The Spirit of Father Faber Apostle of London

Excerpt from The Spirit of Father Faber Apostle of LondonGod, the interests Of Jesus, and the welfare of souls, abound in good times, andseemtobeto thechurchwhat themiddle classes are to the prosperity of the state not its heroes, but its life, strength, muscle and independence. They are the growth of quiet times. Martyrs can be, and will be, made out of them by scores, when troubles come. But Saints, the spiritual creations of an interior life, belong to an other order oi things. It is plain, then, that in uneventful times it is our chief work to increase the middle class of the Faithful otherwise we shall be such dry and uninteresting Christians, that we shall never convert those outside the fold, and, what is even of more importance, we shall have nobody to love our multitudinous poor, or to take any generous, persever ing pains about them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.