 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye...  The Ship-dwellers: A Story of a Happy Cruise - Page 135by Albert Bigelow Paine - 1910 - 393 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Brewster - 1830 - 602 pages
...expressive of the sublimity of his thoughts) and addressed them in the language of their own orators, " Men of Athens ! I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious." It has been observed, that this expression will bear a softer sense than our translation implies ; as... | |
 | 1836 - 664 pages
...of those Athenians who fell in the batUcof Marathon," and temples glittering around him, exclaim : " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious!" The temple of the Eumenides was below him, the Parthenon of Minerva facing him above; before him rose... | |
 | United States Anti-masonic Convention, Philadelphia - 1830 - 192 pages
...Amens, were charged with it by the apostle Paul. He said, when he stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are» too superstitious. I found an altar with this inscription, 'To THE UNKNOwN GOD.'" When the light of the gospel spread... | |
 | 1830 - 410 pages
...the very spot at Athens where that great Apostle had stood, when he began that admirable sermon — "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious;" coming from a land so distant, I may call myself called upon, not to philosophise or theorise, but... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 378 pages
...Testimonies, Vol. III. p. 21.) Acts xvii. 22. ' Then Paul stood in the midst of Marshill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious ; for, as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I f mind an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNO... | |
 | David Booth - 1831 - 408 pages
...St. Paul's famous address to the Athenians contains a notable example of this pronominal inversion: " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To THE UNKNOWN... | |
 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 542 pages
...SERMON XI. St. Paul at Athens. ACTS xvii. 22,23. Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To THE I'NKNOH'N... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 pages
...excite curiosity respecting the discoveries he was about to make, than this opening address of Paul : " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious ; for as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the unknown... | |
 | Samuel Wood (B.A.) - 1832 - 244 pages
...than either telling or hearing some new thing.) Then Paul stood in the midst of Areopagus, and said, " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are more given to the worship of demons f than others are. For as I passed by, and beheld your sacred things,... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1833 - 302 pages
...righteousness and universality it was now his duty to announce. Unappalled and collected he began, ' Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious (very religious.) For as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,... | |
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