Addresses And Speeches On Various Occasions volume 03
Addresses And Speeches On Various Occasions volume 03
Robert Charles Winthrop
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Indeed, begin to despair of their efficacy anywhere over the human heart. But 442 CHRISTIANITY THE GREAT REMEDY Heaven forbid, that we should accept this as the predestined and unalterable current of history in all time to come ! Why, why shall not the influence of religion be sought for, and be found, in the councils of princes, in the debates and resolutions of popular assemblies, in the conduct of governments towards their subjects and towards one another ? Why shall it not be sought for, an...d be found, in the conduct of conquerors at the head of their armies abroad, and of parties, not " intriguing, " indeed, but honorably striving for power at home? Why shall any who figure on the stage of the world know nothing of religion, believe nothing of it, and be actuated by motives more impetuous than any which religion is able to excite ? And why, why shall public history continue to be only a register of the vices and follies and quarrels of those who engage in contentions for power ? But let us hear Paley once more, in another of his most impressive and powerful passages, before I conclude this dis- course by a brief reply to these questions : — " The truth is, " says he, " (and pity 'tis, 'tis true), there are two opposite descriptions of character, under which mankind may generally be classed.
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