self-abnegation
Example Sentences
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Self-abnegation can not be discerned so long as we want to live.
From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert
I knelt before the holy martyred form, The perfect Victim given in perfect love, The highest symbol of the highest Power, Self-abnegation perfected in God!
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Self-abnegation was, during the war, a word of meaning intense and real.
From Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War by Beers, Fannie A.
Self-abnegation, by which we lay down all for Truth, or Christ, in our warfare against error, is a rule in Christian Science.
From Pulpit and Press by Eddy, Mary Baker
Self-abnegation, patience, power alike to wait and to do,—these are the price they are called to pay.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring
