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Page 14
Much of the unhappiness of daily life arises from the defective or mistaken or uninfluential opinions usually held of the nature and the duty of obedience . Even Christ " learned obedience by the things which He suffered , " but those ...
Much of the unhappiness of daily life arises from the defective or mistaken or uninfluential opinions usually held of the nature and the duty of obedience . Even Christ " learned obedience by the things which He suffered , " but those ...
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It is not meant to assert that it is a 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 ...
It is not meant to assert that it is a 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 ...
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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 insubordination ...
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 insubordination ...
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the social intercourse which would have been readily sacrificed for love's sake , perhaps even for peace ' sake , will not be cheerfully surrendered , perhaps not sur- rendered at all , for duty's sake . The manner of the claim is ...
the social intercourse which would have been readily sacrificed for love's sake , perhaps even for peace ' sake , will not be cheerfully surrendered , perhaps not sur- rendered at all , for duty's sake . The manner of the claim is ...
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Habitually to look upon them as having a right to command , and their subordinates , either in relationship or position , the duty to obey , will be a sure preventive to those easily excited feelings of self - will which , in the ill ...
Habitually to look upon them as having a right to command , and their subordinates , either in relationship or position , the duty to obey , will be a sure preventive to those easily excited feelings of self - will which , in the ill ...
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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.