 | Voltaire - 1882 - 306 halaman
...delivered to the Clergy in the Diocese of Durham, 1751) he speaks of "the general decay of religion in the nation; which is now observed by every one, and has...some time the complaint of all serious persons." "The influence of it," he adds, "is more and more wearing out of the minds of men, even of those who do... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 428 halaman
...clergy of Durham : — " It is impossible for me, my brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion...some time the complaint of all serious persons. The influence of it is more and more wearing out of the minds of men, even of those who do not pretend... | |
 | James Copner - 1885 - 392 halaman
...however, in a truly lugubrious fashion. "It is impossible," says the bishop, " to forbear lamenting the general decay of religion in this nation, which...some time the complaint of all serious persons. The influence of it is more and more wearing out of the minds of men, even of those who do not pretend... | |
 | Charles John Abbey - 1887 - 426 halaman
...few testimonies from contemporary literature. ' It is impossible,' writes Bishop Butler in 1751, 'to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion...in this nation, which is now observed by every one. ... As different ages have been distinguished by different sorts of particular errors and vices, the... | |
 | George Gresley Perry - 1890 - 634 halaman
...Bishop Butler, in his charge of 1751, commences by "lamenting the general decay of religion in the nation, which is now observed by every one, and has...some time the complaint of all serious persons. The influence of it is more and more wearing out of the minds of men." The bishop very wisely attributed... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1896 - 488 halaman
...zeal for negation. IT is impossible for me, my brethren, upon our • first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion...some time the complaint of all serious persons '. The influence of it is more and more wearing out of the minds of men, even of those who do not pretend... | |
 | William Ewart Gladstone - 1896 - 484 halaman
...religion; zeal for negation. IT is impossible for me, my brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion...some time the complaint of all serious persons '. The influence of it is more and more wearing out of the minds of men, even of those who do not pretend... | |
 | William Macdonald Sinclair - 1896 - 408 halaman
...a melancholy note : "It is impossible for me, my brethren, upon our first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion...some time the complaint of all serious persons. The influence of it is more and more wearing out the minds of men, even of those who do not pretend to... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - 1898 - 518 halaman
...charge delivered to the clergy of the diocese of Durham (1731) the same prelate alludes sorrowfully to " the general decay of religion in this nation, which is now observed by everyone, and has been for some time the complaint of all serious persons. . . . The influence of ,... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 halaman
...melancholy and desponding. It is impossible for Me, My Brethren, upon our first Meeting of this Kind, to forbear lamenting with You the general Decay of Religion...some Time the Complaint of all serious Persons. The Influence of it is not pretend to enter into Speculations upon the Subject : But the number of those... | |
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IT is impossible for me, my brethren, upon our • first meeting of this kind, to forbear lamenting with you the general decay of religion in this nation ; which is now observed by every one, and has been for some time the complaint of all serious persons... 
