A Gentleman in Prison: With the Confessions of Tokichi Ishii, Written in Tokyo Prison |
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Page 45
... remained stubborn and refused to say I was sorry for what I had done . Shall I call this just pure stubborn- ness , or was I an exceptionally hardened fellow ? During this period , which was about 1911 , the vice- governor of the prison ...
... remained stubborn and refused to say I was sorry for what I had done . Shall I call this just pure stubborn- ness , or was I an exceptionally hardened fellow ? During this period , which was about 1911 , the vice- governor of the prison ...
Page 65
... remained about ten days . I here recalled the insult I had received from the bath- house man and his wife at Amagi , and as the place was near by , I decided to go over and wreak vengeance on them as I had planned . What an awful heart ...
... remained about ten days . I here recalled the insult I had received from the bath- house man and his wife at Amagi , and as the place was near by , I decided to go over and wreak vengeance on them as I had planned . What an awful heart ...
Page 135
... of returning to their homes , they built tempo- rary huts in the bamboo thickets outside the city and remained in refuge there . After this experience I was afraid of nothing so much as earthquakes ; and this fear continued until I [ 135 ]
... of returning to their homes , they built tempo- rary huts in the bamboo thickets outside the city and remained in refuge there . After this experience I was afraid of nothing so much as earthquakes ; and this fear continued until I [ 135 ]
Page 142
... remained the same . This illustrates the difference between be- lieving and not believing in Christ . Jesus had no hate in his heart for his enemies , and no follower of His can hate another person . The following experience will show ...
... remained the same . This illustrates the difference between be- lieving and not believing in Christ . Jesus had no hate in his heart for his enemies , and no follower of His can hate another person . The following experience will show ...
Page 146
... remained the worthless fellow that I was before I received the grace of God . All this has come to me because I am daily guarded by the loving Christ , and I can only thank Him from the bottom of my heart . I have spoken of this mercy ...
... remained the worthless fellow that I was before I received the grace of God . All this has come to me because I am daily guarded by the loving Christ , and I can only thank Him from the bottom of my heart . I have spoken of this mercy ...
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Page 78 - Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Page 94 - Just as I am, without one plea But that thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come.
Page 95 - Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind ; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come...
Page 152 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners.
Page 116 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 77 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Page 78 - I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.
Page 77 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 78 - What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Page 160 - The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul.