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Page xvii
... suddenly softened , as the snow melts in the morning sun , repented of his crimes and became a changed man . This also is the influence of character . NOTE If anyone praises the virtues of the Bishop , [ xvii ] THE YOKOHAMA MURDER.
... suddenly softened , as the snow melts in the morning sun , repented of his crimes and became a changed man . This also is the influence of character . NOTE If anyone praises the virtues of the Bishop , [ xvii ] THE YOKOHAMA MURDER.
Page xix
... repented under similar circumstances , but their manner of death was very different . I wonder if there can be some hidden significance in it all . Ishii is dead but his spirit will live on through this little book , 1 CONTENTS FOREWORD ...
... repented under similar circumstances , but their manner of death was very different . I wonder if there can be some hidden significance in it all . Ishii is dead but his spirit will live on through this little book , 1 CONTENTS FOREWORD ...
Page 43
... repented and apologised to the officials , but I only got more desperate and paid no attention to any- thing that was said to me . I was being constantly punished for breaking rules . I thought all restraint was cruelty and was filled ...
... repented and apologised to the officials , but I only got more desperate and paid no attention to any- thing that was said to me . I was being constantly punished for breaking rules . I thought all restraint was cruelty and was filled ...
Page 82
... , for they know not what they do , my un- speakably hardened heart was changed , and I repented of all my crimes . Such power is not in man . CRUCIFIXION XXIX . CRUCIFIXION . I want to speak for [ 82 ] A GENTLEMAN IN PRISON.
... , for they know not what they do , my un- speakably hardened heart was changed , and I repented of all my crimes . Such power is not in man . CRUCIFIXION XXIX . CRUCIFIXION . I want to speak for [ 82 ] A GENTLEMAN IN PRISON.
Page 90
... repented of his sins and so was being haunted . He must have suffered during the day as well , for I had suffered agony both day and night before I received the teachings of Christ . I knew his distress would soon cease , however , if ...
... repented of his sins and so was being haunted . He must have suffered during the day as well , for I had suffered agony both day and night before I received the teachings of Christ . I knew his distress would soon cease , however , if ...
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Arima asked began Buddhist called cell chief warder child Christian City of God committed confession court crime criminal crucifixion dagger dead distress earthquake enemies escape eyes father fear feel FORTY-SEVEN LOYAL FREE friends geisha Gifu God's Hamamatsu hand heard heart Hikone Ishii San JAILORS Japan Japanese Jean Valjean Jesus Christ JOHN KELMAN judge kind knew Komori Lamb of God lawyer Les Miserables lived look Lord LOYAL FREE LANCES mercy mind Miss Macdonald Miss West morning mother murder Nagoya never night officials OHARU Okazaki once Osaka police station policemen priest prison chaplain received repented Sekiguchi sent sentence Shogun sins Sogoro soul story suffering surely Suzuki talk tell thing thought TOKICHI ISHII Tokyo prison told Toyohashi trial true TWENTY-THIRD PSALM unto Valjean wife words writing Yokohama
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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.