 Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They...  Religion in America, Or, An Account of the Origin, Progress, Relation to the ... - Page 33by Robert Baird - 1844 - 343 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure...him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest and the meanest of mankind seemed... | |
 | 1825 - 570 pages
...him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious bornage which other sects substituted for the pure worship...him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest and meanest of mankind seemed to... | |
 | Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...uf existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted fur the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence oiiginatcd their contempt fur terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest and meanest... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure...him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest and meanest of mankind seemed to... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...with contempt, the ceremorrions:-hd*J m^ge which other sects substituted for ' the pure"fcor>' ship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses...him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest and meanest of mankind seemed to... | |
 | Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure...him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest and meanest of mankind seemed to... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with con10 tempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure...brightness, and to commune with him face to face. 15 Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Great Britain - 1830 - 592 pages
...from their offensive lubricity and rank obscenity. Yet we are to be told that such vulgar spirits, " instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil," by which the writer indicates the decent services of religion and the accessories of devotion, " aspired... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...To know him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure...him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest and meanest of mankind seemed to... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects' substituted for the pure...aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and commune with Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt of earthly distinctions. The difference... | |
| |
