Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... annoyance is intentionally given , it is generally the result of some impression left by a former sinful act or sinful word , till now unrepented of and unremem- bered . Any trial ought to be esteemed a blessing , whether a heavy ...
... annoyance is intentionally given , it is generally the result of some impression left by a former sinful act or sinful word , till now unrepented of and unremem- bered . Any trial ought to be esteemed a blessing , whether a heavy ...
Page 36
... annoyance you experience . You may almost unconsciously have pur- sued an altogether erroneous course of conduct . You may have been almost un- consciously deficient in due submission , in proper deference towards your " spiritual ...
... annoyance you experience . You may almost unconsciously have pur- sued an altogether erroneous course of conduct . You may have been almost un- consciously deficient in due submission , in proper deference towards your " spiritual ...
Page 42
... annoyance this gave you was a part of your daily discipline : perhaps it made you unhappy for the rest of the day ; perhaps it will make you unhappy in its consequences for many days to come . The reason why discipline thus causes ...
... annoyance this gave you was a part of your daily discipline : perhaps it made you unhappy for the rest of the day ; perhaps it will make you unhappy in its consequences for many days to come . The reason why discipline thus causes ...
Page 64
... annoyance during the past hours ; and from what did that annoyance arise ? If you had entered upon it in a meek and lowly spirit , esteeming others better than yourself , would you have experienced the same degree of pain from ...
... annoyance during the past hours ; and from what did that annoyance arise ? If you had entered upon it in a meek and lowly spirit , esteeming others better than yourself , would you have experienced the same degree of pain from ...
Page 70
... annoyance . And you will be careful not to exclude yourself from the advantage of future ad- monitions , however disagreeably worded , by a display of ill - temper or an apparent mistake of the motives that prompted them . It will be a ...
... annoyance . And you will be careful not to exclude yourself from the advantage of future ad- monitions , however disagreeably worded , by a display of ill - temper or an apparent mistake of the motives that prompted them . It will be a ...
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Page 129 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 57 - Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.