 | 1834 - 532 pages
...conduct has been well put by Dr. Chalmers, in the work we have already quoted: — "In counterpart to the sweets and satisfactions of virtue, is the essential...recollected and felt wrongness, that we now speak of. * * * * Who can doubt, for example, the unhappiness of the habitual drunkard ? and that, although the... | |
 | 1836 - 288 pages
...justice and truth. There is a triumphant elevation of spirit in magnanimity and honour. In perfeet harmony with this, there is a placid feeling of serenity...and felt wrongness that we now speak of. It is not the painfulness of the compunction felt because of our anger, upon which we at this moment insist;... | |
 | 1839 - 300 pages
...— the duke of virtue, as distinguished from its tittle, is a thing of instant sensation. It may be decomposed into two ingredients, with one of which...and felt wrongness, that we now speak of. It is not the painfulness of the compunction felt because of our anger, upon which we at this moment insist ;... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1839 - 308 pages
...— the duke of virtue, as distinguished from its utile, is a thing of instant sensation. It may be decomposed into two ingredients, with one of which...and felt wrongness, that we now speak of. It is not the painfulness of the compunction felt because of our anger, upon which we at this moment insist ;... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1839 - 600 pages
...within ; and without, he seems as if to breathe in an atmosphere of beauteous transparency—proving how much the nature of man and the nature of virtue...and felt wrongness, that we now speak of. It is not the painfulness of the compunction felt because of our anger, upon which we at this moment insist;... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1840 - 412 pages
...the propensities of animal nature. There is an elate independence of soul, in the consciousness o/ having nothing to hide, and nothing to be ashamed...and felt wrongness that we now speak of. It is not the painfulness of the compunction felt because of our anger, upon which we at this moment insist ;... | |
 | 1846 - 386 pages
...has been well put by Dr. Chalmers, m the work we have already quoted :-— " In counterpart to the sweets and satisfactions of virtue, is the essential...recollected and felt wrongness, that we now speak of. * * * * Who can doubt, for example, the unhappiness of the habitual drunkard ? and that, although the... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...obligation of its rightness, virtue, should of itself be so regaling to the taste of the inner man. In counterpart to these sweets and satisfactions of...which we suffer because of its recollected and felt wronguess, that we now speak of. It is not the painfulness of the compunction felt because of our anger... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1850 - 416 pages
...God, so to have framed our mental economy, that, in addition to the felt obligation of its Tightness, virtue should of itself, be so regaling to the taste...and felt wrongness that we now speak of. It is not the painfulness of the compunction felt because of our anger, upon which we at this moment insist ;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pages
...obligation of its rightness, virtue should of itself be so regaling to the taste of the inner man. In counterpart to these sweets and satisfactions of...and felt wrongness, that we now speak of. It is not the painfulness of the compunction felt because of our anger, upon which we at this moment insist,... | |
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It is conscience which urges to the practice of virtue ; but it serves to enhance the proof of a moral purpose, and therefore of a moral character in God, so to have framed our mental economy, that, in addition to the felt obligation of its rightness,... 
