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 1 Pref      |               EDITOR’S PREFACE ~ ~Brother Lawrence, a Carmelite lay
 2 Pref      |         Lawrence, a Carmelite lay brother, was born Nicholas Herman
 3 Pref      |       times as troubled as today, Brother Lawrence, discovered, then
 4 Pref      |          own words, we learn that Brother Lawrence's first ten years
 5 Pref      |      gentle man of joyful spirit, Brother Lawrence shunned attention
 6 Pref      |         conversations he had with Brother Lawrence. ~In this small
 7 Pref      |        letters and conversations, Brother Lawrence simply and beautifully
 8 Pref      |          head but from the heart. Brother Lawrence left the gift of
 9 Pref      |      practice -anywhere, anytime. Brother Lawrence also left the gift
10 Pref      |          three hundred years ago.~Brother Lawrence died in 1691, having
11 Conv,  Int|         de Beaufort's interviews, Brother Lawrence was in his late
12 Conv,  Int|       commented that the crippled brother, who was then in charge
13 Conv,  1  | Conversation~The first time I saw Brother Lawrence was upon the 3rd
14 Conv,  1  |         flowers and fruit appear, Brother Lawrence received a high
15 Conv,  1  |         that he had lived since. ~Brother Lawrence said he had been
16 Conv,  1  |         its pleasures to God. But Brother Lawrence said that God had
17 Conv,  1  |      satisfaction in that state. ~Brother Lawrence related that we
18 Conv,  1  |       himself no further trouble.~Brother Lawrence said to arrive
19 Conv,  1  |           this first conversation Brother Lawrence said that if my
20 Conv,  2  |               Second Conversation~Brother Lawrence told me he had
21 Conv,  2  |       love Him. From that time on Brother Lawrence lived his life
22 Conv,  2  |        bestow them in abundance. ~Brother Lawrence said that in order
23 Conv,  2  |      further uneasiness about it.~Brother Lawrence said we ought to
24 Conv,  2  |      never failed to grant it, as Brother Lawrence had often experienced.~
25 Conv,  2  |           In his trouble of mind, Brother Lawrence had consulted nobody.
26 Conv,  2  |         could give no account of. Brother Lawrence emphasized that
27 Conv,  2  |          monuments of His mercy. ~Brother Lawrence said the greatest
28 Conv,  3  |                Third Conversation~Brother Lawrence told me that the
29 Conv,  3  |         everything for His sake. ~Brother Lawrence often experienced
30 Conv,  3  |          devotion in retirement. ~Brother Lawrence said that the worst
31 Conv,  3  |       permitted to happen to him. Brother Lawrence, therefore, said
32 Conv,  3  |        away more perplexed. Since Brother Lawrence was ready to lay
33 Conv,  3  |          everything became easy. ~Brother Lawrence said that many
34 Conv,  4  |               Fourth Conversation~Brother Lawrence spoke with great
35 Conv,  4  |      infinite merits of our Lord. Brother Lawrence said that God never
36 Conv,  4  |          never failed except when Brother Lawrence's thoughts had
37 Conv,  4  |      purely for the love of God. ~Brother Lawrence felt it was a great
38 Conv,  4  |           when he grew stronger. ~Brother Lawrence said we ought,
39 Conv,  4  |         be through all eternity. ~Brother Lawrence said when we enter
40 Conv,  4  |         an habitual sense of God, Brother Lawrence told him that,
41 Conv,  4  |       accustom myself to it." ~As Brother Lawrence had found such
42 Lett,  Int|                      Introduction~Brother Lawrence's letters are the
43 Lett,  Int|      written in the third person, Brother Lawrence describing his
44 Lett,  4  |        and the sentiments of this brother, who is little known of
45 Lett,  15 |           pray for one another. ~ Brother Lawrence died a few days