Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... respecting the 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 ...
... respecting the 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 ...
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... 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 severe cross , but " take it up " patiently , conscientiously ...
... 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 severe cross , but " take it up " patiently , conscientiously ...
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... respect . In every instance in which it is your duty to submit your own will to another's , exercise your ingenuity in trying to discover plausible reasons for the exercise of authority that annoys you . Argue the cause of another ...
... respect . In every instance in which it is your duty to submit your own will to another's , exercise your ingenuity in trying to discover plausible reasons for the exercise of authority that annoys you . Argue the cause of another ...
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... respect that those " who have the rule over them " * authority conferred by God . insubordinate spirits would possess an How many shrink from that it was by an confessing the only justifiable principle of their insubordination ...
... respect that those " who have the rule over them " * authority conferred by God . insubordinate spirits would possess an How many shrink from that it was by an confessing the only justifiable principle of their insubordination ...
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... respect to other species of authority , if I pointed out the several ways in which you may have brought upon yourself , or at least added to the weight of , the annoyance you experience . You may almost unconsciously have pur- sued an ...
... respect to other species of authority , if I pointed out the several ways in which you may have brought upon yourself , or at least added to the weight of , the annoyance you experience . You may almost unconsciously have pur- sued an ...
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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.