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... duty ; and his ardent desire to do something to rouse Chris- tians to greater attainments in personal holiness , and through their efforts and prayers to bless the world . His mind acted with unwonted vigor ; he panted to speak to ...
... duty ; and his ardent desire to do something to rouse Chris- tians to greater attainments in personal holiness , and through their efforts and prayers to bless the world . His mind acted with unwonted vigor ; he panted to speak to ...
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... duty , which all religions recognize , and which even nature teaches . Sometimes he read the Bible , and no part of it oftener than the sermon on the mount . Of course he must have frequently read those words of the great Teacher , in ...
... duty , which all religions recognize , and which even nature teaches . Sometimes he read the Bible , and no part of it oftener than the sermon on the mount . Of course he must have frequently read those words of the great Teacher , in ...
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... duty , but when I think what a privilege it is , what a happiness , what an honor , to be on terms of intimacy , and in habits of intercourse with God , it amazes me that they should forego it . How will such reflect upon themselves ...
... duty , but when I think what a privilege it is , what a happiness , what an honor , to be on terms of intimacy , and in habits of intercourse with God , it amazes me that they should forego it . How will such reflect upon themselves ...
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... duty of private devotion to be discharged in mere mental prayer . But Christ did not so trifle . His closet was not his heart he could not have meant that ours should be . He selected the still morning , and sought out the solitary ...
... duty of private devotion to be discharged in mere mental prayer . But Christ did not so trifle . His closet was not his heart he could not have meant that ours should be . He selected the still morning , and sought out the solitary ...
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... duty . They say we cannot produce any precept enjoining it . That is true enough . But I wonder if that is not a duty , the omission of which is the sub- ject of prophetic denunciation . I wonder if that is not by implication commanded ...
... duty . They say we cannot produce any precept enjoining it . That is true enough . But I wonder if that is not a duty , the omission of which is the sub- ject of prophetic denunciation . I wonder if that is not by implication commanded ...
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