Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... earthly hopes , often allow their spirits to chafe rebelliously beneath the daily disci- pline of common life . It is upon this daily discipline , however , that the forma- tion of the character principally depends ; and it is this , if ...
... earthly hopes , often allow their spirits to chafe rebelliously beneath the daily disci- pline of common life . It is upon this daily discipline , however , that the forma- tion of the character principally depends ; and it is this , if ...
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... earthly obedience cease , even without supposing its interference with the authority of God's law ; but these cases are so rare that the possibility of their occurrence needs only to be alluded to . Those who walk steadily and con ...
... earthly obedience cease , even without supposing its interference with the authority of God's law ; but these cases are so rare that the possibility of their occurrence needs only to be alluded to . Those who walk steadily and con ...
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... earthly possession or any earthly affection could ever be . And , then , from blessed experience , you would learn that all these earthly objects of attraction have only been as clouds in- tercepting the rays of heavenly love , hin ...
... earthly possession or any earthly affection could ever be . And , then , from blessed experience , you would learn that all these earthly objects of attraction have only been as clouds in- tercepting the rays of heavenly love , hin ...
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... earthly desires , will it add to my temporal happiness , will it bring me glory before men , will it remove the necessity of depending upon " our Father * 1 Cor . ix . 25 . in Heaven " for " daily bread ? " It 86 DISCONTENT .
... earthly desires , will it add to my temporal happiness , will it bring me glory before men , will it remove the necessity of depending upon " our Father * 1 Cor . ix . 25 . in Heaven " for " daily bread ? " It 86 DISCONTENT .
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... mark for the prize of our high calling . " " He who will never leave you nor forsake you " is guiding all your earthly course . Be , then , content with such things as ye have , " believing of whatever I 2 DISCONTENT . 87.
... mark for the prize of our high calling . " " He who will never leave you nor forsake you " is guiding all your earthly course . Be , then , content with such things as ye have , " believing of whatever I 2 DISCONTENT . 87.
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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.