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A Selection from the Spiritual Letters of S. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Prince of Geneva

CONTENTS. LETTER I. To a Novice. On the Right Use of Feelings 1 II. To a Bishop Elect 8 III. To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. On Suffering 10 IV. To the Same. On Devotion 16 V. To Mme. de Chantal. On the Duties of a Widow 20 VI. To the Archbishop of Bourges. On Preaching 22 VII. To President Fremiot. On Preparation for Death 43 VIII. To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. In Sickness 46 IX. To the Same. On Meditation and Prayer 49 X. To Mme. Brulart. On True Devotion 50 XI. To Mme. de Chantal. On Intellectual Temptation and Liberty of Spirit 57 XII. To the Same. On Temptations of the Will 68 XIII. To the Same. On Patience under Temptation 71 XIV. To a Lady. On Conformity to God’s Will 78 XV. To Mme. Brulart. On Submission to her Husband 78 XVI. To the Same. On the Sanctification of Married Life 80 XVII. To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. On Little Troubles 83 XVIII. To Mme. de Chantal. On Abjection 83 XIX. To a Young Lady. Concerning her Vocation 91 XX. To Mme. Brulart 92 XXI. To Mme. de Chantal 93 XXII. To One of the Bishop’s Married Sisters 96 XXIII. To a Cure On abiding in his Work 97 XXIV. To a Lady at Court 99 XXV. To Mme. de Chantal. On the Death of Jeanne de Sales 101 XXVI. To the Same

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