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... . COMPLETE IN SEVEN VOLUMES . VOL . III . CHRISTIAN MORALS . - MORAL SKETCHES . -REFLECTIONS ON PRAYER . NEW - YORK : PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS , NO . 82 CLIFF - STREET . 18.36 CHRISTIAN MORALS : BY HANNAH MORE . In moral actions.
... . COMPLETE IN SEVEN VOLUMES . VOL . III . CHRISTIAN MORALS . - MORAL SKETCHES . -REFLECTIONS ON PRAYER . NEW - YORK : PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS , NO . 82 CLIFF - STREET . 18.36 CHRISTIAN MORALS : BY HANNAH MORE . In moral actions.
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... prayer . He experiences at once the contradictory feeling of dreading to appear better than he really is , by the high tone of piety in his composi- tions , or of making others worse by lowering that tone in or- der to bring his ...
... prayer . He experiences at once the contradictory feeling of dreading to appear better than he really is , by the high tone of piety in his composi- tions , or of making others worse by lowering that tone in or- der to bring his ...
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... prayer a venial fault , they would call a heartless prayer a sin ; where the one would think all was well if the literal performance had not been neglected , the other would be uneasy under the exterior observance , if he felt that the ...
... prayer a venial fault , they would call a heartless prayer a sin ; where the one would think all was well if the literal performance had not been neglected , the other would be uneasy under the exterior observance , if he felt that the ...
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... prayer , we should more fervently supplicate him in our distresses , and more devoutly adore him for his mercies . The recognition of his sovereignty infers the duty of prayer to him , of implicit trust in him , of unqualified ...
... prayer , we should more fervently supplicate him in our distresses , and more devoutly adore him for his mercies . The recognition of his sovereignty infers the duty of prayer to him , of implicit trust in him , of unqualified ...
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... prayer we are offering , the sacrifices , the trials , the privations it may involve , and the large indefinite obedience to all the known and unknown purposes of Infinite Wisdom to which we are pledging ourselves . There is no case in ...
... prayer we are offering , the sacrifices , the trials , the privations it may involve , and the large indefinite obedience to all the known and unknown purposes of Infinite Wisdom to which we are pledging ourselves . There is no case in ...
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