Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... probably painful , wounding to your vanity , or wounding to your self - respect , or it may show a total want of consideration for your feel- ings , for your convenience , for your tem- poral advantage . This is a cross certainly , a ...
... probably painful , wounding to your vanity , or wounding to your self - respect , or it may show a total want of consideration for your feel- ings , for your convenience , for your tem- poral advantage . This is a cross certainly , a ...
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... probably a fancy ; you may , indeed , be certain that it is , to a considerable degree , a fancy , and that your judgment and condemnation are founded upon the creations of your own imagination . The danger of indulging such thoughts is ...
... probably a fancy ; you may , indeed , be certain that it is , to a considerable degree , a fancy , and that your judgment and condemnation are founded upon the creations of your own imagination . The danger of indulging such thoughts is ...
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... probably been strengthened by habitual , though unconscious indulgence . If this investigation is carried on with candour and honesty , you will probably find that the pain and irritation you experience was really caused by nothing but ...
... probably been strengthened by habitual , though unconscious indulgence . If this investigation is carried on with candour and honesty , you will probably find that the pain and irritation you experience was really caused by nothing but ...
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... probably the reaction of your own errors . Cease , then , your murmurs against that portion of the burden of the daily cross which your own sin has wrought for you , and instead of selfish complaining , turn your eyes in time towards ...
... probably the reaction of your own errors . Cease , then , your murmurs against that portion of the burden of the daily cross which your own sin has wrought for you , and instead of selfish complaining , turn your eyes in time towards ...
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... probably the severest part of this day's cross will be the occasions in which your self - will is excited , wounded , crossed . It may be from the merest trifles the pain you suffer will arise , for trifles certainly " make the sum " of ...
... probably the severest part of this day's cross will be the occasions in which your self - will is excited , wounded , crossed . It may be from the merest trifles the pain you suffer will arise , for trifles certainly " make the sum " of ...
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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.