 | Richard Marks - 1823 - 258 pages
...ill done — all that cannot be done with this view, and to this end, is unlawful to be performed. The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. For this he was created ; for this he is permitted to live; and for the neglect of this he will be... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1827 - 502 pages
...Catechism ; and now, the first question and answer occurring to her, "What is the chief end of man ? "— " The chief end of man is, to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever" — she was involuntarily led to muse on the words, and to put to herself the important questions:... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1829 - 320 pages
...have daily exercise and meditation, ere the love of moral esteem has attained the place of ascendency which belongs to it. Nevertheless, the chief end of man is to glorify Clod, and to enjoy him for ever. This is the real destination of every individual .'who is redeemed... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1833 - 512 pages
...have daily exercise and meditation, ere the love of moral esteem has attained the place of ascendency which belongs to it. Nevertheless, the chief end of...is redeemed from among men. This should be the main o!> ject of all his prayers, and all his preparations. It is this which fits him for file company of... | |
 | David Francis Bacon - 1833 - 630 pages
...Catechism ; and now the first question and answer occurring to her, " What is the chief end of man ?" — " The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever" — she was involuntarily led to muse on the words, and to put to herself the important questions:... | |
 | 1830 - 820 pages
...that Saviour whom he has loved in life. Are you, my dear hearers, bearing in mind that the supreme and chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever? Are you living a life of devotion, a life of dependence, a life of cheerful service; thus judging,... | |
 | John Hope Muir - 1838 - 220 pages
...heaven worshipeth Thee." As we fail in this, we fail in our own happiness ; for it is obvious, that " the chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever." None can dare to dispute with him his dominion, or supremacy. Angels are not too proud, or too lofty... | |
 | 1843 - 414 pages
...promote his own glory, on which the welfare and happiness of the whole of his universe depends, and that the chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever ; and this end can only be obtained by beholding the Lord Jesus Christ, contemplating his glorious... | |
 | John Cumming - 1848 - 558 pages
...their earliest infancy. " What is the chief end of man ?" Not, to save himself ; that is not said. " The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever." We are called on to consult the glory of God first, and our salvation next. Yet it is in the pursuit... | |
 | 1849 - 422 pages
...course, and of leading you to aim at a high degree of spirituality and devotedness. THE NOBLE AIM. " THE chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever." This simple and sublime sentiment has been repeated from age to age, its truth admitted by most, and its... | |
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Nevertheless, the chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. 
