Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... 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 through the same ...
... 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 through the same ...
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... learned through suffering from the hand of man as well as from the hand of God ? - It must be so , or it never will be learned at all . This assertion is quite distinct from a * 1 Samuel , iii . 18 . † John , xix . 11 . maintenance of ...
... learned through suffering from the hand of man as well as from the hand of God ? - It must be so , or it never will be learned at all . This assertion is quite distinct from a * 1 Samuel , iii . 18 . † John , xix . 11 . maintenance of ...
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... learned to subdue self - will during their youthful years are never likely even to perceive the duty afterwards ; while the established indul- gence of self - will becomes as fatal to their success and their character when rulers , as ...
... learned to subdue self - will during their youthful years are never likely even to perceive the duty afterwards ; while the established indul- gence of self - will becomes as fatal to their success and their character when rulers , as ...
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... learned them , if for a moment you admit even the shadow of a doubt that all the ways of God towards man are not directed by love " everlasting love . " † Even while deeply penitent for the sinful source of your painful feelings , be ...
... learned them , if for a moment you admit even the shadow of a doubt that all the ways of God towards man are not directed by love " everlasting love . " † Even while deeply penitent for the sinful source of your painful feelings , be ...
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Discipline, by the Author of Letters to My Unknown Friends Sydney Warburton No preview available - 2016 |
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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.