Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... experience , that they are each and all exactly calculated to promote our sancti- fication , to increase our real happiness , even upon earth . For real happiness is not to be advanced by the alteration of mere external circumstances ...
... experience , that they are each and all exactly calculated to promote our sancti- fication , to increase our real happiness , even upon earth . For real happiness is not to be advanced by the alteration of mere external circumstances ...
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... experience was really caused by nothing but the assertion of the claim of authority in some manner or in some direction that wounded your haughty spirit , and that the action or con- duct thus unpleasantly enforced upon you , would have ...
... experience was really caused by nothing but the assertion of the claim of authority in some manner or in some direction that wounded your haughty spirit , and that the action or con- duct thus unpleasantly enforced upon you , would have ...
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... experience ill - temper , harsh- ness , injustice , it is only too probably the reaction of your own errors . Cease , then , your murmurs against that portion of the burden of the daily cross which your own sin has wrought for you , and ...
... experience ill - temper , harsh- ness , injustice , it is only too probably the reaction of your own errors . Cease , then , your murmurs against that portion of the burden of the daily cross which your own sin has wrought for you , and ...
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... experienced from this daily cross is caused by the sin within you , not by the circumstances without you . When that truth is clearly seen , the most difficult part of your work is over . The empire of sin is an empire of darkness ; its ...
... experienced from this daily cross is caused by the sin within you , not by the circumstances without you . When that truth is clearly seen , the most difficult part of your work is over . The empire of sin is an empire of darkness ; its ...
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... In such cases there is the due union of ob- jective and subjective truth which con- stitutes the essence of religion . It may be a part of your daily cross to experience what you deem neglect or in- capacity or undue SELF - WILL . 35.
... In such cases there is the due union of ob- jective and subjective truth which con- stitutes the essence of religion . It may be a part of your daily cross to experience what you deem neglect or in- capacity or undue SELF - WILL . 35.
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends |
| Author | Sydney Warburton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
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