Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 11
... submission to the will of God himself , or to those who are placed by Him in authority over us , the first instinctive movements of our fallen nature are opposition and disobedience . The frequency and strength of these emotions are ...
... submission to the will of God himself , or to those who are placed by Him in authority over us , the first instinctive movements of our fallen nature are opposition and disobedience . The frequency and strength of these emotions are ...
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... submission to the will of another ; it is an alteration in their own . There is in such cases no exercise of the principle of obedience , no discipline of the will , no submission to the powers that be , because they are " ordained of ...
... submission to the will of another ; it is an alteration in their own . There is in such cases no exercise of the principle of obedience , no discipline of the will , no submission to the powers that be , because they are " ordained of ...
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... submission ; in calmer and happier moments that submission may be thoroughly felt . Where there is an habi- tual recognition of the sovereignty of God , an habitual exercise of faith in His promises , though both these principles may be ...
... submission ; in calmer and happier moments that submission may be thoroughly felt . Where there is an habi- tual recognition of the sovereignty of God , an habitual exercise of faith in His promises , though both these principles may be ...
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... submission to authority than many instances of sullen and unwill- ing obedience . And those who remon- strate the most firmly , and oppose the most steadily , will be those who will sub- mit with the best grace , because with the most ...
... submission to authority than many instances of sullen and unwill- ing obedience . And those who remon- strate the most firmly , and oppose the most steadily , will be those who will sub- mit with the best grace , because with the most ...
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... submission . For thus when the duty comes before them in any uncommon or startling form , they have only the extra difficulty of its pecu- liarity to encounter ; none of the mists of prejudice arising from an indulged spirit of ...
... submission . For thus when the duty comes before them in any uncommon or startling form , they have only the extra difficulty of its pecu- liarity to encounter ; none of the mists of prejudice arising from an indulged spirit of ...
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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.