The life of the soul in the worldSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1881 - 369 páginas |
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... passion and impulse . People's standards of right and wrong may differ , but each can see a rule of life higher than his present practice — something that he knows would be possible for him ; something that he could be ; something that ...
... passion and impulse . People's standards of right and wrong may differ , but each can see a rule of life higher than his present practice — something that he knows would be possible for him ; something that he could be ; something that ...
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... passions , all culminating in that best of all , love . Where did he learn to love ? Who taught the mother to bend over her babe with deep , yearning delight ? Who taught the joyfulness of self - sacrificing love ? Whence comes the ...
... passions , all culminating in that best of all , love . Where did he learn to love ? Who taught the mother to bend over her babe with deep , yearning delight ? Who taught the joyfulness of self - sacrificing love ? Whence comes the ...
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... passions are leading him to sin against God . Our Lord puts it very plainly : " If any man will come after Me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross daily , and follow Me . " He makes no exceptions ; He demands self- denial ...
... passions are leading him to sin against God . Our Lord puts it very plainly : " If any man will come after Me , let him deny himself , and take up his cross daily , and follow Me . " He makes no exceptions ; He demands self- denial ...
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... passions is not only degraded , but he is miserable . * The volup- tuary is always melancholy . Sensuality has a ... Passion ; let us remember that the " members of Christ ” are defiled by sins of the body . We are horrified when we ...
... passions is not only degraded , but he is miserable . * The volup- tuary is always melancholy . Sensuality has a ... Passion ; let us remember that the " members of Christ ” are defiled by sins of the body . We are horrified when we ...
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... passions . Our Lord has said , " Take My yoke upon you , and ye shall find rest ; for My yoke is easy , and My burden is light . " There are four principal aids to enable the soul to keep the body in due subjection . First , prayer ...
... passions . Our Lord has said , " Take My yoke upon you , and ye shall find rest ; for My yoke is easy , and My burden is light . " There are four principal aids to enable the soul to keep the body in due subjection . First , prayer ...
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Página 277 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 58 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep his commandments ; for this is the whole duty of man : for God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Página 218 - I do not ask my cross to understand, My way to see ; Better in darkness just to feel thy hand, And follow thee.
Página 90 - I DO not ask, O Lord, that life may be A pleasant road ; I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me Aught of its load ; I do not ask that flowers should always spring Beneath my feet ; I know too well the poison and the sting Of things too sweet. For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, I plead, Lead me aright — Though strength should falter, and though heart should bleed — Through Peace to Light.
Página 208 - Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live, and lie reclined On the hills like gods together, careless of mankind. 155 For they lie beside their nectar, and the bolts are hurled Far below them in the valleys, and the clouds are lightly curled Round their golden houses, girdled with the gleaming world...
Página 26 - For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Página 164 - The King's daughter is all glorious within ; her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Página 221 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 368 - Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear ; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house ; so shall the King greatly desire thy beauty : for He is thy Lord ; and worship thou Him.
Página 126 - Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me.