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| == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103794" /> ==
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| <p> '''(1):''' (n.) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] degree of firmness, density, or spissitude. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) [[Agreement]] or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency. </p> | | Consistency <ref name="term_75723" /> |
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| | <p> [['I]] shall not attend [[Sabbath]] school any more,' said a young girl to one of her class. 'Why not?' asked her friend. 'Because my mother is going to send me to the dancing school, and [[I]] think it very inconsistent to attend both at the same time.' [[Children]] are sure to reason, if thetr parents do not.' Lead us not into temptation,' let children pray; for are they not often led there? </p> |
| == Charles Spurgeon's Illustration Collection <ref name="term_75720" /> ==
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| <p> Milton excuses [[Oliver]] Cromwell's want of bookish application in his youth thus:'It did not become that hand to wax soft in literary ease which was to be inured to the use of arms and hardened with asperity; that right arm to be softly wrapped up among the birds of Athens, by which thunderbolts were soon afterwards to be hurled among the eagles which emulate the sun.' </p> <p> [[Carnal]] ease and worldly wisdom are not becoming in the soldier of Jesus Christ. He has to wrestle against principalities and powers, and has need of sterner qualities than those which sparkle in the eyes of fashion or adorn the neck of elegance. </p>
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| | | <ref name="term_75723"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-spurgeon-s-illustration-collection/consistency+(2) Consistency from Charles Spurgeon's Illustration Collection]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_103794"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/consistency Consistency from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_75720"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-spurgeon-s-illustration-collection/consistency Consistency from Charles Spurgeon's Illustration Collection]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 13 October 2021
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'I shall not attend Sabbath school any more,' said a young girl to one of her class. 'Why not?' asked her friend. 'Because my mother is going to send me to the dancing school, and I think it very inconsistent to attend both at the same time.' Children are sure to reason, if thetr parents do not.' Lead us not into temptation,' let children pray; for are they not often led there?
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