Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... prayer . " The heart is deceitful above all things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift of His enlightening Spirit , no correct view can be taken of our own mental and moral condition . For no efforts of human ...
... prayer . " The heart is deceitful above all things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift of His enlightening Spirit , no correct view can be taken of our own mental and moral condition . For no efforts of human ...
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... their grateful love to the Redeemer , in the way He has Himself enjoined , namely , the keeping of His commandments . To forward this purpose , it is felt that " keeping the heart with all diligence " is , next to prayer , 8 INTRODUCTION .
... their grateful love to the Redeemer , in the way He has Himself enjoined , namely , the keeping of His commandments . To forward this purpose , it is felt that " keeping the heart with all diligence " is , next to prayer , 8 INTRODUCTION .
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Sydney Warburton. with all diligence " is , next to prayer , the most essential requisite ; and for this , self - examination is absolutely necessary . The task of self - examination , however , can- not be adequately performed at the ...
Sydney Warburton. with all diligence " is , next to prayer , the most essential requisite ; and for this , self - examination is absolutely necessary . The task of self - examination , however , can- not be adequately performed at the ...
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... prayer and watch- fulness and self - denial and self - control , for the 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 ...
... prayer and watch- fulness and self - denial and self - control , for the 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 ...
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... prayer for him . Had you fulfilled your duty in this most important par- ticular , how differently might he have * 1 Thess . v . 25. 2 Thess . iii . 1. Heb . xiii . 18 . fulfilled his . When the pressure of the daily cross 36 SELF ...
... prayer for him . Had you fulfilled your duty in this most important par- ticular , how differently might he have * 1 Thess . v . 25. 2 Thess . iii . 1. Heb . xiii . 18 . fulfilled his . When the pressure of the daily cross 36 SELF ...
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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.