Three Counsels Of The Divine Master For The Conduct Of The Spiritual Life Second Edition

Author : Edward Meyrick Goulburn
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484215169
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Three Counsels of the Divine Master for the Conduct of the Spiritual Life, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Meyrick Goulburn and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-20 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Three Counsels of the Divine Master for the Conduct of the Spiritual Life, Vol. 2 of 2 Christian must not only refrain from vice, but must cultivate virtue, 43 - The tongue must utter good words, and not merely abstain from evil words, 43, 44 - Words may be a vehicle of grace, 44 Life as well as death in the power of the tongue, 4 5 Redeem ing the time, literally means buying up the opportunity, 46 The Christian to be ready to give to each man a reason of his h0pe, 47 - By the grace of the Holy Spirit he must be able so to discern character that he may meet individual needs, 48 - The captive maid in Naaman's house an instance of use of opportunities, 48, 49 - Her sympathy and faith, 50 - The absence of narrowness in her, 51, 52 - No person in too humble a position to be useful in this way, 52 - Sympathy and goodwill necessary, 5 3 - Even the mere expression of genuine sympathy is helpful, 53 - But faith also is needed, 5 3 - Leading others to Christ the highest form of helping them by our words, 53, 54 - We may help them to realise some special side of divine truth, 54 - These opportunities would oftener occur if we watched for them, 54 - Every trivial detail or chance meeting with others is under the control of Divine Providence, 54 - Pray every morning for opportunities of helping others by our words, 5 5. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.