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If any man will come after me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross daily , and follow me . " LUKE , ix . 23 . SECOND EDITION , ENLARGED . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . 1850 .
If any man will come after me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross daily , and follow me . " LUKE , ix . 23 . SECOND EDITION , ENLARGED . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . 1850 .
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Even Christ " learned obedience by the things which He suffered , " but those who profess to follow in His footsteps scarcely deem that they need to learn the same lesson His sinless humanity required , or that it must be learned ...
Even Christ " learned obedience by the things which He suffered , " but those who profess to follow in His footsteps scarcely deem that they need to learn the same lesson His sinless humanity required , or that it must be learned ...
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... by inflicted pain , have led you to the discovery of some emotion hitherto " concealed within an unsuspected part , The vainest corner of your own vain heart ; " for the sake of your happiness alone you should follow VANITY . 71.
... by inflicted pain , have led you to the discovery of some emotion hitherto " concealed within an unsuspected part , The vainest corner of your own vain heart ; " for the sake of your happiness alone you should follow VANITY . 71.
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for the sake of your happiness alone you should follow up the discovery thus made by vigilant and prayerful efforts to era- dicate " the root of bitterness , " that will otherwise cause you ever - increasing irri- tation .
for the sake of your happiness alone you should follow up the discovery thus made by vigilant and prayerful efforts to era- dicate " the root of bitterness , " that will otherwise cause you ever - increasing irri- tation .
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The heart is " deceitful above all things ; " * and when we inquire whether it would " forsake all and follow Christ , " † the answer might be false . The discipline * Jeremiah , xvii . 9 . † Luke , v . 11 . of life , however , will not ...
The heart is " deceitful above all things ; " * and when we inquire whether it would " forsake all and follow Christ , " † the answer might be false . The discipline * Jeremiah , xvii . 9 . † Luke , v . 11 . of life , however , will not ...
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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.