The Religion of the East With Impressions of Foreign Travel
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One characteristic belongs to them all ; they are destitute of spirit- ual life ; are mere dead forms ; having no con- 11 118 RELIGION OF nection with purity of heart and holiness of con* duct ; but are satisfied with an observance of outward rites and ceremonies. This is the grand delusion which prevails in all the Oriental churches. Their religion, though so abundant and costly, is devoid of inward principle ; an ab- straction 5 something outward and visible, like Pharisaism of old ; not a th...ing to be taken into the bosom to purify the affections and regulate the life ; but a tiling to be done up and laid aside, as you do any outward task, and then full liberty is supposed to be allowed to do whatever one pleases. Hence, scarcely any thing is more common among Eastern Christians, whether Ro- man Catholic, Greek, Armenian, Syrian or Cop- tic, than to see the grossest immoralities connect- ed with a very exact and devout observance of religious duties. * I have mentioned on a former * Such cases sometimes occur among professing Christians in this land ; but they are insulated cases, comparatively rare, and no one thinks of justifying them, or supposes them consistent with religion.
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