Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... heart with grateful and admiring love : through faith we might view our daily life by a faint reflection of that light , even now , even here . Though in this present state we can , at the best , only " see as through a the eye glass ...
... heart with grateful and admiring love : through faith we might view our daily life by a faint reflection of that light , even now , even here . Though in this present state we can , at the best , only " see as through a the eye glass ...
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... heart is deceitful above all things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift of His enlightening Spirit , no correct view can be taken of our own mental and moral condition . For no efforts of human will , no powers ...
... heart is deceitful above all things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift of His enlightening Spirit , no correct view can be taken of our own mental and moral condition . For no efforts of human will , no powers ...
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... their grateful love to the Redeemer , in the way He has Himself enjoined , namely , the keeping of His commandments . To forward this purpose , it is felt that " keeping the heart with all diligence " is , next to prayer , 8 INTRODUCTION .
... their grateful love to the Redeemer , in the way He has Himself enjoined , namely , the keeping of His commandments . To forward this purpose , it is felt that " keeping the heart with all diligence " is , next to prayer , 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... heart , in a prayerful and humble spirit , whether the mere assertion of authority has not , by itself alone , roused the spirit of in- subordination , which , natural to every strong and to many weak characters , has probably been ...
... heart , in a prayerful and humble spirit , whether the mere assertion of authority has not , by itself alone , roused the spirit of in- subordination , which , natural to every strong and to many weak characters , has probably been ...
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... heart which is " deceitful above all things , " as well as " desperately wicked , " * it is as it were an era in existence . What a light is thrown over the sad and sinful past , when , for the first time , the truth dawns upon us ...
... heart which is " deceitful above all things , " as well as " desperately wicked , " * it is as it were an era in existence . What a light is thrown over the sad and sinful past , when , for the first time , the truth dawns upon us ...
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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.