 | 1825 - 712 pages
...Let us hear how nature spoke, by the pen of Adam Smith : " Man, when about to appear before a Being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence...or in the imperfect propriety of his own conduct. Repentance, sorrow, humiliation, совtrition at the thought of his past conduct, seem, upon this... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1830 - 690 pages
...imperfection of human virtue can ever seem to be of reward. Man, when about to appear before a Being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence...conduct. In the presence of his fellow-creatures, he may even justly elevate himself, and may often have reason to think highly of his own character and conduct,... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1830 - 690 pages
...imperfection of human virtue can ever seem to be of reward. Man, when about to appear before a Being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence...or in the imperfect propriety of his own conduct. If the presence of his fellow-creatures, he may even justly elevate himself, and may often have reason... | |
 | Edward Payson - Congregational churches - 1828 - 516 pages
...readily excuse me for quoting them. " Man," says this writer, " when about to appear before a being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence...or in the imperfect propriety of his own conduct. To such a being, he can scarce imagine, that his littleness and weakness should ever seem to be the... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1830 - 684 pages
...imperfection of human virtue can ever seem to be of reward. ' Man, when about to appear before a Being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence in his own merit, or in the imperfect propriety qf his own conduct. If the presence of his fellow-creatures, he may even justly elevate himself, and... | |
 | 1833 - 578 pages
...imperfection of human virtue can ever seem to be of reward. Man, when about to appear before a Being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence...the presence of his fellow-creatures, he may often justly elevate himself, and may often have reason to think highly of his own character and conduct,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1833 - 690 pages
...imperfection of human virtue can ever seem to be of reward. Man, when about to appear before a Being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence...the presence of his fellow-creatures, he may often justly elevate himself, and may often have reason to think highly of his own character and conduct,... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Human beings - 1834 - 360 pages
...virtue can ever seem to be of reward. Man when about to appear belore a Being of infinite perfeciion, can feel but little confidence in his own merit, or...propriety of his own conduct. In the presence of his fellow creatures he may often justly elevate himself, and may often have reason to think highly of... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1836 - 434 pages
...imperfection of human virtue can ever seem to be of reward. Man, when about to appear before a Being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence...the presence of his fellow-creatures he may often justly elevate himself, and may often have reason to think highly of his own character and conduct,... | |
 | 1836 - 422 pages
...kind, that I shall give them to you in his own words : — " Man, when about to appear before a Being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence...conduct. In the presence of his fellow-creatures, he may even justly elevate himself, and may often have reason to think highly of his own character and conduct,... | |
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Man, when about to appear before a being of infinite perfection, can feel but little confidence in his own merit, or in the imperfect propriety of his own conduct. In the presence of his... 
