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"The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act."
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"Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work."
Work
"The Popish theory, which assumes that Christ, the Apostles and believers, constituted the Church while our Saviour was on earth, and this organization was designed to be perpetual."
Church
"So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy."
People
"That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact."
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"There can, therefore, be no doubt that Presbyterians do carry out the principle that Church power vests in the Church itself, and that the people have a right to a substantive part in its discipline and government."
Government
"The right of the people to a substantive part in the government of the Church is recognized and sanctioned by the apostles in almost every conceivable way."
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"Ruling elders are declared to be the representatives of the people."
People
"The functions of these elders, therefore, determine the power of the people; for a representative is one chosen by others to do in their name what they are entitled to do in their own persons; or rather to exercise the powers which radically inhere in those for whom they act."
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"The ultimate ground of faith and knowledge is confidence in God."
Faith
"If all Church power vests in the clergy, then the people are practically bound to passive obedience in all matters of faith and practice; for all right of private judgment is then denied."
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"You have immense strength for every good work."
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"I am the creator of my destiny."
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"The fire is a flame."
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Personal Development
"When push to the wall. You have to develop strategies to scale over the wall."
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Personal Development
"Three things will make you more powerful: the power of your non-judgmental love, your ability to forgive the unforgivable, and a heart that cares."
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Personal Development
"They have influence, but no power." "In my experience, influence is power."
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"Positive life, positive action."
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"Seen like that, he was just a shadow; darkness, a nothingness, before real power. The men of this world, epics included, would pass from time. I might be a worm to him, but he was a worm himself in the grand scheme of the universe."
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"Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something."
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"As a human being, we have unlimited power and unlimited abilities, we just have to look for it."
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