Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... errors and selfishness of others , would learn , by careful self - examination , that the pain was in themselves , not in the instrument that inflicted it ; that even where present annoyance is intentionally given , it is generally the ...
... errors and selfishness of others , would learn , by careful self - examination , that the pain was in themselves , not in the instrument that inflicted it ; that even where present annoyance is intentionally given , it is generally the ...
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... errors of the past , and strength to resist the temptations of the future . In the discipline of this day it may please God to reveal to you how fatally for yourself , and how unjustly for others , * Jeremiah , xix . 9 . you have been ...
... errors of the past , and strength to resist the temptations of the future . In the discipline of this day it may please God to reveal to you how fatally for yourself , and how unjustly for others , * Jeremiah , xix . 9 . you have been ...
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... errors of your past life ; but unless you make zealous and persevering efforts to cherish that light into a perfect day , it may again be withdrawn , and you may be allowed to slumber on in darkness as before . * Psalm cxxxviii . 8 ...
... errors of your past life ; but unless you make zealous and persevering efforts to cherish that light into a perfect day , it may again be withdrawn , and you may be allowed to slumber on in darkness as before . * Psalm cxxxviii . 8 ...
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... errors . Cease , then , your murmurs against that portion of the burden of the daily cross which your own sin has wrought for you , and instead of selfish complaining , turn your eyes in time towards the awful responsibility in- curred ...
... errors . Cease , then , your murmurs against that portion of the burden of the daily cross which your own sin has wrought for you , and instead of selfish complaining , turn your eyes in time towards the awful responsibility in- curred ...
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... error on either side of your path , and that must itself be maintained by prayer and watch- fulness and self - denial and self - control , for the human heart is no friendly atmo- sphere for the growth and strengthening of alien ...
... error on either side of your path , and that must itself be maintained by prayer and watch- fulness and self - denial and self - control , for the human heart is no friendly atmo- sphere for the growth and strengthening of alien ...
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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.