Author: James Francis Cobb

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-16

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780259420446

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Excerpt from Heroes of Charity: Records From the Lives of Merciful Men Whose Righteousness Has Not Been Forgotten N 0 soul of man can worthless find All will be precious in his sight, Since Christ on all has shined. History can nowhere present us with a more touching picture of real and persistent heroism, than the self denying, courageous, patient career of John Howard, the prisoners' friend, who never allowed himself a moment's rest, till he had visited every loathsome dungeon in Europe, loosed the fetters of the captives, and alleviated the countless sufferings of the poor prisoners. Not less a hero, was the benevolent Las Casas, who, weary and footsore, wandered from court to court, and over and over again braved all the perils of the ocean, that he might put an end to the cruelties to which the gentle Indians were subjected, and obtain some measure of justice for this oppressed race Baron Montyon sacrificing his fortune and his ease that he might everywhere seek out and relieve the wants of suffering humanity Falk, Pestalozzi, and Francke, giving up every comfort to provide asylums, refuges, and schools, for poor, neglected, and abandoned children - they, too, were as true heroes as the soldier who, regardless of danger, boldly storms the breach, or fearlessly faces the cannon's mouth. But I have selected only a few out of many, as representative men of the Heroes of Charity, for, thank God, they are to be found in all ages, arid in all classes. Well may it be said that the world neither knows nor recognises one-half of its heroes; and the heroes - and heroines too - of charity, especially in humble life, require to be sought out, to be discovered, for true heroism and true charity seek the shade; they endeavour to carry out the precept of their Divine Master Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth. 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.

Download or read book Heroes of Charity written by James Francis Cobb and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Heroes of Charity: Records From the Lives of Merciful Men Whose Righteousness Has Not Been Forgotten N 0 soul of man can worthless find All will be precious in his sight, Since Christ on all has shined. History can nowhere present us with a more touching picture of real and persistent heroism, than the self denying, courageous, patient career of John Howard, the prisoners' friend, who never allowed himself a moment's rest, till he had visited every loathsome dungeon in Europe, loosed the fetters of the captives, and alleviated the countless sufferings of the poor prisoners. Not less a hero, was the benevolent Las Casas, who, weary and footsore, wandered from court to court, and over and over again braved all the perils of the ocean, that he might put an end to the cruelties to which the gentle Indians were subjected, and obtain some measure of justice for this oppressed race Baron Montyon sacrificing his fortune and his ease that he might everywhere seek out and relieve the wants of suffering humanity Falk, Pestalozzi, and Francke, giving up every comfort to provide asylums, refuges, and schools, for poor, neglected, and abandoned children - they, too, were as true heroes as the soldier who, regardless of danger, boldly storms the breach, or fearlessly faces the cannon's mouth. But I have selected only a few out of many, as representative men of the Heroes of Charity, for, thank God, they are to be found in all ages, arid in all classes. Well may it be said that the world neither knows nor recognises one-half of its heroes; and the heroes - and heroines too - of charity, especially in humble life, require to be sought out, to be discovered, for true heroism and true charity seek the shade; they endeavour to carry out the precept of their Divine Master Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth. 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.