Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 14
... duty of obedience . Even Christ " learned obedience by the things which He suffered , " but those who profess to follow in His footsteps scarcely deem that they need to learn the same lesson His sinless humanity required , or that it ...
... duty of obedience . Even Christ " learned obedience by the things which He suffered , " but those who profess to follow in His footsteps scarcely deem that they need to learn the same lesson His sinless humanity required , or that it ...
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... duty to submit to anything seriously prejudicial even to temporal welfare or convenience , when it can be avoided con- sistently with higher duties . Firm re- monstrance and calm well - tempered oppo- sition are inconsistent with no ...
... duty to submit to anything seriously prejudicial even to temporal welfare or convenience , when it can be avoided con- sistently with higher duties . Firm re- monstrance and calm well - tempered oppo- sition are inconsistent with no ...
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... duty of submission . For thus when the duty comes before them in any uncommon or startling form , they have only the extra difficulty of its pecu- liarity to encounter ; none of the mists of prejudice arising from an indulged spirit of ...
... duty of submission . For thus when the duty comes before them in any uncommon or startling form , they have only the extra difficulty of its pecu- liarity to encounter ; none of the mists of prejudice arising from an indulged spirit of ...
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... duty's sake . The manner of the claim is probably painful , wounding to your vanity , or wounding to your self - respect , or it may show a total want of consideration for your feel- ings , for your convenience , for your tem- poral ...
... duty's sake . The manner of the claim is probably painful , wounding to your vanity , or wounding to your self - respect , or it may show a total want of consideration for your feel- ings , for your convenience , for your tem- poral ...
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... duty to obey , will be a sure preventive to those easily excited feelings of self - will which , in the ill - regulated mind , blaze up at any approach to a direct assertion of authority . By feelings such as these , how much may be ...
... duty to obey , will be a sure preventive to those easily excited feelings of self - will which , in the ill - regulated mind , blaze up at any approach to a direct assertion of authority . By feelings such as these , how much may be ...
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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.