Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... so strong an exercise of faith to see in such afflictions the especial love and wisdom of our Heavenly Father , as to discern the same love and wisdom through all the B petty annoyances caused by the ill - tem- per , INTRODUCTION Page.
... so strong an exercise of faith to see in such afflictions the especial love and wisdom of our Heavenly Father , as to discern the same love and wisdom through all the B petty annoyances caused by the ill - tem- per , INTRODUCTION Page.
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... faith , that proves the vigilant loving- kindness of our Covenant God with a more special distinctness than the heavier afflictions with which He , at times , sees it needful to visit us . The history of one day's petty trials , set ...
... faith , that proves the vigilant loving- kindness of our Covenant God with a more special distinctness than the heavier afflictions with which He , at times , sees it needful to visit us . The history of one day's petty trials , set ...
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... faith in His promises , though both these principles may be weak and still in the early dawn of their being , intervals at least of thorough peaceful resignation must be their result . When we know that " It is the Lord , " it is ...
... faith in His promises , though both these principles may be weak and still in the early dawn of their being , intervals at least of thorough peaceful resignation must be their result . When we know that " It is the Lord , " it is ...
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... faith , the opportunity of learning obedience by the things which you suffer . But the duty of obedience is very im- perfectly performed , when it is confined to the outward act alone , when an ex- aggerated view is taken of the ...
... faith , the opportunity of learning obedience by the things which you suffer . But the duty of obedience is very im- perfectly performed , when it is confined to the outward act alone , when an ex- aggerated view is taken of the ...
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... faith in God's over - ruling and protecting provi- dence , and that we should enjoy a spiritual communion with Him . Nothing less than an intimate consciousness of the inter- mingling of our spirit with " the God of H the spirits of all ...
... faith in God's over - ruling and protecting provi- dence , and that we should enjoy a spiritual communion with Him . Nothing less than an intimate consciousness of the inter- mingling of our spirit with " the God of H the spirits of all ...
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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.