The Ideal of a Christian Church Considered in Comparison With Existing Practice
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Then they give them a rule of life, to be followed during the ensuing days, and the distribution of hours for the spiritual exercises during the retreat. " Four sermons are delivered to them ; two in the morning, and two in the evening. Masses and prayers are said in the morning before and after the sermons, and in the afternoon psalms and canticles are said or sung, and a spiritual book is read at different times suitable to the occasion ; so that the people continue in the church almost all t...he day long in a succession of different spiritual exercises. " It would be long to give all details ; but I will only say, that after a few days you would say that the face of the earth there is changed. Public houses are deserted, enemies are reconciled, stolen things restored, wrong connections given up, bad books burnt, detractions retracted, children asking pardon of parents for their bad conduct, the town solemn and still ; passing along the shops, you would hear men at work saying prayers; some ask publicly pardon of the whole town for their scandals ; others resolve 331 to leave the world and become monks or nuns ; the covetous give abundance of alms to the poor ; several poor girls are married who otherwise would be in danger of seduction ; the baptismal promises are solemnly renewed ; the confessionals crowded day and night ; so that, like St.
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