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... existence of that splendour of moral loveliness which once was its own - it is conceiv- able that the latent instincts of the soul would be roused to recognise and identify therein its lost original . Confront the fallen moral ...
... existence of that splendour of moral loveliness which once was its own - it is conceiv- able that the latent instincts of the soul would be roused to recognise and identify therein its lost original . Confront the fallen moral ...
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... existence , there has been present , not beneath the roof , but within the breast , a mysterious resident , an in- separable companion , nearer to us than friend or brother , yet of whom , after all , we SERMON II SELF-IGNORANCE, "Who ...
... existence , there has been present , not beneath the roof , but within the breast , a mysterious resident , an in- separable companion , nearer to us than friend or brother , yet of whom , after all , we SERMON II SELF-IGNORANCE, "Who ...
Page 45
... the sway of worldly principles or unholy desires and habits , he is in no condition to measure their intensity- scarcely to discover their existence . For in this , as in many other cases , resistance is the best SELF - IGNORANCE . 45.
... the sway of worldly principles or unholy desires and habits , he is in no condition to measure their intensity- scarcely to discover their existence . For in this , as in many other cases , resistance is the best SELF - IGNORANCE . 45.
Page 48
... existence of some- thing wrong in the soul makes us shrink from self- inspection . Strange though it may seem , the state of mind is by no means an uncommon one in which a man has a latent misgiving that all is not right with his soul ...
... existence of some- thing wrong in the soul makes us shrink from self- inspection . Strange though it may seem , the state of mind is by no means an uncommon one in which a man has a latent misgiving that all is not right with his soul ...
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... existence a man's deeper nature may slumber ; the surface - ripple of the stream of common life may fill the sense and lull the soul to sleep , but to almost every one there come occasions when the smooth current of the life of sense is ...
... existence a man's deeper nature may slumber ; the surface - ripple of the stream of common life may fill the sense and lull the soul to sleep , but to almost every one there come occasions when the smooth current of the life of sense is ...
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Page 229 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Page 143 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death...
Page 102 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 251 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 265 - And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal shall put on immortality...