Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 10
... answer to this important question , that you are earnestly recommended to try , for a week's space , exclusive vigilance and self - examination regarding each of the sins about to be enumerated , - Self- will , Pride , Vanity ...
... answer to this important question , that you are earnestly recommended to try , for a week's space , exclusive vigilance and self - examination regarding each of the sins about to be enumerated , - Self- will , Pride , Vanity ...
Page 52
... answer the expected purpose . They lead to new claims , each more unreasonable than the preceding , and cultivate and cherish ima → ginary rights into real ones ; so that a late resistance , when it at last becomes inevitable , is felt ...
... answer the expected purpose . They lead to new claims , each more unreasonable than the preceding , and cultivate and cherish ima → ginary rights into real ones ; so that a late resistance , when it at last becomes inevitable , is felt ...
Page 53
... answer proceeding from a meek and lowly heart will make it far less likely that you will be soon again pained by the haughtiness you com- plain of ; for if we examined closely , we should find that the manners of each of the individuals ...
... answer proceeding from a meek and lowly heart will make it far less likely that you will be soon again pained by the haughtiness you com- plain of ; for if we examined closely , we should find that the manners of each of the individuals ...
Page 66
... answers and angry contradictions to the censures those in authority may deem necessary to pass , or the directions they may think proper to give , will in- sensibly influence the tone and manner in which the censures and directions are ...
... answers and angry contradictions to the censures those in authority may deem necessary to pass , or the directions they may think proper to give , will in- sensibly influence the tone and manner in which the censures and directions are ...
Page 78
... ; " * and when we inquire whether it would " forsake all and follow Christ , " † the answer might be false . The discipline * Jeremiah , xvii . 9 . † Luke , v . 11 . of life , however , will not so deceive . 78 DISCONTENT .
... ; " * and when we inquire whether it would " forsake all and follow Christ , " † the answer might be false . The discipline * Jeremiah , xvii . 9 . † Luke , v . 11 . of life , however , will not so deceive . 78 DISCONTENT .
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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.