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    The Practice of the Presence of God
    The Practice of the Presence of God
    The Practice of the Presence of God
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    The Practice of the Presence of God

    By Brother Lawrence

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    The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life contain the Conversations and Letters of Brother Lawrence.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles River Editors
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781531279899

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      It was a short and honest read. In the letters and interview it was clear that he let go of earthly desires for God. It is something that took discipline, faith and love to achieve.

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    The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence

    THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD

    ..................

    Brother Lawrence

    LACONIA PUBLISHERS

    Thank you for reading. If you enjoy this book, please leave a review or connect with the author.

    All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

    Copyright © 2016 by Brother Lawrence

    Interior design by Pronoun

    Distribution by Pronoun

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    PREFACE

    CONVERSATIONS

    FIRST CONVERSATION

    SECOND CONVERSATION

    THIRD CONVERSATION

    FOURTH CONVERSATION

    LETTERS

    FIRST LETTER

    SECOND LETTER

    THIRD LETTER

    FOURTH LETTER

    FIFTH LETTER

    SIXTH LETTER

    SEVENTH LETTER

    EIGHTH LETTER

    NINTH LETTER

    TENTH LETTER

    ELEVENTH LETTER

    TWELFTH LETTER

    THIRTEENTH LETTER

    FOURTEENTH LETTER

    FIFTEENTH LETTER

    Appendix A-The electronic edition.

    The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life

    being Conversations and Letters of Brother Lawrence

    Good when He gives,

    supremely good;

    Nor less when He denies: Afflictions,

    from His sovereign hand, Are blessings in disguise.

    PREFACE

    ..................

    I believe in the... communion of saints.

    SURELY if additional proof of its reality were needed, it might be found in the universal oneness of experimental Christianity in all ages and in all lands. The experiences of Thomas á Kempis, of Tauler and of Madame Guyon, of John Woolman and Hester Ann Rogers, how marvellously they agree, and how perfectly they harmonize! And Nicholas Herman, of Lorraine, whose letters and converse are here given, testifies to the same truth! In communion with Rome, a lay brother among the Carmelites, for several years a soldier, in an irreligious age, amid a sceptical people, yet in him the practice of the presence of GOD was as much a reality as the watch of the early Friends, and the holy seed in him and others was the stock (Isa. vi. 13) from which grew the household and evangelistic piety of the eighteenth century, of Epworth and of Moorfields.

    When unadorned, adorned the most is the line which deters from any interpolations or interpretations other than the few contents headings which are given. May the Christ in you be the hope of glory to all who read.

    CONVERSATIONS

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    FIRST CONVERSATION

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    CONVERSION AND PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT. * Satisfaction in God’s presence. * Faith our duty. * Resignation the fruit of watchfulness.

    THE first time I saw Brother Lawrence was upon the 3rd of August, 1666. He told me that GOD had done him a singular favour, in his conversion at the age of eighteen.

    That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after that the flowers and fruit appear, he received a high view of the Providence and Power of GOD, which has never since been effaced from his soul. That this view had perfectly set him loose from the world, and kindled in him such a love for GOD, that he could not tell whether it had increased in above forty years that he had lived since.

    That he had been footman to M. Fieubert, the treasurer, and that he was a great awkward fellow who broke everything.

    That he had desired to be received into a monastery, thinking that he would there be made to smart for his awkwardness and the faults he should

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