Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 48
... consider most ? If the former , your pride will be severely wounded at the view taken of your conduct by others , and your daily discipline will then make you doubly unhappy , as you cannot but feel anger towards those who , you fancy ...
... consider most ? If the former , your pride will be severely wounded at the view taken of your conduct by others , and your daily discipline will then make you doubly unhappy , as you cannot but feel anger towards those who , you fancy ...
Page 56
... consider in what instances you have failed to profit by the discipline ap- pointed for you ; how many opportunities for conflict or for victory have been un- noticed or neglected ; how many feelings and thoughts allowed or cherished ...
... consider in what instances you have failed to profit by the discipline ap- pointed for you ; how many opportunities for conflict or for victory have been un- noticed or neglected ; how many feelings and thoughts allowed or cherished ...
Page 68
... consider that others are competent to direct you in many circumstances when , though it might be at the moment pleasanter , it would certainly not be so safe to be entirely free from superintendence . The tone of dictation employed in ...
... consider that others are competent to direct you in many circumstances when , though it might be at the moment pleasanter , it would certainly not be so safe to be entirely free from superintendence . The tone of dictation employed in ...
Page 80
... considering them as evidences of the protective care of God , a care ever illustrative of that great principle which ... consider the present subject ; for it is chiefly though not wholly by a re- ference to our eternal interests , that ...
... considering them as evidences of the protective care of God , a care ever illustrative of that great principle which ... consider the present subject ; for it is chiefly though not wholly by a re- ference to our eternal interests , that ...
Page 83
... consider it more par- ticularly . St. Paul's allusion to prizes to be gained , races to be run , crowns to be obtained , are singularly impressive when viewed in connexion with the long train- ing and diligent preparation required for ...
... consider it more par- ticularly . St. Paul's allusion to prizes to be gained , races to be run , crowns to be obtained , are singularly impressive when viewed in connexion with the long train- ing and diligent preparation required for ...
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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.