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“In the province of Tarragona I was loved by nearly all the people, but there were a few who wished me dead. The archbishop knew this, and one day as we were talking about this possibility, I told him, "Your Excellency, this in no way frightens me or holds me back....

“At the beginning of my stay in Vic I was undergoing an experience not unlike what goes on in a blacksmith's shop. The smith thrusts an iron bar into the furnace, and when it is white-hot he draws it out, places it on the anvil, and begins to hammer it. His assistant...

"The most productive means I have used has been adult instruction. It has helped me rescue adults from an ignorance that is greater than one might imagine, even in the case of persons who hear sermons frequently. Preachers often take it for granted that their...

“The Lord has freed me from death. In this square there were five blockades, one in each entrance to a street....... I offered my life to the Lord and I was always very serene. And it seems to me that it would have been better for me to die than having to live...