 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,...  Conversations at Cambridge - Page 261by Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 299 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...the church of England *. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards arc diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and reimprefled by external ordinances, by ftated calls to worfhip, and the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...the Church of England. To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and reimpreffed by external ordinances, by ftated calls to worfhip, and thefalutary... | |
 | 1793 - 524 pages
...words of JOHNSON: — " To be of no church, is dangerous. Religion, " of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only " by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, un" lefs it be invigorated and re-impreffed by external ordinances, " by ftated calls to worfhip, and... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 540 pages
...and open face of day." To be of no church, then, is certainly to be treacherous to one's self : for religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which...external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and by the salutary influence of example. It is not alone enough to have good qualities ; we must also... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...the church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and reimprefled by external ordinances, by ftated calls to worfhip, and the... | |
 | Society for bettering the conditions and increasing the comforts of the poor - 1798 - 714 pages
...their instance" religion, the rewards of which " are distant, and which is animated only by faiih " and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, *' unless it be invigorated and re- impressed by ex" ternal ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and " by the salutary influence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...was not of the church of Rome ; he was not of the church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which...to worship, and the salutary influence of example. Milton, who appears to have had full conviction of the truth of Christianity, and to have regarded... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1801 - 368 pages
...opened and explained to them — If even in their inftance, religion,, the rewards of which are diftant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and reimprefled by external ordinances, by ftated calls to worfhip, and by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...the Church of England. To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlcfs it be invigorated and reimpreffed by external ordinances, by luted calls to worfhip, and the... | |
 | 1803 - 926 pages
...for Oftober, page 791. " To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the reward is diftant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and re-imprefled by external ordinances, by ftated calls to worihip, and by... | |
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