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In the lower classes , dislike to established authority manifests itself by seizing the first excuse offered by any fancied neglect or inconsistency or incapacity in the parish minister , to leave the mother Church and to join the ranks ...
In the lower classes , dislike to established authority manifests itself by seizing the first excuse offered by any fancied neglect or inconsistency or incapacity in the parish minister , to leave the mother Church and to join the ranks ...
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They do not , unless un- usually deficient in judgment and temper , abandon their Church when the spirit of insubordination is excited by the strict uniformity and rigorous simplicity of its ritual or the errors and neglect , real or ...
They do not , unless un- usually deficient in judgment and temper , abandon their Church when the spirit of insubordination is excited by the strict uniformity and rigorous simplicity of its ritual or the errors and neglect , real or ...
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In such cases there is the due union of ob- jective and subjective truth which con- stitutes the essence of religion . It may be a part of your daily cross to experience what you deem neglect or in- capacity or undue SELF - WILL . 35.
In such cases there is the due union of ob- jective and subjective truth which con- stitutes the essence of religion . It may be a part of your daily cross to experience what you deem neglect or in- capacity or undue SELF - WILL . 35.
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experience what you deem neglect or in- capacity or undue assumption of authority in the " spiritual pastor " who is appointed over you . This is often a grievous trial , but it is a matter in which we are seldom ourselves quite ...
experience what you deem neglect or in- capacity or undue assumption of authority in the " spiritual pastor " who is appointed over you . This is often a grievous trial , but it is a matter in which we are seldom ourselves quite ...
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... of neglected warnings , of broken resolutions , that impress upon it all the characters of deliberate sin . In any fault you commit this day , are they the extenuating or the aggravating cir- cumstances you consider most ?
... of neglected warnings , of broken resolutions , that impress upon it all the characters of deliberate sin . In any fault you commit this day , are they the extenuating or the aggravating cir- cumstances you consider most ?
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