Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling 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,... Macaulay's Essays on Milton and Addison - Page 90by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1899 - 266 pagesFull view - About this book
| Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...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...soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune... | |
| 1825 - 570 pages
...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...existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious bornage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional... | |
| Baptists - 1825 - 582 pages
...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... | |
| Presbyterianism - 1826 - 596 pages
...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...soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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...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... | |
| Ant The - 1827 - 366 pages
...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...soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...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 rejected with con10 tempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul.... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, was with them the great end of existence. They...soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune... | |
| Joel Hawes - Church history - 1830 - 250 pages
...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... | |
| Joel Hawes - Church history - 1830 - 264 pages
...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... | |
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