| 单词 | Supreme Being |
| 例句 | After learning that Musa reads mystery novels to improve his English, Sheri wonders aloud whether the Supreme Being resembles a detective “and we’re like the sinners being investigated.” Review | Distinctive characters energize Mosaic Theater’s ‘Pilgrims Musa & Sheri’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z However, while Kapos is profoundly serious about poetry's powers of transformation, she registers a 21st-century challenge, and, for her, untidy and recalcitrant humans may also enter the poem's heart-room as the Supreme Being. Poem of the week: A Mind of Winter by Martha Kapos 2010-09-20T09:21:00Z He considers himself better than any Supreme Being, including God, because God is so focused on creating multiple kinds of random animals: "I mean, are we not in the hands of a lunatic?" How David Warner stole “Time Bandits” from the thieves 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z He staged huge parades for child martyrs, and festivals for a new state religion that glorified an abstract Supreme Being. The Dangerous Beauty of Jacques-Louis David 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Carriere puts his stamp on the story of Robespierre and David during the French Revolution, during which the former wanted to replace religion with a secular Supreme Being, and demanded that the latter paint it. Comics: Brilliant 'Louvre' graphic novel draws strong story 2011-04-05T19:47:03Z It is possible for men of good character who are over 21 and believe in a Supreme Being to become members. "Into the Light" 2013-06-05T06:35:14Z Toss out the Supreme Being and we’re left with one set of humans striving to dominate another, and justifying themselves with ideology based on nothing but myth. They really want a theocracy: The GOP candidates who want to make you bow to their lord 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z So who were they to question him publicly, especially when he suggested the Supreme Being would want the women to submit to a man of God merely trying to help them through troubled marriages? 'A Twisted Faith': Gregg Olsen's story of betrayal and murder in a Bremerton church 2010-04-12T20:23:00Z Somehow the Supreme Being, confiding and complaining as if bellied up to the bar, sounded a lot like a guy in a Paul Simon song. | Paul Simon: Many Roads to Salvation in Paul Simon?s Latest Show 2011-05-11T07:54:29Z It seeks intercession on their behalf from a Supreme Being, or Chukwu. The Nigerian priest saving Igbo deities from the bonfires 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Within this list were specific "God" terms which consisted of nine explicit references to the Christian God: for example "God," "Lord" and "Supreme Being." Trump uses religious words and references to God at a higher rate than past presidents 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z "As I've said many times, there's a vast difference between the Supreme Court and the Supreme Being," Robertson added. 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson envisions a 'political assassination' on Trump's Supreme Court nominee 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Goodness flows from “a transcendent Supreme Being” through “individual morality” to form “the social order.” William Barr’s State of Emergency 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z “Moral values must be based on authority independent of man’s will. In other words, they must flow from a transcendent Supreme Being,” Mr. Barr said on Wednesday. Barr Criticizes Mainstream Media as ‘Monolithic in Viewpoint’ 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z What she does know, however, is there’s no place for a Supreme Being in consumer contracts. Column: How did God make it into millions of consumer contracts? 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Royall Jenkins, who calls himself “Allah on Earth” and “The Supreme Being,” leads The Value Creators, formerly known as the United Nation of Islam. Federal judge seeks cult leader’s arrest in $8M judgment 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z It took him a few days to reply, because he had no answer for the form’s first question: “Do you believe in a Supreme Being?” Why Are Americans Still Uncomfortable with Atheism? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Taking a break from being Supreme Being Goddess, omniscient, omnipotent, and responsible for all ills. Margaret Atwood faces feminist backlash 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Actually, there was just this one kind of awkward moment—when the Cardinal talked about the infallible, almighty Supreme Being, the President stood up and took a bow. Full Transcript: Paul Ryan’s Remarks at the Al Smith Dinner 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z If Walberg and Bevin want to believe a Supreme Being will intervene in human affairs and solve policy challenges, that’s their right. Republican governor hopes to fight crime with 'prayer patrols' 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z If he wants to believe a Supreme Being will intervene in human affairs, reduce climate pollution, and rescue humanity by ending the crisis, that’s his right. Republican congressman: God can 'take care of' the climate crisis 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Texas bans religious tests as a qualification to hold office, but requires an official to "acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being", according to its Constitution's Article-I Bill of Rights. US election: 10 US election oddities - BBC News 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court is not the supreme branch and it’s certainly not the Supreme Being.” Legally, ‘God’s authority’ is a tough issue 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says that the Supreme Court is “not the Supreme Being,” and that if elected president, he would unilaterally act to ban abortion notwithstanding the court’s decision in Roe vs. Editorials from around New England 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z "The Supreme Court is not the Supreme Being," he said. Republican Party divisions nearly upstage Donald Trump in first 2016 debate 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z RELATED: GOP debaters attack Planned Parenthood Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee talked up nullifying court decisions, saying “the Supreme Court is not the Supreme Being.” Four big takeaways from the first GOP presidential primary debate 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z “They are most certainly not the Supreme Being, from which all law ultimately emanates.” Gay Marriage Case Offers G.O.P. Political Cover 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Mississippi’s Constitution says, “No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this state.” In Seven States, Atheists Push to End Largely Forgotten Ban 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Among the ancient Egyptians the stars were the souls of innumerable divinities emanating from Ammon Ra, the Supreme Being. The Age of Anxiety, 1963 2013-03-03T15:45:00.200Z I demur, fearful of looking directly at the Supreme Being without sunglasses. Senator Rubio Follows the N.F.L. Like a Regular Fan 2012-12-22T02:12:08Z We share, first and foremost, a deep faith in the one Supreme Being. Obama’s Mideast Meltdown 2012-09-17T05:00:00Z They, too, have a hotline to the Supreme Being or as we now call him, the Market. 'In corrupt systems, decent people have two options: conform or be crushed' 2012-06-30T20:00:06Z The idea of a Supreme Being creating information-dense genomes, enticing us to make comparisons and consult mutation rates to trace how species are related, seems like too much work. The Bonobo Genome and Rewinding the Tape of Life 2012-06-14T17:45:03.147Z These so-called devil-worshippers recognise one Supreme Being, but apparently do not offer any prayers directly to Him. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Was it true, he wondered, that departure from the Christian faith, the relinquishing of the idea of accountability to a Supreme Being, lowered a man's moral standard? A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Hence this most sacred temple of the Supreme Being is generally typified by a cone or pyramid, with either a single chapel on its summit, or with three; either with or without steps. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z It is a libel on the Supreme Being to charge him with the authorship of such injustice and cruelty. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z I forget what Bo�to does with his erring couple, but where Mr. Jones's demon resembles Bo�to's, and also Byron's, Satan, is in his monologues addressed directly to the Supreme Being. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z He maintained by his philosophy the dignity of the Supreme Being, and in his manners he exhibited the simplicity of the Gospel. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z The Eye of the Supreme Being is regarded as so piercing as to pervade heaven, earth and hell, and the awful depths of eternity. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z This Supreme Being is alone the Self-existent One, and what are called the properties and modes of inert matter are but the proofs and manifestations of his eternal power and Godhead. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Vishnu, as the Supreme Being, together with Lakshmi, as well as to Krishna and Radha. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z The name of the Supreme Being, in use among the Arabs and the Mohammedans generally. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The name of the Supreme Being is similarly honoured, but has the distinction of being raised three spaces in the page. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z The absurdities of the old religion yielded place to Reason—embodied symbolically for the hour in the person of Mme Momoro—afterwards, more vaguely, in Robespierre's Supreme Being, who really came from Rousseau. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z There is no doubt that such contemplation may lead us to a better knowledge of the Supreme Being, whose image and attributes have been distorted by ignorance and superstition. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z They will maintain, that the narrative is unworthy of the power and majesty of the Supreme Being, who did not stand in need of employing ridiculous and indecent instruments to operate the salvation of mankind. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z But one day another patient arrived, whose idiosyncrasy it was, that he was the Supreme Being. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z But if it seems almost presumption to attempt to paint our Saviour, what shall we say to the introduction of the Supreme Being upon the canvas? From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z But I do insist that the Presbyterians have assumed to appropriate to themselves their Supreme Being, and that they have claimed, and that they do claim, to be the "special objects of his favor." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z If we were at the judgment seat to-night, and the Supreme Being, in our hearing, should ask a man: "Have you been a good man?" and the man replied: "Tolerably good." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Neither can they conceive by what principle of equity the Supreme Being could make the human race responsible for a fault committed by their first parents, without their knowledge and participation. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z There must be a Supreme Being, but Jehovah is not his name, and the Bible is not his word. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z It was also evident that he knew nothing about the religious opinions of Franklin, Voltaire or Paine, or he would have known that they were believers in the existence of a Supreme Being. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z But, after all, you rejoin that the conception of a Supreme Being is merely an abstract idea, of no practical importance, with no bearing upon human life. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Suppose the Supreme Being then should say: "Were you ever baptized?" and the man should reply: "I am sorry to say I never was." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Shin, shin, n. a god, or the gods: the term used by Protestant missionaries in Japan and China for the Supreme Being. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The image was taken from a well-known picture of Raphael, representing the Supreme Being in the Vision of Ezekiel. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-30T03:00:13.383Z In that Supreme Being he put his trust. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z You even speak of "the Presbyterian God!" as if we assumed to appropriate the Supreme Being, claiming to be the special objects of His favor. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Could a solitary person of sense hear that question asked, by the Supreme Being, without laughing, even if he knew that his own case was to be called next? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Above, on the largest scale, is the Supreme Being, holding what seems to be intended for a wheel, one of the ancient symbols of eternity. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z It would certainly be blasphemy to speak of the Supreme Being as "a man approved of God." The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Humanity was his God; the human race was his Supreme Being. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Your mind is so that a belief in the existence of a Supreme Being gives satisfaction and content. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z They believed in one Supreme Being; and also in three goddesses of equal power and wisdom, to be worshipped as well: they likewise worshipped idols. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z The Brotherhood of the Heavens and the Earth frankly declares that it considers itself called on by the Supreme Being to put an end to the frightful contrast between wealth and poverty. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z I never could learn that they worshipped or had any idea of a Supreme Being. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Paulina did not yet know how to address the Supreme Being, and so she only made the sign of the cross. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z Meantime, we do not discredit our mental independence by taking it for granted that the Supreme Being has done all things well. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The Supreme Being governs all things, not as soul of the world, but as Lord of the Universe; and upon account of his dominion, he is stiled the Lord God, Supreme over all. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Their notion of God is so distorted, 534that it is, if possible, still more erroneous than that entertained of the Supreme Being by other idol-worshipping Chinese. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z MOD.—It is true that the Supreme Being is, upon the whole, not much beholden to the Jewish priests for the sketches of character in which he is portrayed in the Bible. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z To the Supreme Being, will and understanding belong in a supreme degree; in him they exist in the most perfect harmony—will is understanding, and understanding will. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z The French nation formally renounced Christianity, denied the existence of the Supreme Being, and so satisfied the hunger of the infidel heart for a time. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z In regard to a Supreme Being he entertained at times Agnostic and even Atheistic opinions. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z The Supreme Being never willed that millions should be held in slavery by a few thousands. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z Satisfied, with good reason, by the method and intuition and the logic wherewith the Supreme Being had so highly favored him, Sabas continued sucking and spitting with dizzying rapidity. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z This terrific wind in which it was impossible for any created thing to exist was the Wrath of the Supreme Being. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z They prove that works emanating from the Supreme Being, are obscure, unintelligible, and need human assistance in order to be understood by those to whom the Divinity wished to reveal his will. Letters To Eugenia Or, A Preservative Against Religious Prejudices 2011-11-24T03:00:47.570Z The clergy parade Lincoln's recognitions of a Supreme Being as a triumphant refutation of the claim that he was an Infidel. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z As far as I can discover, there was an idea of a Supreme Being, whose name was Jeho. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The idea of a Supreme Being is utterly foreign, and cannot be appreciated by the native mind. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z The Supreme Being is full of all powers, and yet you describe Him as formless? Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z I understand that with a na�vet� characteristic of medieval institutions, the Supreme Being Himself is personified on the stage. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z Abraham Lincoln believed in a Supreme Being, but he did not believe in the God of Christians. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z Your prayer to the Supreme Being is a chef-d’œuvre, the ingenious and astonishing blending of which produces the greatest effect. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z The belief in one great Supreme Being is universal. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z I believed in the existence of a Supreme Being, but I did not believe that the great Ruler of the universe thought enough of us insignificant human beings to interest Himself in our affairs. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z The word “god,” on the conversion of the Teutonic races to Christianity, was adopted as the name of the one Supreme Being, the Creator of the universe, and of the Persons of the Trinity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z This latter is important as explanatory of Lincoln's frequent allusions in his Presidential messages and proclamations to the Supreme Being. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z This is of a priori laws, of these laws combined in pure archetypal forms, and of God as the Supreme Being who comprehends all laws and forms. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z What I am about to do is for the regeneration of our holy religion; and if the welfare of that religion is dear to the Supreme Being, our cause must prosper. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z They, it is true, believed in a God, the "First Cause," the "Author of Nature," the "Supreme Being," and in a future life. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z On the 7th of May he persuaded the Convention to decree that the French people acknowledged the existence of a Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Most sincerely did I offer the Supreme Being thanks for having preserved me through my illness. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z He then, because of a superstitious faith in the auspices of the Supreme Being, threw the reins upon the neck of the revolution he afterwards vainly tried to curb. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z And as I was the first to act in direct opposition to the declared will of the Supreme Being, so now I am the first to admit my error.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Creator, the Supreme Being, God.—Creature comforts, material comforts, food, &c.: liquor, esp. whisky. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z On the 8th the festival of the Supreme Being was solemnized, Robespierre acting as pontiff amid the outward deference and secret jeers of his colleagues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z Their religion is the worship of spirits, ancestral and otherwise, accompanied by a vague and undefined belief in a Supreme Being, generally regarded as indifferent to the doings of the people. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z Robespierre identified his "Supreme Being" with nature, of whose ferocities the poor Girondins soon had tragical evidence.* The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z I again bowed in homage to the almighty power of a Supreme Being, who directs the destinies of this world, and who for the future shall also regulate my earthly affairs. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z The belief in one Supreme Being: in the immortality of the soul, and a future state of rewards and punishments. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z You declared that in the French Revolution the French voted out the Supreme Being; there is no record of any such vote. The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle 2011-09-12T02:00:28.837Z Religion as an intelligent and devotional acknowledgment of a Supreme Being, involves a very clear and definite conception concerning the origin of the universe and its continuance. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z It is people of this class—fools—who doubt the existence of even a Supreme Being. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z There is not the slightest doubt that he believed in a Supreme Being of omnipotent power and omniscient watchfulness over the children of men, and that this great Being could be reached by prayer. Abraham Lincoln's Religion 2011-09-03T02:00:20.697Z What name did the Druids give to the Supreme Being? The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Although we must define the Supreme Being as a personality to satisfy our moral consciousness, we must not, we are told, make the same moral consciousness the criterion of the attributes of that personality. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z Enough is it for us to know that there is a God, that there is a Supreme Being, a Creator, a Ruler. Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men 2011-08-15T02:00:27.860Z The nature—if not the name—of the Supreme Being is in truth decisive. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z The Supreme Being writes his gospel not in the Bible alone, but upon the grand old trees, the lowly flowers, the fleeting clouds, and upon the eternal stars. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z I trust nothing which can befall them with respect to the world will wholly overcome their fortitude and confidence in the protection and care of a Supreme Being. Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z For these reasons it is almost inconceivable that the "Supreme Being" should "represent a dead headman," as to dead men of any sort no tribute is paid. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z It is one of Mr. Browning’s noblest and most beautiful utterances on the great questions of the Supreme Being and the ultimate destiny of the soul of man. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Having heard the saying of Voltaire that, if God did not exist, it would be- 80 - necessary to invent him, J. J. Rousseau invented the Supreme Being, the abstract and sterile God of the deists. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z Does any thoughtful person believe for one moment that such hollow service can be grateful to a just and merciful Supreme Being? Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z This power cannot be indicated in an ideal expression, and hence there is no alternative but to leave the one general ideal to the Supreme Being. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Mr. Mann arose and replied that "he had never met one aborigine who had any true belief in a Supreme Being". Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The powerful optimism, the robust confidence and devout faith in the infinite love and wisdom of the Supreme Being, are in each poem emphasized again and again. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z They told me that they had taken these names from the Chinese books, and that they used them to express the Supreme Being and First Cause. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z Like the Mexicans, the Peruvians appear to have acknowledged the existence of a Supreme Being. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z For a moment Mr. Dumphy was actually conscious of a paroxysm of gratitude toward some indefinitely Supreme Being—a God of special providence—special to himself! Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z We have seen that Mr. Howitt came to regard "malevolence" as merely the punitive aspect of the "Supreme Being ". Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Johannes Agricola meditates on the thought of his election or choice by the Supreme Being, who in His eternal counsels has before all worlds predestined him as an object of mercy and salvation. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z “By one arm alone; that of the Creator, the Supreme Being, the Lord.” In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z The attributes of this Supreme Being, through the fostering care of a special cultus, soon developed the rank of deities, each having a strongly marked identity. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z In this comprehensive design he maintains that the ancients had ever preserved the idea of one Supreme Being, distinct from all other gods. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z We are well aware that the Supreme Being must contemplate the world under many other aspects than this;—even man does so. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z This difficulty, however, seems to have been very soon obviated by investing him with the attributes of the Supreme Being, and even in the Purans it is under this character that he is generally represented. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z I cannot comprehend how the Supreme Being, infinite, omnipotent, omnipresent, can assume a human body and live like one of us.” In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z I beseech you, do not suffer your disbelief in the dogmas of the Protestant Church to weaken the belief I hope you entertain of the existence of a Supreme Being. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Thus the existence of the Supreme Being is said to be necessary, because he is the uncaused Cause of all things. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z For the first time in history, so far as we know, the doctrine was proclaimed that the Supreme Being was the God of all mankind. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The existence of a Supreme Being, Whom we must conceive analogically as substance and spirit, is demonstrated by the light of reason in Natural Theology. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z Alcala's ideas in regard to the Supreme Being were vague, as might be expected in a man who had never studied the Scriptures. The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville 2011-03-31T02:00:19.850Z Support is given to this view by the curious distribution of the two chief Bantu names of the "Supreme Being," to which incidental reference has already been made. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Their god then was the angry, wrathful, jealous god of the Jews—the Supreme Being now is the creation of their own intellects, proportioned in dimensions to the depth and fervor of their individual understandings. History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z Wickedly insulting the Supreme Being by words, deeds, or actions, in a public place, or in the presence of another person. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention 2011-03-23T02:00:17.353Z It is the duty of the philosopher as such to determine by the light of reason whether a Supreme Being exists and whether a Divine Revelation to man is possible. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z We are so far your brothers, that the Supreme Being, the Omnipotent and Eternal Being, having made a compact with men, expressly comprehended us in the treaty. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z During the onward march of the Supreme Being, other intelligent beings were likewise engaged, though less vigorously, in acquiring power over the forces of the universe. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z In the old, the existence of a Supreme Being appears to have been entirely ignored. History of American Abolitionism 2011-03-28T02:00:23.663Z The rest of the world before and at the time of Christ was idolatrous and pagan, professedly believing in a host of deities, yet with no recognition of a Supreme Being as a living personage. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z In the second place, polytheism, especially among nations somewhat civilized, is an advance in man’s conceptions of the Supreme Being. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z I shall see what these Europeans think of the religion of our literati, and of that pure and simple worship we pay to the Supreme Being. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z As the Supreme Being, God had in mind a plan, the Great Plan, whereby each spirit could enter upon his second estate and become acquainted with the properties of gross matter. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z I believe there is some great Supreme Being; but I do not believe in a personal God. Jimmie Moore of Bucktown 2011-02-24T03:00:53.640Z When it is declared that Adam was the son of God, it is only to trace man's origin to the Supreme Being. A Manual of the Antiquity of Man 2011-02-21T03:00:07.080Z Nothing is more interesting in the details given by the Persian king of his successes, than his acknowledgment of an overruling power, a Supreme Being, who protected him and aided him in all his battles. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z Men, as well as phœnixes, are entirely ignorant how things come to pass, but the greatest favor the Supreme Being has bestowed upon me, is to regenerate me for you. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The same conceptions of the Supreme Being as are unfolded in the Hebrew Scriptures may be traced in the attributes of the principal Heathen Deities. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race 2011-02-06T03:00:56.253Z I may be certain that the Church is infallible, while I am myself a fallible mortal; otherwise I cannot be certain that the Supreme Being is infallible, unless I am infallible myself. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Systems of religion and of medicine grown out of such false ideals of the Supreme Being cannot heal the sick and cast out devils, error. The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 2011-01-28T03:00:24.470Z But if the existence of a Supreme Being is conceded, the fact is perfectly credible. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z FREIND.—Rather apologize to the Supreme Being, who can reward and punish eternally. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Captain Cook afterwards learned from Omai that the inhabitants of the Society islands offer human sacrifices to the Supreme Being. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z But why their knowledge is more than ours, I know not what reason can be given, but the unsearchable will of the Supreme Being.” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z The improved theory and practice of religion and of medicine are mainly due to the people's improved views of the Supreme Being. The People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity 2011-01-28T03:00:24.470Z He who does not do this, commits two sins: the first is, apostasy from God, by turning himself from God towards himself, that is, from the Supreme Being, towards that which is in itself nothing. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z But this other order, which would be perfect, can exist only in the eternal abode of the Supreme Being, to which no evil can approach. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z To the opening through which the Endeavour had passed, our commander, with a proper sense of gratitude to the Supreme Being, gave the name of Providential Channel. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z Ghasi Das gave himself out as a messenger of God; he prohibited the adoration of idols, and enjoined the worship of the Supreme Being without any visible sign or representation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z He therefore “sent forth prophets to the Jewish nation, to declare his claim to the honor that is due to the Supreme Being.” The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z They do believe in God, or a Supreme Being that is associated with infinite potential. Breaking With Scientology 2010-03-06T23:30:00Z He began by saying that he believed in one Supreme Being, the author and father of the gods,—for in his system there were beings superior to man, though inferior to God. The True Benjamin Franklin The argument which establishes the authority of the original inference to prove a Supreme Being has been given elsewhere, so we refrain from giving it at length here. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy In the later pre-Islamitic times spirits, or jinns, as they were called, of which each tribe or family had its own, were worshipped, and there was but a vague idea of a Supreme Being. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" No active partisan, theological or scientific, now denies the existence of a Supreme Being, or professes to disbelieve the Scriptures. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z I may be certain that the Church is infallible, while I am myself a fallible mortal; otherwise, I cannot be certain that the Supreme Being is infallible, until I am infallible myself. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties which proceed immediately from His hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. The Story of Our Hymns By the strength of this inference is the universal acknowledgment of a Supreme Being confirmed. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy Most assuredly there is a Supreme Being who rules, with unerring wisdom, in the kingdoms of Nature, Providence and Grace. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The word Elohim is a general term, employed, it may be presumed, originally, with reference only to the Supreme Being, but subsequently appropriated to imaginary deities. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z They believed in a Supreme Being and a future and immortal life. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 Place entire confidence and dependence on the Supreme Being,” said his father, “and the triumph of fortitude and resignation will be yours.” Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Is there any proof at all for the existence of a Supreme Being, i.e., perception, inference, or Śruti? The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy The repudiation of a Supreme Being and the violent extinction of the idea of the Divinity in the breast are of themselves grave offences against moral conscience. The Progressionists, and Angela. From the earliest periods a belief has prevailed among Jews and Gentiles, that in one mode or another the Supreme Being has appeared visibly on earth. The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets 2010-12-20T17:11:50.233Z This development of matter into "individual and visible existences" is called creation, and is assigned to a subordinate agent, or the creative faculty of the Supreme Being embodied in the person of Brahma. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Devotion; adoration of a Supreme Being; reverence for religion and things sacred; disposition to PRAY, WORSHIP, and observe religious rites. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology But only to hear or read concerning these things does not bring us nearer to the Supreme Being. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle There are few tribes that dream of one Supreme Being. The Spanish Pioneers Unlike the warlike cannibal tribes of the Lesser Antilles, known as the Caribs, they lived in comparative peace with one another, and had a religion which recognized the Supreme Being. The Greater Republic A History of the United States The college man should love, and love every object as it is worthy of loving; but he should not decline to love the Supreme Being. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College It was the custom of the heathen poets themselves to begin their poems with an invocation of the Supreme Being. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards The entire cosmic life points to a Supreme Being from whom all existence must have arisen, and without whom life and process would be impossible. Jewish Theology They had no adequate idea of a Supreme Being, but worshipped a bewildering multitude of gods and idols. The Spanish Pioneers He found protectors among them, and was adored under the name of the Supreme Being. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels I mean your relation to the Supreme Being. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College In happiness and the sunshine of life is the grace of the Supreme Being revealed to me. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) It was stated to him that it was a matter very much to be regretted that he should hold such views as this of the Supreme Being.” The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The exaltation of Humanity into the throne occupied by the Supreme Being under monotheistic systems made all the rest of Comte’s construction easy enough. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" Buddha is Alpha and Omega, without beginning or end, "the Supreme Being, the Eternal One." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The college man interprets the Supreme Being under at least one of these forms; and he may be able to interpret him under all of these forms. Letters from a Father to His Son Entering College She knows all the designs of the Supreme Being. Francezka I never doubted for a moment the existence of a Supreme Being. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography "May be so," replied the youth, and raised his blue, child-like eyes to Edmond, "but I think that everything rests in the hands of the Supreme Being." The Rebellion in the Cevennes, an Historical Novel Vol. I. It is as Vishnu that the Supreme Being, according to the Hindoos, exhibited his sympathy with human trials, his love for the human race. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning I believe in God as the Supreme Being. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 There never was one of that family who did not consider himself entitled to much consideration from the Supreme Being. Francezka But who, or what, or where, this Supreme Being was, or what his attributes or characteristics were, I did not pretend to know, or care. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography In the fifteenth century the King of Tezcuco published sixty hymns in honor of the Supreme Being, with an elegy on the destruction of a town, and another on the instability of human greatness. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West It was as Vishnu that the Supreme Being was supposed to exhibit his sympathy with human trials, and his love for the human race. Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Since he has no God, the Buddhist cannot expect absorption; the pantheistic Brahmin looks forward to the return of his soul to the Supreme Being as a drop of rain returns to the sea. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition They prove that works emanating from the Supreme Being are obscure, unintelligible, and need human assistance in order to be understood by those to whom the Divinity wished to reveal his will. Letters to Eugenia or, a Preservative Against Religious Prejudices As I have before said, I never had any doubt about the existence of a Supreme Being, and that the universe was in some way the product of his creative energy. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography It is quite edifying, in the Arabian Nights, to read the thanks that are so often and so rapturously given to the Supreme Being for his bestowal of such charms on his creatures. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. He was believed to be an incarnation of the Supreme Being, one of the persons of their holy and mysterious trinity, to use their language, "The Lord and Savior—three persons and one god." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning The fundamental principle of Buddhism is that there is a supreme power, but no Supreme Being. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition True, David says, "O how I love thy law"; but the law that he loved was the will of the Supreme Being, and he loved it because it was His. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 If I had said, "Because all men recognize the existence of God, or a Supreme Being," I would have been misunderstood and the statement challenged. From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography Among all the nations which have recognized the existence of a Supreme Being, Deity has been considered as the beginning and end of all things, to which all aspire to be united. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa Buddha is also Alpha and Omega, without beginning or end, "The Lord," "the Possessor of All," "He who is Omnipotent and Everlastingly to be Contemplated," "the Supreme Being, the Eternal One." Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Whatever were the views entertained of the nature and attributes of the Supreme Being, they directly influenced the conclusions arrived at respecting the nature of the soul. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The Supreme Being whom we call God, is a necessary, self-existent, eternal, immense, omnipotent, omniscient, and best Being; and therefore also a Being who is and ought to be esteemed most sacred of holy.—N. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 If it came all the time I would be inclined to think it was the Voice of the Supreme Being Itself! The Unthinking Destroyer Supreme Being" with these words: "Atheism is aristocratic. Woman under socialism The attributes of the soul were confused with the attributes of the Supreme Being. History of Human Society These reflections took their origin, without doubt, from my having spent almost all my life amidst those grand creations of Nature, from which man continually derives sentiments that elevate him to the Supreme Being. Adventures in the Philippine Islands They were held, Robertson says, "as solemn appeals to the omniscience and justice of the Supreme Being." Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) Philosophers, however, more respectful to the Supreme Being, and rising more above human weakness, have been habituated to substitute, for prayer, resignation. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." The idea of a Supreme Being, that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime, comes from the people. Woman under socialism It is an absolutely anthropomorphic view of the Supreme Being and thinks of God as being apart from man in precisely the same sense that a father is apart from his son. Elementary Theosophy We speak of the supernatural, or supernal powers, the Supreme Being, the Most High, He in Heaven, and such like. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion It is not that a Supreme Being desires sacrifice, or gifts, or adulation, or homage, or worship, or that any power glories in our unhappiness. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex The Supreme Being of the islands of the Pacific bears in New Zealand the name of Tangaroa, and is spoken of in quite metaphysical terms as the uncreated and eternal Creator. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems To you, then, worshipper of the Supreme Being, I appeal to join in this undertaking: your future hopes, as well as your worldly welfare, are linked with the fate of the poor and unenlightened Jews. Suggestions to the Jews for improvement in reference to their charities, education, and general government This conception makes man a part of God, having potentially within him all the attributes and powers of the Supreme Being. Elementary Theosophy The Supreme Being, who sees the depth of my heart, is witness to the truth of this sentiment in all its extent. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX We ascend into their region, and know that these are the thoughts of the Supreme Being. Nature A Supreme Being.—Is it necessary to add another class of deity to these three, and to say that besides nature-gods and spirits early man also worshipped a Supreme Being above all these? History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems When they speak of the Father, they usually mean God as the Supreme Being. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors No matter how much we may differ in our view of the relationship between God and man there is general agreement about the attributes of the Supreme Being. Elementary Theosophy The exaltation of Humanity into the throne occupied by the Supreme Being under monotheistic systems made all the rest of Comte's construction easy enough. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 10: Auguste Comte The Supreme Being is always addressed by the pronoun 'tu' thou, of the singular number. Elements of Gaelic Grammar There is not an ancient tribe, race, or nation, of which we have any information, historic or traditional, who did not acknowledge the existence of one Supreme Being. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 11, November, 1880 The daily and hourly dangers incurred by these trappers must, one would think, occasionally cause them to turn their thoughts to a Supreme Being; but such is not the case. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 All who are not materialists, denying the existence of a Supreme Being, will agree that the wisdom and justice of God must be perfect. Elementary Theosophy Such a horrid picture do these low advocates draw of the justice of the Supreme Being!—And what shall we say of his love? A Solemn Caution Against the Ten Horns of Calvinism Socrates believed in one Supreme Being, the intelligent Creator of the universe. History of Education They worship the Supreme Being under the threefold title, which, strangely enough, we find in the Book of Daniel, by which we may infer they have no inadequate conception of the true God. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 For instance, asserting that the Supreme Being is omniscient or omnipotent, is not investing Him with a positive attribute, it is simply denying imperfection. Jewish Literature and Other Essays It is the foundation on which may be built a scientific belief in a Supreme Being, a rational faith in immortality and a brotherhood of man that has a basis in nature itself. Elementary Theosophy How very different, of course, must be their conceptions and feelings respecting the attributes and government of the Supreme Being! Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Somewhat comforted by the appeal to a Supreme Being, whose existence all men acknowledge in times of peril, he arose, and taking the lamp resolved to explore the dungeon. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston It may be read Jehovah, or God, or the Deity, or by any other word or phrase by which men are accustomed to denote the Supreme Being. Romulus Makers of History This spiritual height having been scaled, the "Guide" needs but to take a step to reach revelation, in his estimation also an intellectual process: man's intellect rises to the Supreme Being. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Humanity is a growth, a development, an emanation, an evolutionary expression of the Supreme Being. Elementary Theosophy There was no definite Supreme Being that we believed in. The Vanishing Race In religion the Peruvians acknowledged one Supreme Being as creator and ruler of the universe, whom they called Pachacamac, or Viracocha. The Red True Story Book The Athenians developed in a high degree those religious emotions which always accompany the consciousness of dependence on a Supreme Being. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Nor yet would we apply it to the perfect purity and holiness of the Supreme Being, who “cannot be tempted with evil.” A Manual of Moral Philosophy This tribe has been found by missionaries to possess some small amount of religion, inasmuch as they believe in the existence of a Supreme Being, Batara, who made this earth and now governs it. On the Equator In point of spiritual quality, nothing was gained by the invocation of the Supreme Being. Lectures on the French Revolution Religious festivals were replaced by feasts in honour of "Nature" or "Mankind," and most of the churches were closed or transformed into barracks, storehouses or temples devoted to the worship of the "Supreme Being." Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day That the heathen regard the one Supreme Being as the first and chief object of worship is evident from the apologies which they offered for worshipping, besides Him, many inferior divinities. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Here we are naturally led to inquire whether there is any essential connection between virtue and piety,—between the faithful discharge of the common duties of life and loving loyalty toward the Supreme Being. A Manual of Moral Philosophy Exhorters on street corners enlarged upon the end of the world, asking that the people prepare for eternity, attributing the Horror to the act of a Supreme Being enraged with the wickedness of the Earth. Hellhounds of the Cosmos When Robespierre declared that the Convention never intended to proscribe the Catholic worship, he was sincere, and was taking the first step that led to the feast of the Supreme Being. Lectures on the French Revolution The religious ideas of the Dyaks resemble those of the North American Indians: they acknowledge a Supreme Being, or "Great Spirit;" they have also some conception of an hereafter. Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery A revealed law promulgated from an unseen and utterly unknown Power would have no constraining authority, if man had no idea of right, no sense of duty, no feeling of obligation to a Supreme Being. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Except so far as there may have been direct communications from the Supreme Being, all man's knowledge of persons, objects, and relations is derived, in the last resort, from observation. A Manual of Moral Philosophy And this particularly where they have not been looked upon as investments for future happiness or arrangements for paying off parental debts to society, to glory, or the Supreme Being. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life On May 7, Robespierre brought forward his famous motion that the Convention acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being. Lectures on the French Revolution The Mandans look upon the Supreme Being only as an embodiment of the power of healing. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Religious worship, addressed to a Supreme Being believed to control the destiny of man, has been coeval and coextensive with the race. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles In this he maintains that the right exists, independently of all authority, by the very nature of things, in co-eternity with the Supreme Being. A Manual of Moral Philosophy In June another festival was ordered—to the Supreme Being: the God of Philosophy. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse A month later, June 8, the Feast of the Supreme Being was held with all the solemnity of which Paris was capable. Lectures on the French Revolution Does he not know that it has ever been the mission of the Supreme Being to serve as Impresario to Falsehood and Wretchedness? Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 There has not been found a race of men who were utterly destitute of some knowledge of a Supreme Being. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles May the Supreme Being help you, me, and them. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 Prayers were made to the Supreme Being and Liberty was invoked. The Story of Paris Like Plato, he admitted the existence of a Supreme Being, to whom he attributed providence. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The man acknowledged his firm belief in the existence of a Supreme Being, which touched the governor's heart deeply. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 Learned and trustworthy critics, Asiatic as well as European, however, confidently affirm that "the ground of the Brahminical faith is Monotheistic;" it recognizes "an Absolute and Supreme Being" as the source of all that exists. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles No one who really believes in the existence of a Supreme Being, no one who is strongly impressed with the reality of a spiritual life, can go on doing what he knows to be wrong. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources They believed in a supreme force, but denied the existence of a Supreme Being. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880 If to excellence and happiness there be any one way more compendious than another, next to friendship with the Supreme Being, it is this. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World He has a universal belief in a Supreme Being, though his religious attributes are associated with various manifestations of natural phenomena. Shepp's Photographs of the World Or, in other words, it is a mode of life determined by the recognition of some relation to, and consciousness of dependence upon, a Supreme Being. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles They read prayers, which is a palpable absurdity; they preach sermons to spread superstitious notions of the Supreme Being, and perform ceremonies—baptism, and so forth—which are obviously silly. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill Doubtless, the perfect purity of the Supreme Being makes him see in us stains, far more in number and deeper in dye; than we ourselves can discover. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. But allowing that man is obliged, by necessity, to do every thing he does, then must his deeds and his actions be ascribed to the Supreme Being, and they thereby cease to be punishable. Faustus his Life, Death, and Doom He admitted no responsibilities to a Supreme Being, and when a man occupies such an attitude, what moral standard can he have? The Day of Judgment In what relation, then, do the philosophers place "the gods" to the one Supreme Being? Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Similarly we may ask whether God exists; but then "God" means "the Supreme Being" or "the ens realissimum" or whatever other description we may prefer. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Sometimes different particular graces of the Christian character, those which respect our duties and tempers towards our fellow-creatures, no less than those which have reference to the Supreme Being, are particularly traced to this source. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. Two thousand three hundred years before our era, sacrifices were offered in China to the Supreme Being, Chan-Ty, on four great mountains called the Four Yo. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) "The force that produces, the intellect that orders, the goodness that perfects all things is the Supreme Being." The Approach to Philosophy He expressed approval of the condemnation of the King, the most violent decrees, the worship of the Supreme Being. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life We thus progress from our knowledge of self to a knowledge of the world, and through it to a knowledge of the Supreme Being. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics We have already seen that the Ode was early consecrated to the purposes of Religion, and that it was intended to raise Admiration by extolling the attributes of the Supreme Being. An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancients These circumstances, Captain Cook says, were sufficient evidence to him that the people considered themselves as acting under the immediate inspection of a Supreme Being. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries An altar was erected in the midst of the vast and superb enclosure of the Champ de Mars; and the ceremony commenced with the invocation of the Supreme Being. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II The most abstract, colourless, and academic was Rousseau's disciple, who took the "Supreme Being" under his protection, Robespierre. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. But all the important philosophical systems of the Brahmans admit, in some form or other, the existence of an Absolute and Supreme Being, the source of all that exists, or seems to exist. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion For this I have looked for years; for this I have prayed to that Supreme Being of whom I have heard. The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome In mere point of administration, the criminal code which De Maistre put into the hands of the Supreme Being works in a more arbitrary and capricious manner than any device of an Italian Bourbon. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre If, Gentlemen, for one single instant, leaving my proper train of thought, I allude to our knowledge of the Supreme Being, it is in order to deduce from it an illustration bearing upon my subject. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin By those rites men and women obtain union with the Supreme Being. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Some who have been among them maintain that they believe in a Supreme Being, who has a great many different names among the various tribes. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics I cannot for a moment not believe in a Supreme Being, and I cannot for a moment doubt that His arrangement must be right and wise and benevolent. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch The Supreme Being is the source of all the virtues and a man cannot be a Republican if he does not believe in God. The Gods are Athirst I cannot take it for granted, I must have it brought home to me by tangible evidence, that the spirit of the age means by the Supreme Being what Catholics mean. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Some of the tribes believe in a Great Spirit or Supreme Being, while others have no idea of the kind. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent The Supreme Being is discussed in terms of philosophy. Natural Law in the Spiritual World This deity was regarded as the Supreme Being, not only by the Egyptians, but by other heathen people of antiquity, because the sun was the greatest and most brilliant of the planets. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery The Supreme Being, acknowledged by Maximilien, flooded them with His flames of light. The Gods are Athirst I am not proving anything at all about the Supreme Being. The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin Fifth: It is the hand of the Supreme Being that does the work. And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses They believe, it is said, in a Supreme Being, and offer sacrifices of gratitude to a beneficent Deity. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy The very motion of a Supreme Being was, with him, made up of awe and solemnity, and filled the whole of his great mind with the strongest emotions. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886 It was no less than a formal renunciation of the existence of a Supreme Being, and the installation of the Goddess of Reason, in 1793. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs And what is all beauty, all grandeur, but the manifestation, through the eye to the soul, of the one Supreme Being? The Chief End of Man Not that the Supreme Being is the sole universal lawgiver in the sense of a creator of law, whose will alone determines the boundaries of right and wrong. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition It is worthy of observation, that the prayers of the Turks consist chiefly of adoration, of confessions of the Divine attributes and the nothingness of man, and of homage and gratitude to the Supreme Being. History of the Moors of Spain In sum, his doctrine as to this particular was, that there was one Supreme Being, independent and self-existent from all eternity. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy And for our minds to be knit to the Supreme Being they must needs be withdrawn from inferior things. On Prayer and The Contemplative Life In that theology the Supreme Being was ever transcendent, and probably Jesus, a son of Israel, was not greatly removed from this belief. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles They are shrewd, intelligent, and industrious, with high conceptions of the Supreme Being, only using their images generally as mediators. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party There were two or three people present who thought such an address to the Supreme Being blasphemous and frightful, but the rest of the crowd cried, "Amen." Hubert's Wife A Story for You The Tlavatli while inheriting the traditional reverence and worship for the Manu, were taught by Adept instructors of the existence of a Supreme Being whose symbol was recognized as the sun. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria The Supreme Being among the Indians is called Manitou; but He can scarcely be said to be worshipped by them, and the few ideas they have of His attributes are imperfect and erroneous. Hudson Bay Anaxagoras, when he attempted to propagate a just notion of the Supreme Being, was dragged to prison. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 “But have they no idea whatever of a Supreme Being, either bad or good? have they no idea, as some of the African tribes have, of the devil?” The Mission; or Scenes in Africa The Church of St.-Pierre was then a collegiate church, but it was turned over to the worship of the Supreme Being invented by Robespierre, desecrated and defaced and left in a deplorable state. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Absorbed in our own peculiar form of egotism, we believe that a Supreme Being has cast the cause of humanity upon one die, to prosper or perish by the chances of our game. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 They worshipped an unknown Supreme Being and they worshipped him, it is conclusively demonstrated, without human sacrifice. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure They believe in a Supreme Being, whom they call the First Cause—that is the nearest English equivalent—and they recognize the existence of an immortal and unknowable life-principle, or soul. The Skylark of Space The angels and archangels, and the spirits of the just made perfect—devas and pitris they called them—ministered about the throne of the Supreme Being, and abode in the various spheres of universal space. India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge Reflection on the history and condition of humanity, taken as a whole, gradually convinced me that this theory of the relation of all living beings to the Supreme Being was too narrow and inadequate. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 5: On Pattison's Memoirs Let nothing flout your sense of a Supreme Being, and be certain that your understanding wavers whenever you chance to doubt that He leads to good. The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book I have never seen an Indian who believed the Supreme Being to have other than a human form, or to be of less than Almighty power and dimensions. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 They assembled together at sunrise, and lifted up hymns and prayers to the Supreme Being. The Home It was not to no purpose that it published the Declaration of the Rights of Man in presence of the Supreme Being. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre Oh, may the Supreme Being give me grace to lead my life in such a manner as my exit may in some measure be like that divine creature's. Highways and Byways in Sussex Jean made his usual sign of reverence for the Supreme Being in which his faith was firmly grounded. Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer As their belief in a Supreme Being is firm and sincere, so their gratitude to Him is fervent and unvarying. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 His virtue was neither minute nor pusillanimous: religion had, in his discourse as well as in his conduct, that solemn gravity which can alone make it worthy of the Supreme Being. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Robespierre's words on the Supreme Being are never a brimming stream of deep feeling; they are a literary concoction: never the self-forgetting expansion of the religious soul, but only the composite of the rhetorician. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre The use of capitals, or great letters, is to begin every name of the Supreme Being, as God, Lord, Almighty, Father, Son, &c. A Museum for Young Gentlemen and Ladies Or, a Private Tutor for Little Masters and Misses Arabia, broken, unorganized, inglorious, idolistic Arabia, obviously lacked one Supreme Being whose prerogative was greater than all other Supreme Beings, and that Being, in turn, needed a messenger to exploit His supremacy. The Necessity of Atheism In conclusion it may be affirmed, that a constant, abiding, and unwavering belief in the existence of a Supreme Being, and in his goodness, is that entertained by the Western Indians. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 According to this system, there is only one Supreme Being, Paramatma, a name by which Brahma himself had been already distinguished in Manu's book of law. A Comparative View of Religions Robespierre persuaded the Convention to decree an official recognition of the Supreme Being, and to attend a commemorative festival in honour of their mystic patron. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre "Do you believe in a Supreme Being who has the same power to suddenly snuff us out of existence as he had to create us?" The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure The Monumbo are acquainted with no Supreme Being, no moral good or evil, no rewards, no place of punishment or joy after death, no permanent immortality.... The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Very many of the Western Indians believe that the Supreme Being has his residence in the Rocky Mountains; and some of them make him the Sun.—Charlevoix, ii, 180, 117. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 On the 17th of August, in the year 1501, we anchored by the shore of that country, and rendered to the Supreme Being our most sincere thanks, according to the Christian custom. Amerigo Vespucci And what could be more puerile than the fanciful connection of the Supreme Being with a pastoral simplicity of life? Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre It does not take long for the most exalted official to discover that Bombay fever resembles the Supreme Being in that it is no respecter of persons. Son of Power Burns had a firm faith in a Supreme Being, not as a vague mysterious Power; but as the Arbiter of human life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The physician never uses his simples, without invoking, in his quality of priest, the aid of the Supreme Being. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 Will you now make an appeal to the Supreme Being, and call on Him to guarantee your observance of this compact? The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government His thin pride and prudish self-respect were unutterably affronted, and he quite understood that the ridicule of the mysticism of Théot was an indirect pleasantry upon his own Supreme Being. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre The ten commandments were then believed to have been delivered to Moses by the Supreme Being; now they are regarded as the work of a wise law-giver. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 We affirm that the Supreme Being has wrought miracles on earth ever since the time of the Apostles; Protestants deny it. Apologia pro Vita Sua The dwelling-place of the Supreme Being is variously located by the Indians. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 Like the Neoplatonists, these Basilidians did not teach an emanation from the Godhead, but a dynamic mode of action of the Supreme Being. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) An official Supreme Being, and a regulated Terror. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre The name God, used as a proper name, in the English tongue, means "the Supreme Being; Jehovah; the Eternal and Infinite Spirit, the Creator and Sovereign of the Universe." Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity To the Supreme Being alone can belong the power of creation, annihilation, and absolute mutation. Mediaeval Socialism Like them, moreover, he was always disposed to appeal directly to the authority of the Supreme Being. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters Amun, a concealed God, the Supreme Being of the Egyptians, 281-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Its philosophic base was just as retrograde and out of season as the fooleries of the Feast of the Supreme Being. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre In the Convention Danton, with rather hollow rhetoric, declaimed in favour of popular festivals at which incense should be offered to the Supreme Being. The French Revolution A Short History For there is no reconciliation between the facts of the world and the Absolute of philosophy or the highly attributed Supreme Being of natural religion. Thoughts on religion at the front In the Quiche legends the Supreme Being is called Bitol, the substantive form of bit, to make pottery, to form, and Tzakol, substantive form of tzak, to build, the Creator, the Constructor. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Simon Magus taught that the Supreme Being produced three couples of—, 552-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry And what makes the crime of this law more odious, is its association with the official proclamation of the State worship of a Supreme Being. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre It was this Supreme Being of Rousseau that was to become the official deity of France during the last days of the Reign of Terror. The French Revolution A Short History Here the belief in one Supreme Being is clearly set forth. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique Let none of these expressions, however, be construed to prove the distinct recognition of One Supreme Being. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Supreme Being, at the intercession of Wisdom, sent Christ to redeem Man, 563-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry There is no connection between such a conception and the Supreme Being. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era The idea of a Supreme Being who guards injured innocence and who punishes triumphant crime is democratic.… The French Revolution A Short History He arrived "at the idea of the unity and indivisibility of the Supreme Being," and only as "in course of time this doctrine was changed and corrupted … the dualism of God and the devil arose." Evolution An Investigation and a Critique In the Quiché dialects tepeu is lord, ruler, and is often applied to the Supreme Being. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America Ormuzd placed in Man a pure principle from the Supreme Being, 258-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry They asked her, why she put trust in her standard, which had been consecrated by magical incantations: she replied that she put trust in the Supreme Being alone, whose image was impressed upon it. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. To the vast majority of Frenchmen there was only one choice, Catholicism or non-catholicism, and the cult of the Supreme Being was just as much non-catholicism as that of Reason. The French Revolution A Short History Yes, we will give the green devil his robe and bands until Germany is in her strait-jacket; after which experience, her conceptions of a Supreme Being and her own relation thereto may become modified. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers Again the Supreme Being is one and alone. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Soul an emanation from the Supreme Being, but distinguished from Him, 607-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry To explain to child-minds that a Supreme Being made things outright just as they are, is easy; but to study and in degree know how things evolved, requires infinite patience and great labor. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists I endeavoured to encourage him by explaining the mercy of the Supreme Being, who ever beholds with an eye of pity those that seek his aid. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 To say, that the different ideas which compose the reason of the Supreme Being, fall into order of themselves and by their own natures, is really to talk without any precise meaning. Hume (English Men of Letters Series) This form of faith, asserting the efflux of all subordinate existence out of one Supreme Being, seems sometimes to rest on an intuitive idea. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Supreme Being the source of the rays which illuminate Souls, 251-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry People acknowledge a Supreme Being, and accept Christ as a model man, but they flatly deny the Fall, Hereditary Sin, the need of an Atonement, and all else that is connected with the Great Evangel. The Mark of the Beast Now in order for the mind to be united to the Supreme Being it must be withdrawn from inferior things: and hence it is that without purity the mind cannot be applied to God. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 In the beginning the Supreme Being is one and alone. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Supreme Being uniting with Wisdom acts upon the Universe through. the Word, 552-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Let us then rely on the goodness of our cause, and the aid of the Supreme Being, in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Some philosophers, more respectful to the Supreme Being, and less condescending to human frailty, for all prayer desired only resignation. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Much of the poetry of the Principality consists of the first class, and is specially dedicated to description and praise of the Supreme Being, the universe and man. The Poetry of Wales Dr. Wallis Budge, the English Orientalist, notes the discovery of a priestly hymn two thousand years older than the time of Moses, which invokes One Supreme Being who “cannot be figured in stone.” The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Word not only Creator, but occupies the place of the Supreme Being, 251-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The Psalmist, when he talked of the Lord, did not mean merely what some people call the Deity, or the Supreme Being, or the Creator. Westminster Sermons with a Preface It is not a question of knowing who offends more the Supreme Being, whether it be he who denies Him, or he who distorts Him. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Our faith is founded on the old prescientific conception of a universe in which good and evil are struggling with each other, with a Supreme Being aiding and abetting the good. The Breath of Life This error, which led him to establish the worship of the Supreme Being, was one of the causes of his fall. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism Osiris, the image of the Supreme Being; Source of Good, 281-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry May the Supreme Being, for this benign, compassionate, humane action, have you in His keeping, and increase your prosperity, and speedily grant me the pleasure of an interview! The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) It is not thus with the Supreme Being. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Thomas Jefferson, speaking of Christ as a teacher, said: "He set forth the sublime ideas of the Supreme Being, aphorisms and precepts of the purest morality." Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light He puts himself, as it were, into communication with the Supreme Being, and reports upon the fidelity with which he has carried out his Imperial trust. China and the Chinese Souls, the Supreme Being the Source of the rays which illuminate, 251-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Khân Saib, my indulgent friends, Remain under the protection of the Supreme Being! The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) It is therefore absolutely necessary for princes and for peoples, that the idea of a Supreme Being, creator, ruler, rewarder, revenger, shall be deeply engraved in people's minds. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary I consider the early acts of the Jewish nation as the lowest and rudest steps of a temple raised by the Supreme Being to contain the altar of sacrifice to His glory. Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher They are possible to the Supreme Being, and have taken place by His will or sufferance at certain perfectly historical periods; especially during the first century after the birth of Christ. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself Supreme Being, the Word, Logos, is the image of the, 251-m. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Their favorite notion of a Supreme Being is that of one who reposes in himself, in a dream of absolute quiescence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics And intention implies personality; and the law thus shows itself to be a Supreme Being, claiming our reverence, and asserting Himself to be the Creator, the Ruler, and the Judge of all things that are. The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 He wished to show forth his perfections only to the end that creatures of this kind should find their felicity in the knowledge, the admiration and the love of the Supreme Being.' Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil They are in danger of regarding the Supreme Being Himself as an "anomaly." The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself Supreme Being uniting with Wisdom forms in himself the type of. all things, 552-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Kircher, the astronomer, having an acquaintance who denied the existence of a Supreme Being, took the following method to convince him of his error. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age Sometimes Vishnu is said to be the sacrifice; sometimes even the Supreme Being himself is so. Two Old Faiths Essays on the Religions of the Hindus and the Mohammedans Robespierre obtains decrees to admit the existence of a Supreme Being, and of the immortality of the soul; and for the establishment of decadary festivals. Historical Epochs of the French Revolution With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death It makes those who have been acted upon by it to look up out of this present state of things for a more direct revelation of the character and designs of the Supreme Being. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself To Philo, the Supreme Being was the Primitive Light, or the Archetype of Light, Source whence the rays emanate that illuminate Souls. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The person who has a firm trust in the Supreme Being is powerful in his power, wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.—Addison. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age My judgment is that man cannot prosper if he falls from faith, by which I mean trust in a Supreme Being.' The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. The most pure religion is that which makes a continual homage to the Supreme Being, by the sacrifice of our passions and the fulfilment of our duties. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy Minds who have experienced this action of a Superior Power upon them cannot possibly look upon the Supreme Being as revealing Himself merely by the laws of gravitation, or electricity, or natural selection. The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself But the pure souls are assisted by the Good Spirits; the Triumph of Good is decreed by the Supreme Being, and the period of that triumph will infallibly arrive. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The chiefs were soon assembled and deliberating as to the manner in which they should receive the Manitou or Supreme Being on his arrival. Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia Lycidas, for instance, is an astounding compound of classical and biblical ideas, and Milton does not hesitate to call the Supreme Being Jove in a serious passage. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Nor was the unity of the Supreme Being ousted from the Christian creed by the force of reason, but by the sword of civil government, wielded at the will of the fanatic Athanasius. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 He uniformly ascribed his successes to the beneficent agency of the Supreme Being. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader He united all the attributes that the Ancient Oriental Theosophy assigned to the Supreme Being. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry "Cursed is the ground for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life," said the Supreme Being. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is Extraordinary as this is from a Buddhist point of view, it is little more than the Hindu idea that the Supreme Being became male and female for the purpose of producing the universe. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Calvin's character of this Supreme Being seems chiefly copied from that of the Jews. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Magians, Persian worshipers of fire and the sun, as representatives of the Supreme Being. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader The Word is not only the Creator, but occupies the place of the Supreme Being. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry It is not ours to decide why the Supreme Being acts! Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is Life is a term used to indicate Deity; and every other name for the Supreme Being, if properly employed, has the signification of Life. Retrospection and Introspection The second resurrection, a general one of souls and bodies, eternally to enjoy divine glory in the presence of the Supreme Being. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Allah is the Mohammedan name for the Supreme Being. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader In the Indian doctrine, not only is the Supreme Being the real cause of all, but he is the only real Existence: all the rest is illusion. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry They have a clear idea of the Supreme Being, but do not pray to Him.. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 What the person of the infinite is, we know not; but we are gratefully and lovingly conscious of the fatherliness of this Supreme Being. No and Yes Most Indian sects are in their origin theistic, that is to say, they take a particular deity and identify him with the Supreme Being. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Judaism, the next great religion, has already been mentioned as the parent of Christianity, to which it gave the concept of a Supreme Being, as well as that of a Messiah. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope And the definition of the Supreme Being, that He is at once Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end—He that was, and is, and is to come, i.e., Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The reason which impelled the Czar and his chief advisers to employ such base tactics with the help of their word of honor and appeals to the Supreme Being is plain. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? This was not owing to his being of a specially ungrateful disposition, but to peculiar ideas upon the subject of a Supreme Being. Idolatry A Romance The belief and practice of all Vishnuite sects alike is a modified monotheism, the worship of the Supreme Being under some such name as Râma or Vâsudeva. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 It has been said that this conception of Ahura-mazda as the Supreme Being is "perfectly identical with the notion of Elohim, or Jehovah, which we find in the books of the Old Testament." The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The Law of Ormuzd will rule everywhere; all men will be happy; all, enjoying an unalterable bliss, will unite with Sosiosch in singing the praises of the Supreme Being. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry With respect to their Divine worship, its principal feature is that they acknowledge our Lord as the Supreme Being who governs heaven and earth. Earths In Our Solar System Which Are Called Planets, and Earths In The Starry Heaven Their Inhabitants, And The Spirits And Angels There One day the Supreme Being took it into his head to give a great feast in his azure palace. A Reckless Character And Other Stories These extracts show how Kṛishṇa as the object of the soul's desire assumes the place of the Supreme Being or God. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Because there has never been any dignified conception of a Supreme Being. The Seeker He is its preserver and judge; a Being Holy and Heavenly; Intelligence and Knowledge; the First-born of Time without limits; and invested with all the Powers of the Supreme Being. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The gods many and lords many, so amenable to concrete presentation in poetry and art, have given place to one Supreme Being. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant To pray to the Universal Spirit, to the Supreme Being of Kant, of Hegel—to a purified, amorphous God, is impossible and unthinkable. A Reckless Character And Other Stories The Vedânta is truly and intensely pantheistic or theistic, but in the other philosophies the Supreme Being is either eliminated or plays a small part. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 But, above their wild and superstitious notions, there is an ever-present consciousness of a Supreme Being. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens The number three everywhere represented the Supreme Being. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Rude and barbarous as are the aborigines of this country, they have still some confused notions of a Supreme Being and of a future state. Statistical, Historical and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land With a Particular Enumeration of the Advantages Which These Colonies Offer for Emigration, and Their Superiority in Many Respects Over Those Possessed by the United States of America But lo! the Supreme Being noticed two very beautiful ladies who, apparently, were entirely unacquainted with each other. A Reckless Character And Other Stories They recognize no omniscient, omnipresent, all-powerful Supreme Being, who presides over the universe and all that is in it. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East The Rishi Atreya revered by all, attained, O monarch, to the excellent celestial regions, by imparting the knowledge of the unconditional Supreme Being to his pupils. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Though united to the Supreme Being, it is not absorbed in it, but still retains the abstract nature of definite or visible existence. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry This discourse, O king, that is connected with the Supreme Being of mighty energy should be regarded as auspicious. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 After having raised the Earth, the Supreme Being from whom the world become manifest, flameth even in the shape of a boar, like unto the all-consuming fire at the universal dissolution. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Frenchmen! who now hear me, I address myself in the presence of the Supreme Being to you. The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection Verily, all of them along with the very Regents of the world, found their intellects stupefied in the matter of that child who was none else than the Supreme Being. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 When we ascend", says MÜLLER, "to the most distant heights of Greek history, the idea of God as the Supreme Being stands before us as a simple fact. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Sound inheres like the Supreme Being in all space though attached especially to drums and other instruments. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And the sage said unto me, That person who conversant with the relation subsisting between the soul and the Supreme Being, shall be able to answer the questions put by thee, shall deliver thee. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 It is a general opinion among Christians, that there exists no nation or people on earth who are entirely ignorant of a Supreme Being. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. "That," said Pownal, "it seems to me, is the worthiest name that can be given to the Supreme Being." The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times Many of the Ancients thought it absurd to imagine one Supreme Being, like Homer's Jove, distributing good and evil out of two urns. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Hence, because the ostensible doer is himself the product of another, that another is the Supreme Being above whom there is nothing higher. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And still more sorry should I be, if I were to be thought to have any intention of derogating from the character of the Supreme Being. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 "No man doubts of a Supreme Being, until, from the consciousness of his provocations, it becomes his interest there should be none."—Government of the Tongue. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 It gives to the Supreme Being a malevolence that is not to be found in the character of the most malevolent of his creatures. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 Though they believe that soul is an emanation from the Supreme Being, they distinguish it from that Being, in its individual existence. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry If man, O Bharata, does all acts, good or bad, being urged thereto by the Supreme Being, then the fruits of those acts should attach to the Supreme being himself. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 This obligation the Supreme Being imposed upon those, to whom he originally gave the charter, by the command of not eating their flesh, while the life's blood was in it. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 The sects which derive from the teaching of Râmânand mostly worship the Supreme Being under the name of Râma. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 The Supreme Being, as a reward for my martyrdom in the cause of filial piety and my love of virtue, has conferred on me the dignity of Concubine of the Nine Palaces. Myths and Legends of China Under the human form he never ceases to be the Supreme Being. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The Supreme Being is all that remains when Universal Destruction takes place, and it is He that assumes multifarious forms when Creation starts into life. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The Supreme Being is just thanked in so many words, while the thoughts are often rambling to other subjects. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 Similarly Confucians follow a system of ethics which is sufficient for a gentleman and accords a decorous recognition to a Supreme Being and ancestral spirits. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Though there is a lingering belief in a Supreme Being who created all things, yet he is far off and incomprehensible. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The Triad, mysterious number, which plays so great a part in the traditions of Asia and the philosophy of Plato, image of the Supreme Being, includes in itself the properties of the first two numbers. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The looking-glass is intended to remind believers that the Supreme Being can see their innermost thoughts as clearly as they can perceive their own reflection; while the crystal ball is an emblem of purity. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months All addresses made by English Christians in their private prayers to the Supreme Being, were made in the language of thou, and not of you. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 For the first time in his life McFarlane gave serious attention to a petition addressed to the Supreme Being. The Redemption of David Corson Gentle as many of its precepts are, the Bhagavad Gita, or the "Lord's Lay," is a battle-song uttered by the Supreme Being while the contending hosts awaited the signal for fratricidal carnage. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The Supreme Being is invisible, incomprehensible, immovable, without figure or shape. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Incense was being burned, vestments worn, processions formed, and prayers offered to Buddha to intercede with the Supreme Being. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months All taught the existence of a Supreme Being. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology |
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