| Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...prostrate on the threshold of his own temple. The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to...light with which it brightens the great mystery of the'grave. To such a system it can bring no addition of dignity or of strength, that it is part and... | |
| 1831 - 616 pages
...prostrate on the threshold of his own temple. The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the facilily with which its scheme accommodates itself to the capacity of every human intellect, in the... | |
| James Freeman Clarke, William Henry Channing, James Handasyd Perkins - 1836 - 740 pages
...prostrate on the threshold of his own temple. The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its- exquisite adaptation...its scheme accommodates itself to the capacity of 824 Influence of the Bible on Civilization. every human intellect, in the consolation which it bears... | |
| Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1858 - 450 pages
...prostrate on the threshold of his own temple. The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to...such a system it can bring no addition of dignity or strength, that it is part and parcel of the common law. It is not now for the first time left to rely... | |
| 1859 - 880 pages
...prostrate on the threshold of its oivn temple. The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to the human heart, in the iacilily with which it adapts itself to the. capacity of every human intellect, in the consolation... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...prostrate on the threshold of his own temple. The real security of Christianity is to be found in its /X/ Jaw. It is not now for the first time left to rely on the force of its own evidences and the attractions... | |
| 1856 - 542 pages
...prostrate on the threshold of his own temple. The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation, to the human heart, in the far cilitywith which its scheme accommodates itself to the capacity of every human intellect, in the... | |
| 1850 - 590 pages
...very constitution. BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT. — " The real security of Christianity, is to be found in its benevolent morality ; in its exquisite adaptation...human heart ; in the facility with which its scheme adapts itself to every human intellect ; in the consolation which it bears to the house of mourning;... | |
| Edward Hicks - 1851 - 374 pages
...itself to the lowest human intellect — the consolation that it bears to the house of mourning, and the light with which it brightens the great mystery of the grave. To such a religion it can be no additional strength or beauty to make it a part or parcel of the common law.... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...prostrate on the threshold of his own temple. The real security of Christianity is to be found in its benevolent morality, in its exquisite adaptation to...in the consolation which it bears to the house of muii ruing, in the light with which it brightens the grea.1 mystery of the grave. To such a system... | |
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