Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 11
... emotions are ordinarily in proportion to the general strength of the character . Stubbornness and obstinacy are generally features of such characters as are morally and mentally inferior , but consequently they are easily subdued by ...
... emotions are ordinarily in proportion to the general strength of the character . Stubbornness and obstinacy are generally features of such characters as are morally and mentally inferior , but consequently they are easily subdued by ...
Page 45
... emotions of your heart meek and lowly when you heard another placed in taunting comparison with yourself ? When your known opi- nions were derided ; your chosen pursuits depreciated ; your attributed faults held up to especial ...
... emotions of your heart meek and lowly when you heard another placed in taunting comparison with yourself ? When your known opi- nions were derided ; your chosen pursuits depreciated ; your attributed faults held up to especial ...
Page 60
... emotions are thus excited against an en- tirely innocent person . When you ex- perience the pain , be on your guard against the sin , and force yourself to believe ( for belief can be compelled ) that your 60 VANITY .
... emotions are thus excited against an en- tirely innocent person . When you ex- perience the pain , be on your guard against the sin , and force yourself to believe ( for belief can be compelled ) that your 60 VANITY .
Page 61
... emotions of wounded vanity , by pointing out , more distinctly than the former speaker had done , the especial merits and advantages it had just given you pain to hear praised . This will be , at least , one step towards that blessed ...
... emotions of wounded vanity , by pointing out , more distinctly than the former speaker had done , the especial merits and advantages it had just given you pain to hear praised . This will be , at least , one step towards that blessed ...
Page 62
... they should be tempted " by the wiles of the devil " to mistake the emotions of wounded vanity for a taking up of the cross of Christ , a * Ephes . vi . 11 . fellowship in His sufferings who " endured such contradiction of 62 VANITY .
... they should be tempted " by the wiles of the devil " to mistake the emotions of wounded vanity for a taking up of the cross of Christ , a * Ephes . vi . 11 . fellowship in His sufferings who " endured such contradiction of 62 VANITY .
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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.