Octavius Perinchief His Life of Trial and Supreme Faith |
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Author:
| Perinchief, Octavius |
ISBN: | 978-0-217-26729-8 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | General Books LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $27.90 |
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AMENIA SEMINARY. We have now to enter upon a new sphere, to see a true man struggling against the ills of adversity: Now commences my life of trial. Much humiliation seems necessary before I can know the fullness of a Saviour's strength. Up to this time, although I had been exposed to many temptations, yet...
More DescriptionPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AMENIA SEMINARY. We have now to enter upon a new sphere, to see a true man struggling against the ills of adversity: Now commences my life of trial. Much humiliation seems necessary before I can know the fullness of a Saviour's strength. Up to this time, although I had been exposed to many temptations, yet I had known but few real trials. Out of a wilderness, I was to long for God. My own wisdom and strength are to be proved worthless, and divine grace alone is to triumph. When I left New York I was very healthy, as my duties there were well calculated to keep my body in tone. I never thought of health, nor supposed I could break down. When I reached the Seminary in Anienia, I found it a larger establishment than I had expected. It consisted of three large buildings, very pleasantly situated, and contained nearly 300 students, male and female, about equal in number. The year consisted of three terms, and the charges per term were $30 for board, $10 for tuition, with fuel, lights, and washing, extra. Of course upon such prices nothing very grand could be afforded. My room was very small, and furniture all of the most common kind, still, I should have been pleased with anything. I was a little surprised, in a day or two, to find that rny room, small as it was, had been designed for two, and I was expected to take a chum. This was a decided damper to my feelings. For various reasons I did not wish a room-mate, and protested loudly against it, and was, in consequence, told that I might, for a time, room alone. It took me some time get used to the fare, but in everything pertainingto study, the school was excellent. There were plenty of teachers, and all, without exception, good. The recitation rooms were large and comfortable, and they gave us the chapel for all soci...