| William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved. "The employments of pious meditation are Faith, Thanksgiving. Repentance, and Supplication. Faith,... | |
| John George Sheppard - 1851 - 72 pages
...devotion. Whatever is great, de" firable, or tremendous, is comprifed in the name of the Su" preme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; infinity "...cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. Of " fentiments purely religious it will be found that the moft " fimple expreflion is the moft fublime.... | |
| John Wilson - 1852 - 336 pages
...human nature ?lory t0 the "Paradise Lost?" "Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...Infinity cannot be amplified — Perfection cannot te improved." Should not this go to prohibit all speech — all discourse — all sermons concerning... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 330 pages
...must always be more, Johnson begs the whole question ; and if this be granted, all is lost ; for truly Omnipotence cannot be exalted, Infinity cannot be amplified, Perfection cannot be improved. Reply, however, that religious poesy seeks not to heighten the Divine, but to raise our minds to the... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 310 pages
...must always be more, Johnson begs the whole question; and if this be granted, all is lost; for truly Omnipotence cannot be exalted, Infinity cannot be amplified, Perfection cannot be improved. Reply, however, that religious poesy seeks not to heighten the Divine, but to raise our minds to the... | |
| William Cooper Scott - 1853 - 338 pages
...themes of devout meditation and motives to adoring praise. Again, it is stated to the same effect, " Omnipotence cannot be exalted. Infinity cannot be amplified. Perfection cannot be improved." Very true. But may not our ideas of Omnipotence be exalted ? May not our conceptions of infinity be... | |
| C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer. Omnipotence cannot be exalted, infinity cannot be amplified, perfection cannot be improved. THE LITTLE PET PLANT. A florist a sweet little blossom espied, Which li) i ii it n'd by its ancestors,... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...hoped by Christians from devotional poetry. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified, perfection cannot be improved. Of sentiments purely religious, it will be found that the most simple expression ia the most sublime.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 pages
...hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
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