Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 31
... 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 alien excellence to the ...
... 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 alien excellence to the ...
Page 83
... self - control and self - denial was the necessary preliminary to final suc- cess . In hours of business , in hours of labour , at the social board or the domestic hearth , the object of the candidate for " a corruptible crown " was ...
... self - control and self - denial was the necessary preliminary to final suc- cess . In hours of business , in hours of labour , at the social board or the domestic hearth , the object of the candidate for " a corruptible crown " was ...
Page 90
... Self - love will direct to the choice of real and permanent good , almost always involving a sacrifice of the ... denial , self - renuncia- tion , privations , and disappointments ; for the welfare of the real self , of the spirit of man ...
... Self - love will direct to the choice of real and permanent good , almost always involving a sacrifice of the ... denial , self - renuncia- tion , privations , and disappointments ; for the welfare of the real self , of the spirit of man ...
Page 94
Sydney Warburton. self - denying friends has given strength for the highest species of self - denial , and pre- served strength of mind and body unim- paired and in full vigour for the exercise of the patience , the watchful ...
Sydney Warburton. self - denying friends has given strength for the highest species of self - denial , and pre- served strength of mind and body unim- paired and in full vigour for the exercise of the patience , the watchful ...
Page 104
... self - denial . To be sober- minded , in the Scriptural sense , is a state of grace , towards which we should all strive , as an earnest of a perfect “ meet- ness for the inheritance of the saints in light . " * To be sober - minded ...
... self - denial . To be sober- minded , in the Scriptural sense , is a state of grace , towards which we should all strive , as an earnest of a perfect “ meet- ness for the inheritance of the saints in light . " * To be sober - minded ...
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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.