 | Edwin Hall - 1859 - 136 頁
...SHORTER CATECHISM, WITH ANALYSIS AND PROOFS FROM THE SCRIPTURES. Q. 1. WHAT is the chief end of man ? A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. Chief end. The end for which he was made. That in which he may accomplish the design of his being and... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1862 - 472 頁
...we, by God's grace, be enabled to follow those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises. Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever was his favorite motto. " I remain, reverend and dear sir, respectfully yours, "GEO. H. STUART." Trials.... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1863 - 458 頁
...we, by God's grace, be enabled to follow those who, through faith and patience, inherit the promises. Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever was his favorite motto. " I remain, reverend and dear sir, respectfully yours, " GEO, H. STUABT." Trials.... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1865 - 376 頁
...the Protestant mind of Germany. And the first question and answer of that catechism is well known. "What is the chief end of man?" " Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever." It seems, then, that other persons besides Dr. Ward have thought of glorifying God by and... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly - 1914 - 660 頁
...sin or eternal life at the hand of God. Accordingly, our Churches unite in saying: I. We believe that man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever, and that the first duty of all men is to seek God, to repent of sin, to accept the offer of salvation... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1866 - 490 頁
...about our chief end lately,' said he, ' and I think the first answer in our catechism tells it all ; man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever ; and I think,' he added, c we need not trouble ourselves much about the second part, if we only attend... | |
 | Samuel Gosnell Green - 1871 - 324 頁
...Him too. Some of my readers have perhaps seen that catechism which begins with those grand words, " Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever." Yes, we were made to bring glory to God and to his Son. This will be the joy of heaven. When the trumpet... | |
 | rev Andrew Cameron - 1872 - 780 頁
...peculiar people, zealous of good works." " Fear God and keep his commandments ; for this is the whole of man." " Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever." But here comes the break-down, and if Paul and Zeno had met, as this day Paul and Zeno's... | |
 | Elizabeth Brodie Gordon Duchess of Gordon - 1872 - 440 頁
...anything be better fitted to promote the end of man's creation than the observance of the Sabbath ? ' Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.' Is it not the very purpose of the day, that we may give glory to God, by acknowledging his sovereign... | |
 | 1874 - 736 頁
...his celebrated Institutes, and is sustained by abundant references to scripture on each point. " 1. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. 2. The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only... | |
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What is the chief end of man? Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. 
