Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 5
... human will , no powers of human intellect , may ever avail to enable us to view aright the real nature of sin - its cost , its penalty . Be it always remembered that a part of this penalty is temporal unhappiness . Discipline be- comes ...
... human will , no powers of human intellect , may ever avail to enable us to view aright the real nature of sin - its cost , its penalty . Be it always remembered that a part of this penalty is temporal unhappiness . Discipline be- comes ...
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... humanity required , or that it must be learned through the same severe probation . Some vague , un- acknowledged ideas of this nature may well be supposed to constitute the ground of the conduct and feelings of too many professing ...
... humanity required , or that it must be learned through the same severe probation . Some vague , un- acknowledged ideas of this nature may well be supposed to constitute the ground of the conduct and feelings of too many professing ...
Page 31
... human heart is no friendly atmo- sphere for the growth and strengthening of alien excellence . The grace of submis- sion is , even more peculiarly than others , an alien excellence to the fallen nature of man , SELF - WILL . 31.
... human heart is no friendly atmo- sphere for the growth and strengthening of alien excellence . The grace of submis- sion is , even more peculiarly than others , an alien excellence to the fallen nature of man , SELF - WILL . 31.
Page 99
... human heart naturally craves to be the first object , and that craving , in the dis- eased state of our nature , too readily leads to sin . You ought , under the circum- stances of trial above described , to observe with care , and if ...
... human heart naturally craves to be the first object , and that craving , in the dis- eased state of our nature , too readily leads to sin . You ought , under the circum- stances of trial above described , to observe with care , and if ...
Page 103
... There is a fatality in human life , but it is wrought for us by our own hands . May the pain of discipline avert this fatality from eternity , though it may not from time ! 104 SIXTH DAY . SELF - INDULGENCE . " Be SELFISHNESS . 103.
... There is a fatality in human life , but it is wrought for us by our own hands . May the pain of discipline avert this fatality from eternity , though it may not from time ! 104 SIXTH DAY . SELF - INDULGENCE . " Be SELFISHNESS . 103.
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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.