Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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... things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift of His enlightening Spirit , no correct view can be taken of our own mental and moral condition . For no efforts of human will , no powers of human intellect , may ever ...
... things , " and if we do not obtain of God the freely - offered gift of His enlightening Spirit , no correct view can be taken of our own mental and moral condition . For no efforts of human will , no powers of human intellect , may ever ...
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... things which He suffered , " * but those who profess to follow in His footsteps scarcely deem that they need to learn the same lesson His sinless humanity required , or that it must be learned through the same severe probation . Some ...
... things which He suffered , " * but those who profess to follow in His footsteps scarcely deem that they need to learn the same lesson His sinless humanity required , or that it must be learned through the same severe probation . Some ...
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... thing happened unto them , " * when their innocent wishes are crossed , their reasonable hopes disappointed , their sounder judgment and more enlightened views forced to yield to the incapacity and caprices of those who are placed in ...
... thing happened unto them , " * when their innocent wishes are crossed , their reasonable hopes disappointed , their sounder judgment and more enlightened views forced to yield to the incapacity and caprices of those who are placed in ...
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... things straight . ' Laying aside the consideration of such cases as the above , and still further of all such cases where permanent harm and inconvenience may result from a nevertheless inevitable disobedience , let us fix our attention ...
... things straight . ' Laying aside the consideration of such cases as the above , and still further of all such cases where permanent harm and inconvenience may result from a nevertheless inevitable disobedience , let us fix our attention ...
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... things which you suffer . 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 ...
... things which you suffer . 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 ...
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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.