| Charles Butler - Philology - 1817 - 426 pages
...concourse of the people. Its professed object was, to pronounce a solemn national acknowledgment of the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul : Its real end was, to celebrate and confirm the triumph of pure deism over christianity. It had been... | |
| Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de Genlis - 1819 - 286 pages
...great number of gateways, these edifying words in immense letters : " The French People acknowledge the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul." The above was a new decree of the national convention, it had been recently proclaimed, and remained... | |
| Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838 - 516 pages
...proposed the following decree, which was adopted by acclamation: " Art. 1. The French people acknowledges the existence of the Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul. " Art. 2. It acknowledges that the worship most worthy of the Supreme Being is the practice of the... | |
| William Smyth - France - 1840 - 446 pages
...acclamations, that the decrees that followed were proclaimed : ' That the French people acknowledge the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul ; that a fete should be celebrated in honour of the Supreme Being.'" Now I do not say that a fete of... | |
| Alexander Warfield Bradford - America - 1841 - 446 pages
...Of the religion of the Chinese it may be stated without detail, that it appears to have recognized the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul; to have become ultimately degraded into the worship of the sun and celestial bodies, the worship of... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 424 pages
...existence of a Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul; it acknowledges that the most worthy worship of the Supreme Being is the practice of the duties of man ; it reckons among these duties detestation of tyranny and wickedness, thepunishment of tyrants and... | |
| Ezra Champion Seaman - Economic history - 1846 - 674 pages
...disprove any theory or system of philosophy or science, either physical or metaphysical, which recognizes the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. The Scriptures were never intended to teach or explain, the principles of natural science, and cannot... | |
| Alphonse de Lamartine - France - 1848 - 600 pages
...at this end by proposing to you the following decree : — " Art. 1st. The French people recognise the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. " Art. 2nd. They acknowledge that the worship worthy of the Supreme Being is the practice of the duties... | |
| Alphonse de Lamartine - France - 1848 - 598 pages
...under your auspices, and the storm itself will be compelled to respect her. (Applause.) " Art. 1st. The French people recognize the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. " Art. 2nd. They acknowledge that the worship worthy of the Supreme Being is the practice of the duties... | |
| Alphonse De Lamartine - 1848 - 590 pages
...difficult task. We trust to arrive at this end by proposing to you the following decree : — " Art. 1st. The French people recognize the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. " Art. 2nd. They acknowledge that the worship worthy of the Supreme Being is the practice of the duties... | |
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