Frugality in the Spiritual Life: And Other Themes for Meditation (Classic Reprint)1kg Limited, 2017 M10 24 - 208 pages Excerpt from Frugality in the Spiritual Life: And Other Themes for Meditation N ature, with its almost infinite exuberance and plenitude, a stern principle of economy which they know as the law of parsimony - that is, Nature permits no waste and the power and glory of our Lord exhibit precisely the same divine reticence. We are not about to give this text an arbitrary application. The great principle here set forth by the Master is, that what seems mean and worthless is not really so, that it is equally important with the rest, not to be despised and rejected, but reserved to high uses. What we propose is, to give the prin ciple our Lord honoured, not only a legitimate application, but, indeed, its highest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
