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... Macaulay's Essays on Milton and Addison - Página 74por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 211 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Phineas Garrett - 1878 - 874 páginas
...nothing 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... | |
| Manchester Literary Club - 1878 - 310 páginas
...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... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1879 - 784 páginas
...nothing 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...Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity JJirough an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on his intolerable brightness, and to commune... | |
| New reader - 1879 - 392 páginas
...They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted (as they believed) for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on His intolerable 1D brightness, and to commune with Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 640 páginas
...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... | |
| Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County - 1880 - 656 páginas
...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 commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 844 páginas
...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... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 694 páginas
...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...Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity 50 through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune... | |
| Warren Robert Cochrane - 1880 - 940 páginas
...too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was 'with them the great end of human existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage...the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching obscure glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable... | |
| Alexander Blaikie - 1881 - 528 páginas
...too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was to them the great end of human existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage...originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions. They recognized no title to superiority but the divine favor, and, confident of that favor, they despised... | |
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