 | James Boswell - 1831 - 592 pagina’s
...transport. There is one part of it which I disapprove, and I 'd have him correct it ; which is, that ' he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the kingdom of heaven !' there are many good men whose fear of God predominates over their love. It may discourage. It was... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pagina’s
...transport. There is one part of it which I disapprove, and I 'd have him correct it; which is, that ' he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the kingdom of heaven!' there are many good men whose fear of God predominates over their love. It may discourage. It was rashly... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 426 pagina’s
...men gloomy and unhappy, can scarcely be a true one. Dr. Blair says, in his Sermon on Devotion, " lie who does not feel joy in religion, is far from the...honour, and is not disunited from himself, even in hie communion with God. Reverence of ourselves is, in fact, the highest of all reverences ; for, in... | |
 | James Boswell - 1848 - 442 pagina’s
...transport. There is one part of it which I disapprove, and I 'd have him correct it ; which is, that ' he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the kingdom of heaven ! ' there are many good men whose fear of God predominates ove« their love. It may discourage. It... | |
 | Robert Armitage - 1850 - 562 pagina’s
...transport. There is one part of it which I disapprove, and I'd have him correct it; which is, ' that he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the kingdom of heaven!' There are many good men whose fear of God predominates over their love. It may discourage. It was rashly... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1869 - 392 pagina’s
...be the most deficient. ' ' Religion is the mind's complexion, Governed by birth, not self-election, And the great mass of us adore Just as our fathers...communion with God. Reverence of ourselves is, in ct, the highest of all reverences ; for, in the image of the Deity, we recognise the prototype; and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1874 - 584 pagina’s
...transport. There is one part of it which I disapprove, and I'd have him correct it; which is, that 'he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the kingdom of heaven.' There are many good men whose fear of GOD predominates over their love. It may discourage. It was rashly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 626 pagina’s
...nothing valuable from him." part of it which I disapprove, and I'd have him correct it; which is, that' he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the kingdom of heaven!' There are many good men whose fear of God predominates over their love. It may discourage. It was rashly... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pagina’s
...Joy in religion. 339 part of it which' I disapprove, and I'd have him correct it ; which is, that " he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the kingdom of heaven ! " There are many good men whose fear of GOD predominates over their love. It may discourage. It was... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pagina’s
...Joy in religion. 339 part of it which I disapprove, and I'd have him correct it ; which is, that " he who does not feel joy in religion is far from the kingdom of heaven 1 " There are many good men whose fear of GOD predominates over their love. It may discourage. It was... | |
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His doctrine is the best limited, the best expressed : there is the most warmth without fanaticism, the most rational transport. There is one part of it which I disapprove, and I'd have him correct it ; which is, that ' he who does not feel joy in religion.... 
