into their beds before the Archbishop leaves the house, or they will be asking him as many questions as there are in the catechism."
The common folk, especially the villagers, know absolutely nothing of Christian doctrine, and alas, many of the parish priests are almost too ignorant or incapable to teach them! He entreats therefore his brother clergymen to take pity on the people, to assist in bringing home the Catechism to them, and more particularly to the young; and to this end, if no better way commended itself, to take these forms before them, and explain them word by word.
'In addition to the Scriptures and the Catechism, I think small simple books containing little portions of Scripture history or little portions of Scripture teaching would be very useful.
The rejection of sin, the identifying of self with God's attitude towards it, that, we have seen, is alone, in the New Testament sense of the word, repentance. The penitence of the robber, on analysis, discloses the three familiar elements Now it is worth noting, that our Catechism bids us examine ourselves not about our sins, but about our repentance; "whether they truly repent."
He tried to give her a humorous account of his catechism of the morning, but failed. "I am quite sure that he doesn't like me," said Stephen. His mother continued to smile. "If he did, he would not show it," she answered. "I can feel it," said Stephen, dejectedly. "The Judge was here this afternoon," said his mother. "What?" cried Stephen. "Again this week?
I saw even the man who was placing the gorgeous trimmings on the Nuncio's coach carefully searched, lest he should have concealed about his person a scrap of the valuable material. That they are thieves is not to be wondered at when their catechism teaches them "that a theft that does not exceed a certain amount is not a grave offense."
She hesitated; then answered with a good-natured smile of resignation, "Not much better." I asked her to tell me about her school life. She began at once to enumerate all her different studies piano, style, chronology of the Kings of France, sewing, drawing, catechism, deportment... I could never remember them all!
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