Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... nature of the annoyances that affect our daily peace ; there is need of constant self - examination ; above all , of earnest prayer . " The heart is deceitful above all things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift ...
... nature of the annoyances that affect our daily peace ; there is need of constant self - examination ; above all , of earnest prayer . " The heart is deceitful above all things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift ...
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... nature of " the daily cross , " of the discipline of life , would then be more correctly understood ; and the grateful sense of God's loving- kindness , manifested in the Wisdom of that discipline , would proportionally deepen and ...
... nature of " the daily cross , " of the discipline of life , would then be more correctly understood ; and the grateful sense of God's loving- kindness , manifested in the Wisdom of that discipline , would proportionally deepen and ...
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... nature of the discipline of common life . For it is this discipline that will draw out into prominence the particular sins to which * Proverbs , iv . 23 . we are ourselves most liable ; it is always because INTRODUCTION . 9.
... nature of the discipline of common life . For it is this discipline that will draw out into prominence the particular sins to which * Proverbs , iv . 23 . we are ourselves most liable ; it is always because INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... nature are opposition and disobedience . The frequency and strength of these emotions are ordinarily in proportion to the general strength of the character . Stubbornness and obstinacy are generally features of such characters as are ...
... nature are opposition and disobedience . The frequency and strength of these emotions are ordinarily in proportion to the general strength of the character . Stubbornness and obstinacy are generally features of such characters as are ...
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... nature and the duty of obedience . 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 ...
... nature and the duty of obedience . 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 ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends |
| Author | Sydney Warburton |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1850 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 Sep 2006 |
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