Discipline, by the author of Letters to my unknown friends1850 |
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Page 50
... principle of the naturally proud heart is really tested . If it gives you pain to yield the deference to high posi- tion enjoined by the Word of God , that pain is caused by sin . This is , in truth , a subject that requires careful ...
... principle of the naturally proud heart is really tested . If it gives you pain to yield the deference to high posi- tion enjoined by the Word of God , that pain is caused by sin . This is , in truth , a subject that requires careful ...
Page 52
... principle , the sacrifice of your own reasonable wishes or interests , to the injustice or the caprice of others . Even in point of expediency — even for peace sake - such concessions seldom answer the expected purpose . They lead to ...
... principle , the sacrifice of your own reasonable wishes or interests , to the injustice or the caprice of others . Even in point of expediency — even for peace sake - such concessions seldom answer the expected purpose . They lead to ...
Page 54
... principle or high breeding . The very point that constitutes their external superiority is a total absence of that quick reflection of other people's manner before - mentioned . ) Believing , therefore , that the looks and tones that ...
... principle or high breeding . The very point that constitutes their external superiority is a total absence of that quick reflection of other people's manner before - mentioned . ) Believing , therefore , that the looks and tones that ...
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... with the admiration of those it despises , instead of rather suspecting that there must have been some sacrifice of principle , some lowering of a high tone of G character , before such approbation could be obtained . Has VANITY . 61 .
... with the admiration of those it despises , instead of rather suspecting that there must have been some sacrifice of principle , some lowering of a high tone of G character , before such approbation could be obtained . Has VANITY . 61 .
Page 62
... principles than others , and , at the same time , too vain not to feel acutely the dislike excited , the isolation caused by it . Their great danger , however , is lest they should be tempted " by the wiles of the devil " to mistake the ...
... principles than others , and , at the same time , too vain not to feel acutely the dislike excited , the isolation caused by it . Their great danger , however , is lest they should be tempted " by the wiles of the devil " to mistake the ...
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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.