 | World alliance of reformed Churches - 1880 - 1218 頁
...little lower than the angels, man in all his greatness, and on earth — there is nothing great but man — man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever. It is also the will and active power of God that makes the world go round. It is God's eternal decree... | |
 | 1881 - 122 頁
...worship here With harmonies too fine for mortal ear. WILLIAM CUIJ.EN BRYANT. THE CHIEF END OF MAN. What is the chief end of man? Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. Extent of Obligation. — No better statement could be given of the obligation under which we rest,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1881 - 846 頁
...a book.' " I said to her, 'Aunt, I suppose you can repeat the Catechism now.' She began at once : " What is the chief end of man ? Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. years »go she had recited them to lier parents; and more than seventy years ago... | |
 | Epher Whitaker - 1881 - 380 頁
...on the other side of the sea, were writing the catechism whose first statement is this, namely : " Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." They doubtless wished to serve Him in peace and quietness, free from the contentions, oppressions and... | |
 | S. G. Lathrop - 1881 - 424 頁
...evening, was on her way to a brilliant assembly; when suddenly there darted into her soul these words, "Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever," which she had committed to memory years before in learning the Westminster Shorter Catechism. From... | |
 | Alexander Whyte - 1883 - 250 頁
...principal intention is to teach " what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man." Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever, and the Scriptures principally teach him how he is to do so. There are incidental, occasional,... | |
 | Portland Oregon, public sch - 1883 - 376 頁
...of mankind should be the grand ambition of every human being. The Westminister divines were right : "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever." But, I should add, it is also his chief end to serve his age and generation. Only the useful are truly... | |
 | John Thain Davidson - 1884 - 304 頁
...sentence in the catechism which I learned when a child, and the fuller and deeper its meaning becomes, ' What is the chief end of man ? — Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.' " The late Vice-President of the United States (who was a sincere Christian of .the old-fashioned... | |
 | Charles James Whitmore - 1884 - 140 頁
...therefore, we may rightly end our search with the first question and answer of the grand old Catechism, "What is the chief end of man?" "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever ! " Believing this, striving to carry it into effect, we may look up to our Father in heaven... | |
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What is the chief end of man? Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. 
