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The rocky island, and other similitudes

by Samuel Wilberforce

Level C1 · AdvancedChildren's9 chapters
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Length
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About this book

About this book

On a bleak island threatened by a fiery mountain, children play obliviously until a gentle man warns them of peril and offers small boats emblazoned with a red cross to carry them safely across stormy seas to a land of endless joy and healing.

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Contents

9 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02p. iiiPREFACE.
03p. 1The Rocky Island.
04p. 27The Vision of the Three States.
05p. 90The Little Wanderers.
06The King and his Servants.
07p. 149The Prophet’s Guard.
08p. 161The Brothers’ Meeting; or, The Sins of Youth.
09Footnotes:

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