 We could not see him want without pain, but we can see him sin without emotion. We could not hear of a beggar perishing at our door without horror; but we can, without concern, witness an acquaintance dying without repentance. Is it not strange that we...  Practical Piety - Page 41by Hannah More - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Religion - 1812 - 954 pages
...to sin, rather than want of benevolence to man* kind, that makes us naturally pity their teni, oral and be careless of their spiritual wants ; but does...insensibility/ proceed from the want of love to God • " As it it the habitual frame, and predo nating disposition, which are I be true i sure of virtue, incidental... | |
 | English literature - 1811 - 572 pages
...but we do not bear with his faults. We may promote his fortune, but we do not forgive his offences ; above all, we are not anxious for his immortal interests....insensibility proceed from the want of love to God?" By the perusal of this and the forgoing chapters, we are impressed with a conviction that, after education... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...to sin, rather than want of benevolence to mankind, that makes us naturally pity their tern poral^ and be careless of their spiritual wants ; but does...insensibility proceed from the want of love to God ? All virtues, it cannot be too often repeated, are sanctified or unhallowed according to the principle... | |
 | Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...; above all, we are not anxious for his immortal interests. We could not see him want without pair, but we can see him sin without emotion. We could not...insensibility, proceed from the want of love to God ? All virtues, it cannot be too often repeated, .are sanctified or unhallowed according to the principle... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 408 pages
...but we do not bear with his faults. We may promote his fortune, but we do not forgive his offences ; above all, we are not anxious for his immortal interests....insensibility proceed from the want of love to God 1 MISS H. MORE. THE HAPPY EFFECTS OF GENERAL PIETY. IT is an observation, very frequently made, that... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Classical poetry - 1827 - 402 pages
...but we do not bear with his faults. We may promote his fortune, but we do not forgive his offences ; above all, we are not anxious for his immortal interests....insensibility proceed from the want of love to God ? MISS H. MORE. VOL. I. HAPPY EFFECTS OF GENERAL PIETY. IT is an observation, very frequently made,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 412 pages
...but we do not bear with his faults. We may promote his fortune, but we do not forgive his offences ; above all, we are not anxious for his immortal interests....insensibility proceed from the want of love to God ? MISS H. MORE. THE HAPPY EFFECTS OF GENERAL PIETY. IT is an observation, very frequently made, that... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Classical poetry - 1827 - 404 pages
...but we do not bear with his faults. We may promote his fortune, but we do not forgive his offences ; above all, we are not anxious for his immortal interests....insensibility proceed from the want of love to God 1 MISS H. MORE. HAPPY EFFECTS OF GENERAL PIETY. IT is an observation, very frequently made, that there... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 494 pages
...but we do not bear with his faults. We may promote his fortune, but we do not forgive his offences ; above all, we are not anxious for his immortal interests....very insensibility proceed from the want of love to Gbd ? MISS H. MORE. THE HAPPY EFFECTS OF GENERAL PIETY. IT is an observation, very frequently made,... | |
 | Hannah More - Bible plays - 1830 - 574 pages
...that makes us naturally pity their temporal and be careless of their spiritual wants ; but does no this very insensibility proceed from the want of love...of the state of the heart ; for who is there, who docs not occasionally do them ? Having made some progress in attaining this disposition, we must not... | |
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