 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...  Young Folks' History of America - Page 45edited by - 1881 - 535 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with con10 tempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted...brightness, and to commune with him face to face. 15 Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. The difference between the greatest... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 pages
...nothing is too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage...aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and commune with Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt of earthly distinctions. The difference... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1836 - 598 pages
...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 sects substituted for the homage of the soul On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt:... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. 2. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage...originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. 3. The difference between the greatest and meanest of mankind seemed to vanish, when compared with... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1839 - 674 pages
...was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the 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... | |
 | 1866 - 580 pages
...was too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on His intolerable brightness, and to commune with Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 372 pages
...was too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage...Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt of earthly distinctions. The difference between the greatest and meanest of manC kind seemed to vanish,... | |
 | Robert Baird - 1844 - 390 pages
...was too minute. To know Him, to serve Him, to enjoy Him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage...Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt of earthly distinctions. The difference between the greatest and meanest of mankind seemed to vanish,... | |
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