Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... difficult undertaking , it has often been recommended to anxious and earnest persons to direct their especial vigilance , during the course of each day , to one particular fault alone . This has been found to sharpen self - scrutiny ...
... difficult undertaking , it has often been recommended to anxious and earnest persons to direct their especial vigilance , during the course of each day , to one particular fault alone . This has been found to sharpen self - scrutiny ...
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Sydney Warburton. 11 FIRST DAY . SELF - WILL . ONE of the most difficult lessons to be learnt through the discipline of life , is that of obedience . Whether that which is required of us be submission to the will of God himself , or to ...
Sydney Warburton. 11 FIRST DAY . SELF - WILL . ONE of the most difficult lessons to be learnt through the discipline of life , is that of obedience . Whether that which is required of us be submission to the will of God himself , or to ...
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... difficult lesson to be learned through suffering from the hand of man as well as from the hand of God ? - It must be so , or it never will be learned at all . This assertion is quite distinct from a * 1 Samuel , iii . 18 . † John , xix ...
... difficult lesson to be learned through suffering from the hand of man as well as from the hand of God ? - It must be so , or it never will be learned at all . This assertion is quite distinct from a * 1 Samuel , iii . 18 . † John , xix ...
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... difficult positions ; and if they should ever be called to them , the best preparation for a decision in conformity ... difficulty of its pecu- liarity to encounter ; none of the mists of prejudice arising from an indulged spirit of ...
... difficult positions ; and if they should ever be called to them , the best preparation for a decision in conformity ... difficulty of its pecu- liarity to encounter ; none of the mists of prejudice arising from an indulged spirit of ...
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... difficult some unpalatable act of obedience will be to you because you fancy you detect in the command , motives of selfishness , of unkindness , almost of tyranny , at least of a vain display of authority to the total disregard of your ...
... difficult some unpalatable act of obedience will be to you because you fancy you detect in the command , motives of selfishness , of unkindness , almost of tyranny , at least of a vain display of authority to the total disregard of your ...
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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.