With the Russian Pilgrims to Jerusalem
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PROLOGUE
I am a wanderer: I remember well How once the city 1 desired to reach lay hid, When suddenly its spires afar Flashed through the circling clouds, Soon the vapours closed again, But I had seen the city, and one such glance No darkness could obscure.
Whoever has wished to go has already started on the pilgrimage. And once you have started, every step upon the road is a step toward Jerusalem. Even steps which seem to have no meaning are taking you by byways and lanes to the high-road. For the heart guides the steps, and has intentions too deep for the mind to grasp at once. The true Christian is necessarily he who has the wishing heart. Therein is the Christian discerned, that he seeks a city. Once we have consciously known ourselves as pilgrims on the way, then all the people and the scenes about us have a new significance. They are seen in their right perspective. Upon the pilgrim’s road our imperfect eyes come into focus for all earthly phenomena.
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- The words
- The author's text, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 6 places
- Other material that isn't the author's
- The half-title (“WITH THE RUSSIAN PILGRIMS TO JERUSALEM”)
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 2 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1
- The copyright line (“COPYRIGHT”)
- Pictures and their captions, in 2 places
- Printed ornaments and dividers
- The closing line (“THE END”)
- The printer's line (“Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinhurgk.”)
- The source website's menus, layout and notices
- The library's stamps and barcode at the back of the scanned copy (50 blocks)