'Is not the expression in the Burial-service, "in the sure and certain hope of a blessed resurrection," too strong to be used indiscriminately, and, indeed, sometimes when those over whose bodies it is said, have been notoriously profane?'

It was fluent, but, as General Kukel said, "quaintbizarre," and, at times, exceedingly profane.

Some of them have waged wars of conquest, under pretence of opening a way for the spread of the gospel; and disregarding international law, have violated solemn treaties among themselves, and all of them practically disregard divine authority; habitually profaning the Christian Sabbath, by carrying the mail, by commercial traffic, and parties of pleasure on land and water.

With the first rift of light in the east I rose from my sleepless bed under the wagonI would not profane her couch inside by occupying itand yoked up my cattle.

Entire neglect reigned everywhere, all things were left to moulder away in dust and filth, and the worship of God was, if not inwardly profaned, at least outwardly dishonoured.

To speak Polish on the Sabbath is to profane itso say the orthodox Polish Jews.

This man, a friend, recognizing the nature of George Henry's struggle, had never sought paymenthad, in fact, when the debtor had gone to him, apologetically and explaining, objected to the intrusion and objurgated the caller in violent language of the lovingly profane sort.

We will not take Love's name; that little word, By lips too oft profaned, we will not use.

It would be strange if this purely profane poem, which was added to the Scriptural collection only by an unusual stretch of liberality,[290] and in which there is not one mention of God or of religion, should give a higher conception of sexual love than the books which are accepted as inspired, and which paint manners, emotions, and morals as the writers found them.

There came a day - at Summer's full - Entirely for me - I thought that such were for the Saints - Where Resurrections - be - The sun - as common - went abroad - The flowers - accustomed - blew, As if no soul - that solstice passed - Which maketh all things - new - The time was scarce profaned - by speech - The falling of a word Was needless - as at Sacrament - The Wardrobe - of our Lord!

In traveling through foreign lands, one sees so much that is indecent, obscene, and shockingly profane, according to his our way of thinking, that he scarcely knows what to include and what to suppress in his accounts of foreign manners, customs and institutions.

Irreligious, ungodly, impious, godless, sacrilegious, blasphemous, profane.

This is a reference often, I fear, too lightly made; but I am not conscious of anything deliberately profane or irreverent in the following: The deil's nae sae ill as he's caa'd.

In my mother's thought there was only one thing utterly profane, and that was self-righteousness.

He is dreadfully profane!"