...by right worship, right feeling, and right action, to grow in grace ? Do we increasingly feel that " the chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever ?" Is our religion more and more accurately the balance-wheel in the machinery of life, the regulating...

...previous chapters, at the conclusion of each of which we could in all sincerity write the words, ' The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.' CHAPTER XIV. On J-ustice. S.iro\it &rif ro/i-fi KaXbv fweori. ~ SOPH. Antig. 370. IF a distinct Sentiment...

...previous chapters, at the conclusion of each of which we could in all sincerity write the words, ' The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.' CHAPTER XIV. On Justice. &iro\cs Srtf TO /«j Ka\bv £we<rr(. — SOPH. Antig. 370. IF a distinct Sentiment...

...dividend ? They have not been taught in that Mammon - catechism which contains their real faith, that the ' chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.' It has never occurred to their minds that it is a very possible, and a very common thing, to be sinfully...

...much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.' COWPER'S Task, vi. 88-97. It is evident that, if ' the chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever,' then wisdom in the highest sense is simply another name for religion ; and indeed that, looking at...

...loved that first question and answer in the Assembly's Catechism, "What is the chief end of man ? * The chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever." Not to enjoy yourself for ever, not even to enjoy the harps of gold and the angelic society, and the...

...an obvious truth, one of those mere platitudes which mean so little. 'What is the chief end of man? The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.' But with what beautiful simplicity ; what admirable pertinence ; what practical judgment does the other...

...Catechism is, " What is the chief end of man ?" and the children are beautifully taught to answer, " The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever." Reader, pray God to deliver you from the power of Satan. Pray for light. Ask the great God Who caused...

...were you not ? Ph. Yes, I was. Mrs. H. Repeat it, will you ? Ph. " What is the chief end of man ? — The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever." That is right, isn't it ? Mrs. H. I think it is ; but will you explain it to Elsie ; I am sure she...

...against it ; lie arms against it the sinner's own conscience, and menaces it with righteous punishment. " The chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever." So says a half -forgotten catechism, which in this taught better than it knew. This is what...