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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(12 September 1875)
... Wings to fly above the grave and death!]
That is what we want, and I am beginning to understand that
we can get them. Don't you think Father has them? And you know
how he got them? By prayer and the fruit of prayer - patience
and faith - and from the Bible... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(January 1876)
... it knows already
where to find it.
I have been reading the ads in the English newspapers, and I
have already answered some of them. Let us hope for
success.
Kind regards to Roos and others if they ask about me, and
write soon. À... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(2 February 1876)
... in time, but send it as soon as you can.
Till now I have had no replies to the letters I have written
in response to advertisements, nor have I heard from Uncle
Vincent. I wrote to Mr. Obach, asking if he would give
references if required, and he answered... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(7 February 1876)
... and “I am that I am”.
Today, I received a reply from one of my letters; they asked
if I am capable of teaching French, German and drawing, and
also asked for my photograph. I answered today; as soon as I
hear from them again, I will let you... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 4 April 1876)
... Dear Theo,
On the morning before I left Paris, I received a letter from
a schoolmaster in Ramsgate. He proposed that I go there for a
month (without salary). At the end of that time he will decide
whether I am fit for the position. You can imagine how... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(17 June 1876)
... have
pity on me”.
If I find work it will tend towards a position between
clergyman and missionary in the suburbs of London, mainly to
the working class population.
Don't breathe a word to anyone about this new idea, Theo. My
salary... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 July 1876)
... - at present this is not the case).
Lately it has seemed
to me that there are no professions in
the world other than those of schoolmaster and clergyman, with
all that lies between these two - such as missionary,
especially a London missionary, etc.... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(8 July 1876)
... to this day.
Now I must ask you something. While in The Hague I had
lessons from a Bible teacher, Hille, who then lived in the
Bagijnestraat. He took great pains over me. Though I didn't
show it, what he told me made an impression on me, and I should
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(26 August 1876)
... something of the “old faith” in me. I am still far
from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall
succeed. I want - to be bound to Christ with unbreakable bonds
and to feel these bonds. To be sorrowful yet always rejoicing.
To live in... |
