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Sydney Warburton. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION SELF - WILL PRIDE VANITY DISCONTENT • SELFISHNESS SELF - INDULGENCE WORLDLINESS Page 1 11 36 • . 57 73 89 . 104 . 118 ! DISCIPLINE . INTRODUCTION . FEW of the heavier trials.
Sydney Warburton. CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION SELF - WILL PRIDE VANITY DISCONTENT • SELFISHNESS SELF - INDULGENCE WORLDLINESS Page 1 11 36 • . 57 73 89 . 104 . 118 ! DISCIPLINE . INTRODUCTION . FEW of the heavier trials.
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Sydney Warburton. petty annoyances caused by the ill - tem- per , the selfishness , the inconsideration of our fellow - creatures . And therefore it is that those who have bowed submissively to the strokes that crush their dearest ...
Sydney Warburton. petty annoyances caused by the ill - tem- per , the selfishness , the inconsideration of our fellow - creatures . And therefore it is that those who have bowed submissively to the strokes that crush their dearest ...
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... selfishness of others , would learn , by careful self - examination , that the pain was in themselves , not in the instrument that inflicted it ; that even where present annoyance is intentionally given , it is generally the result of ...
... selfishness of others , would learn , by careful self - examination , that the pain was in themselves , not in the instrument that inflicted it ; that even where present annoyance is intentionally given , it is generally the result of ...
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... duty of obedience is very im- perfectly performed , when it is confined to the outward act alone , when an ex- aggerated view is taken of the selfishness , the want of consideration , the want of good sense SELF - WILL . 21.
... duty of obedience is very im- perfectly performed , when it is confined to the outward act alone , when an ex- aggerated view is taken of the selfishness , the want of consideration , the want of good sense SELF - WILL . 21.
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... will be to you because you fancy you detect in the command , motives of selfishness , of unkindness , almost of tyranny , at least of a vain display of authority to the total disregard of your feelings ! After 22 SELF - WILL .
... will be to you because you fancy you detect in the command , motives of selfishness , of unkindness , almost of tyranny , at least of a vain display of authority to the total disregard of your feelings ! After 22 SELF - WILL .
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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.