Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... deceitful above all things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift of His enlightening Spirit , no correct view can be taken of our own mental and moral condition . For no efforts of human will , no powers of human ...
... deceitful above all things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift of His enlightening Spirit , no correct view can be taken of our own mental and moral condition . For no efforts of human will , no powers of human ...
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... deceitful above all things , " as well as " desperately wicked , " * it is as it were an era in existence . What a light is thrown over the sad and sinful past , when , for the first time , the truth dawns upon us , that the wrongs and ...
... deceitful above all things , " as well as " desperately wicked , " * it is as it were an era in existence . What a light is thrown over the sad and sinful past , when , for the first time , the truth dawns upon us , that the wrongs and ...
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... deceit- ful forms , and assail you with very subtle temptations . When those in high places are treated with neglect and spoken of with disparagement , while their inferiors are treated with deference and their posi- tion unduly exalted ...
... deceit- ful forms , and assail you with very subtle temptations . When those in high places are treated with neglect and spoken of with disparagement , while their inferiors are treated with deference and their posi- tion unduly exalted ...
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... deceitful above all things ; " * 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 ...
... deceitful above all things ; " * 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 ...
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... deceitful above all things , " and that it is quite possible you may give an affirmative answer in all sincerity , and yet deceive that person to- wards whom deceit is most dangerous and most easy - yourself . Be not content , then ...
... deceitful above all things , " and that it is quite possible you may give an affirmative answer in all sincerity , and yet deceive that person to- wards whom deceit is most dangerous and most easy - yourself . Be not content , then ...
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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.