Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 42
... better . But such was not the pose of Him by whom your mental con- stitution was so " fearfully and wonderfully made . " * The intended result of the irrita- tion caused by discipline , was to attract your notice to the weak point , to ...
... better . But such was not the pose of Him by whom your mental con- stitution was so " fearfully and wonderfully made . " * The intended result of the irrita- tion caused by discipline , was to attract your notice to the weak point , to ...
Page 47
... better than your own , have you candidly and graciously acknowledged that this was the case ? Again , when conscious that you have acted or spoken as you ought not to have done , have you frankly confessed your fault to the aggrieved ...
... better than your own , have you candidly and graciously acknowledged that this was the case ? Again , when conscious that you have acted or spoken as you ought not to have done , have you frankly confessed your fault to the aggrieved ...
Page 57
... better than themselves . " - PHILIPPIANS , ii . 3 . THE more general study of metaphysics has thrown great light upon character . Pride and vanity are now seldom used as convertible terms , but are understood to signify almost opposite ...
... better than themselves . " - PHILIPPIANS , ii . 3 . THE more general study of metaphysics has thrown great light upon character . Pride and vanity are now seldom used as convertible terms , but are understood to signify almost opposite ...
Page 61
... better than themselves . " One of the many snares involved in the indulgence of vanity is , a solicitude for general admiration , for general notice . It is not contented with the approbation and the preference of the wise and good ...
... better than themselves . " One of the many snares involved in the indulgence of vanity is , a solicitude for general admiration , for general notice . It is not contented with the approbation and the preference of the wise and good ...
Page 64
... better than yourself , would you have experienced the same degree of pain from comparative neglect ? would you have been so apt to fancy that neglect without any just grounds ? More probably , however , you entered upon the social scene ...
... better than yourself , would you have experienced the same degree of pain from comparative neglect ? would you have been so apt to fancy that neglect without any just grounds ? More probably , however , you entered upon the social scene ...
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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.