 The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event...  The Christian Parlor Magazine - Página 2691855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 páginas
...content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, 6 they habitually -ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, fw whose inspection nothing was too minute. To kn6w Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 páginas
...inspection nothing was too minute. To kn6w Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the <ireat dnd of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious...homage which other sects substituted for the pure 5 worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veUl,... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 552 páginas
...to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremontous homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasion»! glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1845 - 348 páginas
...provisions, and suitable dwellings, and during the winter one haif of their number perished. cribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose...enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. 2. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship... | |
 | Nathan Marcus Adler - 1845 - 696 páginas
...Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the great Being, for whose...nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of their existence... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...Not con'ent with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed ecessary to the condncting of public business, might...find seals. Should this inconvenience ever be fell, obscnring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face... | |
 | 1847 - 462 páginas
...Not content with acknowledging in general terms an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose...ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the homage of the soul. On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt... | |
 | James William Massie - 1847 - 228 páginas
...Not content with acknowledging in general terms an over* ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose in. spection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was, with them, the great... | |
 | 384 páginas
...were not content to acknowledge an overruling Providence ; but they habitually ascribed everything to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, and for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know, serve, and enjoy him w«s the great end of... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1848 - 346 páginas
...Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an over-ruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose...enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. Hence " originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The " difference between the greatest... | |
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