 | S. G. Lathrop - Christian life - 1881 - 424 pages
...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 - Presbyterian Church - 1883 - 250 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles James Whitmore - Religion and science - 1884 - 140 pages
...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... | |
 | John Thain Davidson - Conduct of life - 1884 - 304 pages
...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... | |
 | George Douglas Campbell Duke of Argyll - Cosmology - 1884 - 732 pages
...the chief end of Man ? " The answer is perhaps one of the noblest in the whole compass of Theology. " Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." t Given certain further beliefs as to the character of the Divine Being, and the methods of His government,... | |
 | Walter Baxendale - Anecdotes - 1888 - 708 pages
...the Catechism, which I learned when a child, and fuller and deeper its meaning becomes, " What гг the chief end of man ! — Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever." — Carlyle. 1429. CULTURE, First efforts of. Hogg taught himself to write by copying the... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - Presbyterian Church - 1888 - 246 pages
...human conduct, as the first and greatest of all human thoughts, those ennobling and inspiring words, "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever." There were no preliminaries nor exceptions; ambition, life, hope, duty, all centred here. Broad enough... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Child psychology - 1890 - 814 pages
...the definitions of the Catechism. The statement is the argument. For instance, take the following: "What is the chief end of man? Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever." This definition is so obviously accurate, and is so thoroughly corroborated by all our moral instincts,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - Kindergarten - 1890 - 816 pages
...the definitions of the Catechism. The statement is the argument. For instance, take the following: " What is the chief end of man? Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever." This definition is so obviously accurate, and is so thoroughly corroborated by all our moral instincts,... | |
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What is the chief end of man? Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever. 
