| 1825 - 570 pages
...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,...existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious bornage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional... | |
| 1825 - 582 pages
...the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast. for u hose inspection nothing was too miuutc. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end uf existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted fur... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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,...end of existence. They rejected, with contempt, the ceremorrions:-hd*J m^ge which other sects substituted for ' the pure"fcor>' ship of the soul. Instead... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...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,...them the great end of existence. They rejected with con10 tempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul.... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 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... | |
| Joel Hawes - 1830 - 264 pages
...strikes me with such admiration, as their fervent, devoted piety. They were eminent! j men of God. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They were mighty in prayer. They were trained in the school of affliction, which gave a deep, mellow tone... | |
| Joel Hawes - 1830 - 250 pages
...ministers, strikes me with such admiration, as their fervent, devoted piety. They were eminently men of God. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They were mighty in prayer, They were trained in the school of affliction, which gave a deep, mellow tone... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing is too vast, for whose inspection nothing is too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him,...aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and commune with Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt of earthly distinctions. The difference... | |
| Joel Hawes - 1836 - 206 pages
...ministers, strikes me with such admiration, as their fervent, devoted piety. They were eminently men of God. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They were mighty in prayer. They were trained in the school of affliction, which gave a deep, mellow tone... | |
| John Warner Barber - 1836 - 598 pages
...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 wilh them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt, the ceremonious homage which other... | |
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