Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... light of eternity , would fill the 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 ...
... light of eternity , would fill the 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 ...
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... light before them , and crooked things straight . " * Laying aside the consideration of such cases as the above , and still further of all such cases where permanent harm and inconvenience may result from a nevertheless inevitable ...
... light before them , and crooked things straight . " * Laying aside the consideration of such cases as the above , and still further of all such cases where permanent harm and inconvenience may result from a nevertheless inevitable ...
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... light is thrown over the sad and sinful past , when , for the first time , the truth dawns upon us , that the wrongs and the faults we have been long attributing to others , have originated in , and been caused by ourselves ! This im ...
... light is thrown over the sad and sinful past , when , for the first time , the truth dawns upon us , that the wrongs and the faults we have been long attributing to others , have originated in , and been caused by ourselves ! This im ...
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... light may dawn upon the errors of your past life ; but unless you make zealous and persevering efforts to cherish that light into a perfect day , it may again be withdrawn , and you may be allowed to slumber on in darkness as before ...
... light may dawn upon the errors of your past life ; but unless you make zealous and persevering efforts to cherish that light into a perfect day , it may again be withdrawn , and you may be allowed to slumber on in darkness as before ...
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... light enough enters to reveal its true aspect . The discipline of this day , if rightly used , may throw that light upon many actions of your past life and hitherto unsuspectedly erroneous courses of conduct . It is not only in domestic ...
... light enough enters to reveal its true aspect . The discipline of this day , if rightly used , may throw that light upon many actions of your past life and hitherto unsuspectedly erroneous courses of conduct . It is not only in domestic ...
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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.