 | John George Sheppard - 1851 - 72 pagina’s
...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.... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1852 - 310 pagina’s
...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 - 330 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 342 pagina’s
...and the elevation of his fancy; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved. •• The employments of pious meditation are /au'A, thankmiring, reptntance, and ntppKculion. Faith,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 360 pagina’s
...comprehension and elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pagina’s
...and the elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from devotional poetry. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...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 pagina’s
...comprehension and elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...cannot be amplified ; Perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
 | James Montgomery, John Holland - 1854 - 468 pagina’s
...the elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped for by Christians from metrical devotion. Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised...cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved. The employments of pious meditation are faith, thanksgiving, repentance, and supplication. Faith, invariably... | |
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Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted; Infinity cannot be amplified; Perfection cannot be improved. 
