Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 31
... watch- fulness and 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 ...
... watch- fulness and 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 ...
Page 32
... watch for these trifles , which are to show to you , at once a mournful and a blessed discovery , that the pain experienced from this daily cross is caused by the sin within you , not by the circumstances without you . When that truth ...
... watch for these trifles , which are to show to you , at once a mournful and a blessed discovery , that the pain experienced from this daily cross is caused by the sin within you , not by the circumstances without you . When that truth ...
Page 67
... watch that part of the disci- pline of daily life relating to the pointing out of your faults by your superiors , or to the restrictions they impose on your freedom of word and action . With re- spect to the first , you may easily ...
... watch that part of the disci- pline of daily life relating to the pointing out of your faults by your superiors , or to the restrictions they impose on your freedom of word and action . With re- spect to the first , you may easily ...
Page 75
... watch per- severingly against every physical as well as against every moral influence that may aggravate the recognised disease , that may strengthen the original taint of our physical and moral constitution into the inveteracy of habit ...
... watch per- severingly against every physical as well as against every moral influence that may aggravate the recognised disease , that may strengthen the original taint of our physical and moral constitution into the inveteracy of habit ...
Page 76
... watch what it is that makes you unhappy in the course of the day — with particular relation , now , to those circum- stances , whether external or otherwise , which are evidently " the will of God concerning you . " They may be such as ...
... watch what it is that makes you unhappy in the course of the day — with particular relation , now , to those circum- stances , whether external or otherwise , which are evidently " the will of God concerning you . " They may be such as ...
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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.