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... ourselves into the reasonableness of prayer ; when we pray we obey an impulse of our nature which goes deeper than any system of thought by which it has been defended . And who can hope to flee from God by turning to meet his own ...
... ourselves into the reasonableness of prayer ; when we pray we obey an impulse of our nature which goes deeper than any system of thought by which it has been defended . And who can hope to flee from God by turning to meet his own ...
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... ourselves the centre of our world , and live only to gratify self we shall cease to live a true human life , and shall sink into this lawless world of the degenerates where : " Black it seems white , and ugly seems fair , Big it seems ...
... ourselves the centre of our world , and live only to gratify self we shall cease to live a true human life , and shall sink into this lawless world of the degenerates where : " Black it seems white , and ugly seems fair , Big it seems ...
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... ourselves . " A man's enemies are those of his own household . " Peer was battling with a ghost at which he struck in vain , and which confronted him at every turn . When at last , he asked how he could escape from this kingdom of the ...
... ourselves . " A man's enemies are those of his own household . " Peer was battling with a ghost at which he struck in vain , and which confronted him at every turn . When at last , he asked how he could escape from this kingdom of the ...
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... ourselves to leave some cher- ished evil ; something breaks out into rebellion or , at least , opposes the weight of its own inertia to the proposed departure . Life's severest conflicts take place within the mind and must be fought to ...
... ourselves to leave some cher- ished evil ; something breaks out into rebellion or , at least , opposes the weight of its own inertia to the proposed departure . Life's severest conflicts take place within the mind and must be fought to ...
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... ourselves . c . There is redeeming power in human love , but it is slight compared with that immeasurable redemption which is ours in the Immortal Love of Christ . He comes " hoping all things , believing all things , enduring all ...
... ourselves . c . There is redeeming power in human love , but it is slight compared with that immeasurable redemption which is ours in the Immortal Love of Christ . He comes " hoping all things , believing all things , enduring all ...
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