Selections from the World's Devotional Classics, Volume 5Robert Scott, George William Gilmore Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1916 - Devotional literature |
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... pleasure ; moreover , in willing and doing all this with no other wish or aim than the glory and honor of God , the fulfilment of his will because it is his will , and because he deserves to be served and loved . This is the law of love ...
... pleasure ; moreover , in willing and doing all this with no other wish or aim than the glory and honor of God , the fulfilment of his will because it is his will , and because he deserves to be served and loved . This is the law of love ...
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... pleasure of God . And remember , that it is not enough that you should will and do those things which are most pleasing to God ; but , beyond this , you must will and do them , as moved by him , and with the motive of simply pleasing ...
... pleasure of God . And remember , that it is not enough that you should will and do those things which are most pleasing to God ; but , beyond this , you must will and do them , as moved by him , and with the motive of simply pleasing ...
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... pleasures in all things ; and most of all in good and spiritual things ; in these nature delights itself , revelling in them , as it suspects no harm from such food . As soon then as they are presented to us , we gaze longingly upon ...
... pleasures in all things ; and most of all in good and spiritual things ; in these nature delights itself , revelling in them , as it suspects no harm from such food . As soon then as they are presented to us , we gaze longingly upon ...
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... pleasure in the work itself that , losing sight of the divine will , he turns aside and be- comes attached to the satisfaction he experi- ences in doing it , and to the advantage or credit he gains from it . Then , if God himself place ...
... pleasure in the work itself that , losing sight of the divine will , he turns aside and be- comes attached to the satisfaction he experi- ences in doing it , and to the advantage or credit he gains from it . Then , if God himself place ...
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... pleasure and will of God , who delights not at your departure into hell , but at your entrance into his kingdom . The dignity and power of this motive no man can fully comprehend ; a single action- even the least and most insignificant ...
... pleasure and will of God , who delights not at your departure into hell , but at your entrance into his kingdom . The dignity and power of this motive no man can fully comprehend ; a single action- even the least and most insignificant ...
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