 To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship,...  Beginnings of Faith and Science - Page 221by Ezra Morgan Wood - 1903 - 221 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...was not, than what he was. He was not of the church of Rome ; he was not of the church of England *. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards arc diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...he was not than what he was. He was not of the Church of Rome; he was not of the Church of England. To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs... | |
 | 1793 - 524 pages
...of gratitude to his Creator! We would recommend to our writer thefe weighty words of JOHNSON: — " To be of no church, is dangerous. Religion, " of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only " by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, un"... | |
 | Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - Philosophy - 1794 - 540 pages
...and open face of day." To be of no church, then, is certainly to be treacherous to one's self : for religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which...degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and by the salutary influence of example.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...was not, than what he was. He was not of the church of Rome ; he was not of the church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs... | |
 | Society for bettering the conditions and increasing the comforts of the poor - 1798 - 714 pages
...their instance" religion, the rewards of which " are distant, and which is animated only by faiih " and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, *' unless it be invigorated and re- impressed by ex" ternal ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and " by the salutary influence... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...he was not than what he was. He was not of the church of Rome ; he was not of the church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which...degrees out of the mind, unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1801 - 368 pages
...opened and explained to them — If even in their inftance, religion,, the rewards of which are diftant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and reimprefled by external ordinances, by ftated calls to worfhip, and by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...was not, than what he was. He was not of the Church of Rome ; he was not of the Church of England. To be of no Church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlcfs... | |
 | Great Britain - 1803 - 926 pages
...for Oftober, page 791. " To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the reward is diftant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and re-imprefled by external ordinances, by ftated calls to worihip, and by... | |
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