Excerpt from Priestly Blemishes, or Some Secret Hindrances to the Realization of Priestly Ideals: A Sequel Being a Second Course of Practical Lectures Delivered in S. Paul's Cathedral to Our Society and Other Clergy, in Lent, 1902These Lectures are published as being in some sort a continuation and completion of those delivered to the same Society of clergy in 1898.They deal with very simple subjects, and with difficulties in the clerical life which can only be met by perseverance in the application of well known remedies. But any one who is at all conversant with the spiritual combat and the hard struggle of life, will know that it is round these simple things, as they seem, that the battle most Often rages, and that through them the way to excellence is to be found.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.