Uncle Barnaby: Or, Recollections of His Character and Opinions1799 - 356 pages |
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... thought we entertain both creates and draws conditions that crystallize about it, conditions exactly the same in nature as is the thought that gives them form. Thoughts are forces, and each creates of its kind, whether we realize it or ...
... thought we entertain both creates and draws conditions that crystallize about it, conditions exactly the same in nature as is the thought that gives them form. Thoughts are forces, and each creates of its kind, whether we realize it or ...
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... Thought 4 : Even if you are on the right track , it takes acceleration to progress ........ 35 Thought 5 : Help others solve their problems and God will help you solve yours .... 39 Thought 6 : Sacrifice is that which obedience would ...
... Thought 4 : Even if you are on the right track , it takes acceleration to progress ........ 35 Thought 5 : Help others solve their problems and God will help you solve yours .... 39 Thought 6 : Sacrifice is that which obedience would ...
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... thought process, your intelligence, your ability to discern good and not so good, your being always right about stuff—its all so AMAZING. That is the word that comes to my mind all the time. This thought spurred me on to do something ...
... thought process, your intelligence, your ability to discern good and not so good, your being always right about stuff—its all so AMAZING. That is the word that comes to my mind all the time. This thought spurred me on to do something ...
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... thought , and that is the Adductive Power of Thought . Pay attention to this , please , as it is of the highest importance . Avoiding all attempts at a scientific explanation , and keeping away from technical terms , I will state the ...
... thought , and that is the Adductive Power of Thought . Pay attention to this , please , as it is of the highest importance . Avoiding all attempts at a scientific explanation , and keeping away from technical terms , I will state the ...
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... thought is more distinctly and visibly no thought than a false saying is no saying . But it is touching the two great produc- tive classes of the doers and makers , that we have one or two important points to note here . Has the reader ...
... thought is more distinctly and visibly no thought than a false saying is no saying . But it is touching the two great produc- tive classes of the doers and makers , that we have one or two important points to note here . Has the reader ...
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Page 74 - For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; holding forth the word of life...
Page 222 - Through mere good fortune, took a different course. The flock grew calm again, and I, the road Following, that led me to my own abode, Much...
Page 82 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Page 89 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said ; Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 260 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall we see light.
Page 133 - Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 133 - Trust in the Lord, and do good ; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Page 216 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 80 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence.
Page 78 - But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.