Letters of Richard Meux Benson, Student of Christ Church

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Excerpt from Letters of Richard Meux Benson, Student of Christ Church: Founder and First Superior of the Society of S. John the Evangelist, CowleyAnother characteristic which the reader will observe throughout these letters is that, whenever the writer is dealing with theological points, it is always the moral and spiritual value of Chris tian dogma which is his supreme interest. He is always passing on through doctrine to growth in faith, hope, and love, to practice, and to life in god. He is never satisfied with the mere intel lectual grasp of mysteries he is always pressing on to live by them, to reach the interior know ledge of experience which only obedient love can attain. We do not learn to love by knowing, but to know by loving.In the spiritual Vitality and sustained elevation of soul which these letters disclose, those who knew Father Benson's daily life will recognize the fruit of the long hours he devoted to prayer and contemplation while the rest of the household slept. At the same time those letters, or portions of letters, which are written in a lighter vein bear Witness to the cordiality and pleasant humour, the comfort of love that ¿owed from his pen when the object was to cheer some feeble but well - meaning soul.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.