 ... daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. 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...  Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 16by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1874 - 454 pages
...was too vast, for whose 138 1 inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to injoy him was with them the great end of existence. They...Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze lull on his intolerable brightness, and to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt... | |
 | 1875 - 324 pages
...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...sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. 2. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 506 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 508 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1876 - 452 pages
...Fool's head, and fx on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him was...sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Iustead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1877 - 454 pages
...Fool's head, and fix on the plain leaden ehest which conceals the treasure. inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him was...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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 112 pages
...•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...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 pages
...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...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... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - 1878 - 446 pages
...Fool's head, and fix on the plain leaden chest which conceals the treasure. inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him was...through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on his intolerable brightness, aud to commune with him face to face. Hence originated their contempt for... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1878 - 874 pages
...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...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... | |
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