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... on his rake , the priest lifted his eyes to where , far in the cloudless blue above , a scattering flock of cranes drifted slowly southward . A faint cry floated down to him from overhead , and the man sighed . The King's Highway 9.
... on his rake , the priest lifted his eyes to where , far in the cloudless blue above , a scattering flock of cranes drifted slowly southward . A faint cry floated down to him from overhead , and the man sighed . The King's Highway 9.
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... priest seized his rake with a firm grasp , and began to stir the smouldering fire with vigor- ous strokes . In the still air rose a column of thin , blue smoke , and Padre Vicente snuffed its spicy fragrance joyously . He was turning to ...
... priest seized his rake with a firm grasp , and began to stir the smouldering fire with vigor- ous strokes . In the still air rose a column of thin , blue smoke , and Padre Vicente snuffed its spicy fragrance joyously . He was turning to ...
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... priest calmly , " come this way . " Waving the crowd back , Padre Vicente led the man into the cloister and shut the door . " Now tell me what this matter is , " he said gently , " and by the most holy San Miguel , I shall believe every ...
... priest calmly , " come this way . " Waving the crowd back , Padre Vicente led the man into the cloister and shut the door . " Now tell me what this matter is , " he said gently , " and by the most holy San Miguel , I shall believe every ...
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... priest's outstretched arms . " And the child is whole , Pablo - he is not hurt at all . " “ Quite whole , padre , ” said Pablo reverently , " quite whole . The mother's arm kept him from the rocks . It is a miracle - the holy saints ...
... priest's outstretched arms . " And the child is whole , Pablo - he is not hurt at all . " “ Quite whole , padre , ” said Pablo reverently , " quite whole . The mother's arm kept him from the rocks . It is a miracle - the holy saints ...
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... priest's robe was a little more spare perhaps , and the muscles were harder . The skin was browner by reason of much labor under the sun ; but the tonsured head was not gray , and being shaven served only to accentuate the noble plan on ...
... priest's robe was a little more spare perhaps , and the muscles were harder . The skin was browner by reason of much labor under the sun ; but the tonsured head was not gray , and being shaven served only to accentuate the noble plan on ...
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The King's Highway: A Romance of the Franciscan Order in Alta California Madeline Deaderick Willard No preview available - 2017 |
The King's Highway: A Romance of the Franciscan Order in Alta California Madeline Deaderick Willard No preview available - 2017 |
The King's Highway a Romance of the Franciscan Order in Alta California Madeline Deaderick Willard No preview available - 2019 |
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Alta California answered Antonio Terrazzas asked beautiful bless breviary candles child City of Mexico cloister corridor courtyard cried cross dark daugh dead Dios Artillaga Don Miguel Doña Epifanía Duran eagerly Evaristo eyes face father Franciscan garden gaze gently girl gleamed hand head heart hedge of oranges hijo Holy Church holy orders horse King's Highway knelt lifted light lily little Miguel lone poplar Madre de Dios man's Miguel de Dios Miguel knew Miguel looked Miguel saw Miguelito Mission morning mother never niche old Indian old Pablo old Rosario Padre Luis padre presidente Padre Vi padre's peace pearl picture pray priest Rafaela Montijo reverently rode rose sacristy saints San Diego San Juan Capistrano señorita shadow slowly soldier soul Spain stood strange suddenly tell things thought tiles trees Vicente's voice walked walls whispered window woman words Ybarra young
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Page 176 - Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Page 41 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 176 - Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Page 175 - I have commanded you, and lo ! I am with you alway, even to the end of the world.
Page 155 - Cabrillo and his company went on shore and took solemn possession of the land in the name of the king of Spain and the viceroy of Mexico.
Page 174 - If we understand the title in this larger sense, it includes the idea that the sovereign power was specially exercised on behalf of the covenant people, and that " the LORD of hosts" was " the God of the armies of Israel" (i Sam. xvii. 45). (5) For us its significance is well explained by the words of the Te Deum, " Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy Glory.
Page 21 - ... Therefore, when Padre Vicente came to his labors on the far off shores of Alta California, he came as one who had known the whole joy of living, yet had set all aside for the passion of his soul. Perhaps that was the secret of the peculiar sympathy that he brought to the field of his labors ; and certain...
Page 139 - For the first time in his life the call of the King's Highway was made plain to him. No longer was it vague and far off, for Rafaela was present with him. She it was who had called him long ago when, as a child, he had stood in the broad trail of the King's Highway below San Juan Capistrano and gazed hungrily into the distance.
Page 159 - Messianic hope, and that his principal action was in accordance with it. y'Repent," said he, "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."l He announced a "great wrath," that is to say, terrible calamities which should come to pass, 2 and declared that the axe was already laid at the root of the tree, and that the tree would soon be cast into the fire.
Page 22 - ... was that it was easier for the people- to believe what he told them of the love of God, because of the clear image of that love in the priest's tenderness for them. But, having set aside all that he had for the greater passion, Padre Vicente did not know that in time the love of God would require of him still more.