... dejection, to suppress every repining thought, when the dearest hopes are withered, and to turn the wounded spirit from dangerous reveries and wasting grief, to the quiet discharge of ordinary duties ? Is there no power put forth, when a man, stripped... Discourses - Page 197by William Ellery Channing - 1832 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
| Theology - 1833 - 424 pages
...a religion had not its origin in this world." — 12mo vol. pp. 49, 50. On the passive virtues : " I fear, that the importance of strength in the Christian...indicate to the human spectator only passive virtues." — 12mo vol. pp. 192, 193. On future retribution : " I know, indeed, that this doctrine is sometimes... | |
| Unitarianism - 1833 - 424 pages
...it yields up calmly its desires, affections, interests to God. There are seasons, when to be >iill demands immeasurably higher strength than to act....indicate to the human spectator only passive virtues." — 12mo vol. pp. 192, 193. On future retribution : " I know, indeed, that this doctrine is sometimes... | |
| Liberalism (Religion) - 1833 - 422 pages
...suppress every repining thought, when the dearest hopes are withered, 64 Dr. Channing's Writings. [March, and to turn the wounded spirit from dangerous reveries...indicate to the human spectator only passive virtues." — 12mo vol. pp. 192, 193. On future retribution : " I know, indeed, that this doctrine is sometimes... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Antislavery movements - 1841 - 418 pages
...Is there no power put forth, when a man, stripped of his property, of the fruits of a life's labor, quells discontent and gloomy forebodings, and serenely...of this discourse is in every view interesting. To me it goes further than all others to explain the present state. If moral strength, if inward power... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1843 - 424 pages
...Is there no power put forth, when a man, stripped of his property, of the fruits of a life's labor, quells discontent and gloomy forebodings, and serenely...human energy under a form and countenance, which by tneir composure and tranquillity indicate to the human spectator only passive virtues. The doctrine... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1843 - 420 pages
...Is there no power put forth, when a man, stripped of his property, of the fruits of a life's labor, quells discontent and gloomy forebodings, and serenely...human energy under a form and countenance, which by tneir composure and tranquillity indicate to the human spectator only passive virtues. The doctrine... | |
| William Ellery Channing - 1849 - 422 pages
...Is there no power put forth, when a man, stripped of his property, of the fruits of a life's labor, quells discontent and gloomy forebodings, and serenely...human energy under a form and countenance, which by tneir composure and tranquillity indicate to the human spectator only passive virtues. The doctrine... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1854 - 822 pages
...Is there no power put forth, when a man, stripped of his property, of the fruits of a life's labor, quells discontent and gloomy forebodings, and serenely...of this discourse is in every view interesting. To me it goes further than all others to explain the present state. If moral strength, if inward power... | |
| George Sumner Weaver, G. S. (George Sumner) Weaver - History - 1854 - 252 pages
...Is there no power put forth when a man, stripped of his property, of the fruits of a life's labor, quells discontent and gloomy forebodings, and serenely...patiently returns to the tasks which Providence assigns 1 I doubt not that the all-seeing eye of God sometimes discerns the subllmest human energy under a... | |
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