... 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 rejected with contempt the ceremonious... Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - Seite 259von Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1832 - 852 Seiten
...end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| 1825 - 570 Seiten
...end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious bornage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| 1825 - 582 Seiten
...uf existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted fur the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence oiiginatcd their contempt fur... | |
| 1826 - 596 Seiten
...end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 Seiten
...with contempt, the ceremorrions:-hd*J m^ge which other sects substituted for ' the pure"fcor>' ship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| Ant The - 1827 - 366 Seiten
...end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 Seiten
...end of existence. They rejected with con10 tempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. 15 Hence originated their contempt... | |
| Isaac Disraeli - 1830 - 592 Seiten
...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... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 Seiten
...end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1848 - 590 Seiten
...end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects' substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and commune with Him face to face. Hence originated their contempt of earthly... | |
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