 | James Davis Knowles - 1846 - 418 sayfa
...by the wayward impulses of enthusiasm. " If obedience to the will of God be necessarv to happiness, and knowledge of his will be necessary to obedience,...and kindred. The struggle, in a heart so strong in iu affections as hers, must have been severe. We have seen that she had calmly weighed the difficulties... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1846 - 304 sayfa
...of this volume. " Every man is more speedily instructed by his own language, than toy any other." " He that voluntarily continues ignorance, is guilty...light-house might justly be imputed the calamities of ship\vreck." " To obscure, upon motives merely political, the light of revelation, is a practice reserved... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - 602 sayfa
...knowledge, or delays it, can be said to love his neighbour as himself. He tha voluntarily continues in ignorance is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance...might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwrecks. Christianity is the lug best perfection of humanity; and as no man is good but as he wishes the good... | |
 | 1846 - 628 sayfa
...of our great English moralist quicken us, as accountable beings : " He that voluntarily continues in ignorance is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance...light-house might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwreck." Let the generous sentiment of Sir P. Sidney encourage us, as philanthropic beings: " Whatever... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1847 - 500 sayfa
...Dublin : Wm. Curry and Co. Edinburgh : WP Kennedy. 1846. " He that voluntarily continues iijtwrancc, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces...Lighthouse, might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwreck. — But to obscure, upon motives merely political, the light of Revelation, is a practice... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 1798 sayfa
...be necessary to happiness, and knowledge of his will be necessary to obedience, I know not how lie s. 1 Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity; and as no man is good but as he wishes the good... | |
 | William John Dawson - 1848 - 1186 sayfa
...or delays it, can be said to love his neighbour as himself. He that voluntarily continues ignorant is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces...might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwrecks. TRUTH has prevailed in many a battle against error though shielded by authority and strengthened by... | |
 | Alexander Duff - 1852 - 92 sayfa
...aphorism of our great English moralist come into full play, viz., " He that voluntarily continues in ignorance is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance...lighthouse might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwreck." What, then, in reference to this all-important subject, are the facts of the case, as engraven... | |
 | David Thomas - 674 sayfa
...knowledge, or delays it, can be said to love his neighbour as himself. He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance...lighthouse, might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwreck. COMMENTARIES. I never could get much information out of the biblical commentators. All of... | |
 | 1858 - 740 sayfa
...to India. We have come to feel the great moral truth, s that he who voluntarily continues ignorant is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces...lighthouse, might justly be imputed the calamities of shipwreck.' The tide which once left the shores of India, bringing wealth and glory to this country,... | |
| |
If obedience to the will of God be necessary to happiness, and knowledge of his will be necessary to obedience, I know not how he that withholds this knowledge, or delays it, can be said to love his, neighbour as himself. He that voluntarily continues... 
