The Little Kempis, Or Short Sayings and Prayers Selected From the Rarer Works of Thomas À Kempis (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Little Kempis, or Short Sayings and Prayers: Selected From the Rarer Works of Thomas À Kempis The present little volume is a collection of the pithy sayings of Kempis, compiled from all his works, - excluding the Imita tion, -by Gerhard Tersteegen, an evangelical pastor of a church in a village in Germany. It 'was neither his design nor expectation, to extract all the similar interesting passages. Yet he has quoted enough to strengthen and to nour ish many a hungry soul, with the substance of all knowledge. Some of his prefatory remarks will be read with pleasure by alladmirers of Christian ardor and simplicity. 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.