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think least highly. The conceited man has only one ardentadmirer --that is himself. The world knows most men better thanmen know themselves, and at this point "this wise world ismainly right." A true self-knowledge reveals our faults to us,and gives us a true view of ourselves. It lets the light in upon ournarrow prejudices, and makes us ashamed of them. It disclosesthe insufficient grounds of many of our judgments, and unearthsthe subtle processes of our self-deception. It lays bare theoperation of motives, and shows how often conscience itself ismade a convenience. Self-knowledge humbles a man. Thosewho think themselves complete beyond other men commonlystand alone in that opinion. They think themselves completeonly because, while they keenly perceive others' faults, they areblind to their own.In this view lies almost the only excuse which can be given forthe man of inordinate self-conceit. It implies intellectualweakness, an incapacity for keen discernment, an inability tostudy successfully one's self and others. It may be a mental quiteas much as a moral fault, though it is usually both. In both viewsit is a quality whose development is to be dreaded and checkedwith the utmost promptness and sternness. No trait of characterconveys a more unfavorable impression; none so quickly excitesdisgust; none provokes such constant and universal ridicule. Theancient proverb expresses the world's verdict on this point:"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hopeof a fool than of him."Conceit is a mark of smallness of soul. It is a phase ofselfishness. Conceit is essential littleness. It means smallthoughts of the world and of other men; low ideals of characterand attainment; weak and narrow conceptions of duty. It is themark of a self-centered life; and the life which makes self thecenter is as much smaller than the true life as the idea whichmade our earth the center of the universe was beneath the trueconception of the solar system. "Conceit, in weakest bodiesstrongest works," said Shakespeare. The men who have beenservants of humanity-- the great reformers and philanthropists--have been freest from conceit. They were great in humility; forhumility, rightly understood, is essential greatness. Humility isthe quality which leads men to serve others; conceit, the qualitywhich leads them to serve themselves.Traced to its deepest root, therefore, conceit is a fruit offundamentally defective character. It implies a lack ofappreciation of God's greatness, before which every thoughtfulmind should stand with reverence and humility, and the proofsof which in the world, in man, and in history, might wellimpress every person with his own feebleness andinsignificance. It implies a want of generous sympathy andkindly appreciation of others. It gives rise to cynicism andmisanthropy. The conceited man helps nobody, unless he does it
in order that he may thereby indirectly help himself. He is asintolerant of other men's faults as he is tolerant of his own.Like all other qualities, conceit grows by indulgence. It is assubtle as counterfeit virtue, with which it has close affinity. It isas mischievous as self-deception, of whose essence it partakes.The analysis of this trait lays bare its inherent meanness, andshows it to belong to a type of life which is unworthy of anynoble, generous, aspiring soul.--Sunday School Times.====================
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eight and ten times, with increasin
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fulfillment of God's plans, but the
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A meeting was held in the Baptist c
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Jordan in the far West, there came
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ignorance and squalor, to comfort a
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of Christ and joint-heir with him o
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yet sit with him in his throne. But
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as Papacy, her ambition, sustained
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hiding and protection of Elector Fr
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Mark the oppression, and injustice,
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ejoicing in tribulations, and that
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POLITICS OF THE SAINTS.A Brother wh
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significant!], when the Son of man
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evening's diversion, a picnic, etc.
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Never speak slightingly of one to a
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Work, dear Christian mothers, with
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more truth, for she saw and deplore
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But they did not exclude me until I
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of interest among the readers upon
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SIN AND SICKNESS, "FAITH CURES," "P
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page 1DO NOT send us Foreign or Can
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indifferent to whatever testimony o
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the lunar time exactly, as the earl
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The bread used by the Lord was unle
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Those who may arrive on Sunday morn
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There is a very general misundersta
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called churches are not so recogniz
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(except in the beginning of the age
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NO. 4.AS BECOMETH WOMENPROFESSING G
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simple a way as you can. Inspire th
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neighbors are generally well again,
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period of Christ's Millennial reign
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worthy of this trial and to the wor
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sacrifice) for divine nature, it me
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torture, the case would be differen
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obedience to his commands, if he wo
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--IN REPLY--There are but two known
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we can get them out in large quanti
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not permitted to know sooner? Your
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I have enlisted in the service of t
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DEAR BRO. PATCHEN:--Your welcome le
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page 1DO NOT send us Foreign or Can
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The number present from abroad was
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Gethsemane and the inestimable valu
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EXTRACTS FROMINTERESTING LETTERS.pa
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E. C. LEIGH.Indianapolis, Ind., May
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people were much displeased with th
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who promise to read. Generally I pr
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The class to receive the prize is n
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of the human will into the will of
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purer tastes, until finally he give
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Brotherly kindness,Temperateness,Ch
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"If these things be in you and abou
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Of all this mass of "Stuff," but tw
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plan is so broad and comprehensive,
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making a "willing sacrifice" of all
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My health is too poor to permit me
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INTERNAL EVIDENCES.Those who will m
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however, in the Greek, in the Sinai
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and a few others seem to have been
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eceive them with thankfulness as th
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writings. Origen, who wrote in the
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As for his historical writings, Mos
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notable--whose claims, if conceded,
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have been taken out, and "The Chris
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disavowal; content with employing i
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things new and old--meat in due sea
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WE SHOULD SAVE OURSELVES."Save your
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We thus rest in Him in the present
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during the "dark ages," the majorit
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submit to it. Increase of knowledge
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well as the time and object of the
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I wish you could be. It quickens me
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Though dim as yet in tint and line,
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communication can reach the whole e
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seen by every living creature of ea
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locates it right here, saying, "At
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No; no, Brother Talmage, it is the
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and perfected men as the rulers, ex
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oldly, and if it is not true, why n
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Scriptures is while they yet hold o
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privations, persecutions and ignomi
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secure all that our hearts desire,
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each servant who desires to stand a
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R1151 : page 7CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE.T
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them, Verily, verily, I say unto yo
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there the opportunity of furnishing
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ut the plowing and seed sowing for
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R1431 : page 1DAWNS IN CLOTH BINDIN
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Hence muscle must and should be ser
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The superiority of mind over muscle
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Christ Jesus, and whose members are
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Presbytery is one of the more notab
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interpreted." This agrees well with
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"Meantime, in the Presbyterian Chur
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Reporter.--"What are the special pa
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and chief divine agent in the work
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y a reporter of the Tribune, expres
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the Confession. Indeed, I find my s
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landlord, and the cultivators tenan
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with the public good. The species a
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"Looking now at the sphere of moral
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DRIVING SHARP BARGAINS.Selfishness
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means I might attain unto THE resur
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Missouri.TOWER TRACT SOCIETY:--I am
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J. H. DONNELON.Kansas.DEAR FRIENDS:
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I enclose an order to the TOWER CO.
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The terms to Colporteurs are as fol
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ought to have the aid which the Dia
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