Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... require so strong an exercise of faith to see in such afflictions the especial love and wisdom of our Heavenly Father , as to discern the same love and wisdom through all the B petty annoyances caused by the ill - tem- per ...
... require so strong an exercise of faith to see in such afflictions the especial love and wisdom of our Heavenly Father , as to discern the same love and wisdom through all the B petty annoyances caused by the ill - tem- per ...
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... requires a more vivid consciousness of a subordinate position and of the duty of submission to authority than many instances of sullen and unwill- ing obedience . And those who remon- strate the most firmly , and oppose the most ...
... requires a more vivid consciousness of a subordinate position and of the duty of submission to authority than many instances of sullen and unwill- ing obedience . And those who remon- strate the most firmly , and oppose the most ...
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... requires that we should take the most favourable view of the conduct , temper , and motives of those around us ; and more especially is it important in the case of those who must obey , and ought , at the SELF - WILL . 23.
... requires that we should take the most favourable view of the conduct , temper , and motives of those around us ; and more especially is it important in the case of those who must obey , and ought , at the SELF - WILL . 23.
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... requires careful self - exami- nation and anxious watchfulness . In your feelings relating to it , the pride of . heart will often assume very deceit- ful forms , and assail you with very subtle temptations . When those in high places ...
... requires careful self - exami- nation and anxious watchfulness . In your feelings relating to it , the pride of . heart will often assume very deceit- ful forms , and assail you with very subtle temptations . When those in high places ...
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... requires to be vigilantly guarded ) ; it is pleased and soothed with the admiration of those it despises , instead of rather suspecting that there must have been some sacrifice of principle , some lowering of a high tone of G character ...
... requires to be vigilantly guarded ) ; it is pleased and soothed with the admiration of those it despises , instead of rather suspecting that there must have been some sacrifice of principle , some lowering of a high tone of G character ...
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Discipline, by the Author of Letters to My Unknown Friends Sydney Warburton No preview available - 2016 |
Discipline, by the Author of Letters to My Unknown Friends Sydney Warburton No preview available - 2019 |
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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.