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Page 23
... means of communion with God into a screen which His grace has to make luminous by fiery burnings . ( a ) He retreats within himself thinking to bar the door of his own life against the Great Seeker . " I fled him down down the the ...
... means of communion with God into a screen which His grace has to make luminous by fiery burnings . ( a ) He retreats within himself thinking to bar the door of his own life against the Great Seeker . " I fled him down down the the ...
Page 35
... means of communion with Himself . We possess our possessions only when we hold them in the Will of God . Christ takes not to destroy but to fulfil that which is given to Him , and has promised to return it to us in- creased " a ...
... means of communion with Himself . We possess our possessions only when we hold them in the Will of God . Christ takes not to destroy but to fulfil that which is given to Him , and has promised to return it to us in- creased " a ...
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... means wholly bad . In certain moods he might have proved a con- genial companion , for in youth a love of pleasure and an aversion to anything difficult are by no means infrequent nor do they make for social ostracism . But the refusal ...
... means wholly bad . In certain moods he might have proved a con- genial companion , for in youth a love of pleasure and an aversion to anything difficult are by no means infrequent nor do they make for social ostracism . But the refusal ...
Page 68
... severest conflicts take place within the mind and must be fought to a finish without any human onlookers to cheer and help . Compromise here means defeat ; half- heartedness is fatal . The coward voice must be stifled 68 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
... severest conflicts take place within the mind and must be fought to a finish without any human onlookers to cheer and help . Compromise here means defeat ; half- heartedness is fatal . The coward voice must be stifled 68 SPIRITUAL VOICES.
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... means a certain effect of colour was most easily obtained . The reply was concise and comprehensive : " Know what you have to do , and do it . " That is true of all kinds of success , and supremely true of soul - building . It is ...
... means a certain effect of colour was most easily obtained . The reply was concise and comprehensive : " Know what you have to do , and do it . " That is true of all kinds of success , and supremely true of soul - building . It is ...
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