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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 April 1877)
... be safer than taking it with me abroad.
It seems to me a new proof and a hint - I have already
observed more of them lately - that everything will be all
right with me, that I shall succeed in the thing I so earnestly
desire. Something of the old faith grows... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(30 May 1877)
... wish I were far away from
everything!
And yet I go on, but prudently and hoping to have strength
to resist those things, so that I shall know what to answer to
those reproaches that threaten me, and believing that
notwithstanding everything that seems... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(31 May 1877)
... like our father, I will
thank God.
I have strong hopes of
success: once somebody who was more advanced in life than I and who was no stranger to Jerusalem -
meaning he had sought after it and found it - said to me,
“I believe you are a Christian.”... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(15 July 1877)
... -
Bookseller's Row, for instance.
May it be given to me in time to preach as well as many I
have heard in the past and hear now. I am trying my utmost to
prepare myself for it. I am very busy making a summary of the
Reformation; the history of... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(30 October 1877)
... those in the Faubourg St.
Germain.)
Oh, boy, I shall be too glad for words if I can pass my
examination; if I can overcome the difficulties, it will be in
all simplicity of heart but also in prayer to God, for I often
pray fervently to Him for the wisdom... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 November 1877)
... October, I will have made up in a lot less time. May God grant
me the necessary wisdom and grant my wishes, that He will allow
me to end my studies as early as possible in order that I
become ordained, so that I can perform the duties of a
clergyman.... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(25 November 1877)
... precise idea
of history in general.
Old son, if I can pass my examinations, it will be a
blessing! If I pass the first examination with all those
subjects which seem simple but are difficult enough, I shall
have good courage for what must follow…... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(18 February 1878)
... the servant, requesting that it be given to him. I want to
do such things now and then, for it certainly is very doubtful
that I shall ever succeed, I mean, shall ever pass all the
examinations. Five years at the least is a very long time; if
one begins earlier,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3 April 1878)
... (by the grace of God unwearied)]
As for me, I must become a good preacher, who has something
to say that is right and is of use in the world, and perhaps it
is as well that I should spend a relatively long time on
preparation and be securely confirmed... |
