 To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship,...  The lives of the most eminent English poets - Seite 142von Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson - 1864 - 460 Seiten
...to condemn than what to approve. He has not associated himself with any denomination of Protestants: we know rather what he was not than what he was. He was not of the Church of Home, he was not of the Church of England. To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the... | |
 | Matthew Forster Conolly - 1866 - 518 Seiten
...that of these very few would, by compulsion, be made to unite themselves with tho Establishment. " To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hoj>e, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | 1869 - 1208 Seiten
...man. Dr. Johnson says of him, " He bas not associated himself with any denomination of Protestants ; we know rather what he was not than what he was. He was not of the Church of Borne, he was not of the Church of England Milton, who appears to have had a full conviction of the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...Librarian, 1604. tentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. Life of Addhon. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | Select thoughts, Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1875 - 858 Seiten
...And dates her letters from thy face, When she doth write. — G. Herbert. CHURCH,— Belonging to no To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and Which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1878 - 504 Seiten
...condemn, than what to approve. He has not associated himself with any denomination of Protestants ; we know rather what he was not, than what he was....church, is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 Seiten
...England hath a Popish liturgy, a Calvin' istic creed, and an Arminian clergy. — Ascribed to PITT. — To be of no CHURCH is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1878 - 896 Seiten
...Librarian, 1604. tentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. Life of Addison. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
 | Great thoughts - 1882 - 742 Seiten
...And dates her letters from thy face, When she doth write.— -G. Herbert. CHURCH.- -Belonging to no To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are dutant, and which is animated only by faith and Impe, will glide by degrees out of the mind. unless... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 Seiten
...elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. Life of Addiion. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unless... | |
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