The Road of Bones by Demi Winters

The Road of Bones by Demi Winters

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... Jesus, my love, my light, my healing oil, my honey-drop Thou all that I hope in Jesus, my weal, my winsomeness, blithe bliss of my breast Jesus, teach me that Thou art so soft, and so sweet, yet, too, so lovely and so lovesome that the Angels ever behold Thee, and yet are never full of looking on Thee Jesus, all fair, before whom the sun is but a shadow, for she loseth her light and becometh ashamed of her darkness before Thy bright face. Thou that givest her light, and whose is all that brightness, enlighten my dark heart. Give brightness to Thy bower, even my soul that is sooty. Make her worthy to be Thy sweet abode. Kindle me with the blaze of Thy enlightening love. Let me be Thy bride, and learn me to love Thee, the loving Lord Wo that I am so strange with Thee; but as Thou hast bodily separated me from the world, separate me eke in heart; turn me altogether to Thee, with true love and belief. * In another place, after a beautiful and minute description of the crucifixion, and how the hellbairns betrayed and crucified Him, she breaks out: Ah Jesus, my life's love, what heart is there that will not break when he thinketh hereof; how Thou, that art the Saviour of mankind, and the remedy for all bales, didst thole such shame for the honour of mankind. Men speak oft of wonders and of strange things divers and manifold that have befallen, but this was the greatest wonder that ever befell upon earth. Yea, wonder above wonders that that renowned Kaiser, crowned in Heaven, maker of all that -is made, to honour His foes would hang between two thieves. Ah, how can I live for ruth that see my darling on the rood, and His limbs so drawn that I may tell each bone in His body Ah, how do they now drive the iron nails through Thy fair...

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ISBN 13	9780593975619
ISBN 10	0593975618
Title	The Road of Bones
Author	Demi Winters
Series	The Ashen Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2024-11-05
Number of pages	560
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