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I think you will not find the story without interest . '' He then went on to relate the circumstances recorded in the following chapter . `` I was born in the city of Stein , in the land of Krain . My pious mother Gertrude sang me psalms and spiritual songs in childhood ; and often , when I awoke in the night , I saw her still sitting , patiently at her work by the stove , and heard her singing those hymns of heaven , or praying in the midnight darkness when her work was done . It was for me she prayed . Thus , from my earliest childhood , I breathed the breath of pious aspirations . Afterwards I went to Laybach as a student of theology ; and after the usual course of study , was ordained a priest .