People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of... The Christian Review - Page 4381840Full view - About this book
| 1825 - 570 pages
...visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hymns, might laugh at them ; but those had little reason to laugh who encountered...and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and au immutability of purpose, which some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal... | |
| 1825 - 582 pages
...but their groans and tbeir whining hymns, might laugh at them ; but those had litllc reason to laugli who encountered them in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. Those fanatics brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of... | |
| 1826 - 596 pages
...visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered...coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose wnich some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which were in fact the... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness...some writers have thought inconsistent with their 80 religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 414 pages
...and heard nothing from them but their groans and their hymns, might laugh at them. But those had 75 little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of... | |
| Ethan Smith - 1833 - 422 pages
...hall of debate, or on the field of battle. These fanatics, — falsely so called, — brought to their civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose, which some people thought inconsistent with religion, but which in fact were the fruit of it. The intensity of... | |
| 1836 - 332 pages
...uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh, who encountered...in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment and an immutability of purpose,... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered...in the hall of debate, or in the field of battle. 10. The Puritans brought to civil and military affairs, a coolness of judgment, and an immutability... | |
| Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 pages
...visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh, who encountered...religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effect of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil On every other. One... | |
| J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and whining hymns, might laugh at them; but those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the heat of debate, or in the field of battle. These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs, a... | |
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