Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... the discipline of life , would then be more correctly understood ; and the grateful sense of God's loving- kindness , manifested in the Wisdom of that discipline , would proportionally deepen and increase . " 6 INTRODUCTION .
... the discipline of life , would then be more correctly understood ; and the grateful sense of God's loving- kindness , manifested in the Wisdom of that discipline , would proportionally deepen and increase . " 6 INTRODUCTION .
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... steadily , will be those who will sub- mit with the best grace , because with the most enlightened sense of duty , when remonstrance and opposition have botn failed and obedience becomes inevitable c 3 SELF - WILL . 17.
... steadily , will be those who will sub- mit with the best grace , because with the most enlightened sense of duty , when remonstrance and opposition have botn failed and obedience becomes inevitable c 3 SELF - WILL . 17.
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... dic- tates of good sense alone . When the temper is good , it is much easier to yield to others in all trifling matters , than to * Isaiah , xlii . 16 . disturb the general peace by insisting even on one's own SELF - WILL . 19.
... dic- tates of good sense alone . When the temper is good , it is much easier to yield to others in all trifling matters , than to * Isaiah , xlii . 16 . disturb the general peace by insisting even on one's own SELF - WILL . 19.
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... . But the 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.
... . But the 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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Sydney Warburton. the want of consideration , the want of good sense shown by those who are set in authority over us . A well - regulated and subdued spirit will escape half the pain of the most unpalatable obedience by making charitable ...
Sydney Warburton. the want of consideration , the want of good sense shown by those who are set in authority over us . A well - regulated and subdued spirit will escape half the pain of the most unpalatable obedience by making charitable ...
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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.