...restraint of the powerful and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of the Christian religion shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...Hail! and smite her on the cheek ; they put a sceptre in her hand, but it is a fragile reed ; they crown her, but it is with thorns ; they cover with purple...

...restraint of the powerful and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of the Christian religion li in her hand, but it is a fragile reed ; they crown her, bat it is with thorns ; they cover with purple...

...be more " living" than State - supported bodies. Thus Macaulay : " The whole history of Christianity shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...power, than of being crushed by its opposition."* Or Buckle : " The religion which is tolerated by the Government, though not fully recognised by it,...

...flower of the pleasure that concealed it. — Emerson. National ruin. The whole history of Christianity shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...who thrust temporal sovereignty upon her treat her as^ier prototypes treated her Author. They bow the knee, and spit upon her ; they cry, " Hail ! " and...

...flower of the pleasure that concealed it. — Emerson. National ruin. The whole history of Christianity shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...thrust temporal sovereignty upon her treat her as her prototypes treated her Author. They bow the knee, and spit upon her; they cry, "Hail!" and smite...

...state and the church forever separate."— US Grant. " The whole history of the Christian religion shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...of power than of being crushed by its opposition." — Macaulay. "Many thus imagined that the doctrine of the gospel requires the support of the civil...

...iniquitous form of union of church and state. Macaulay said : " The whole history of the Christian religion shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...of power than of being crushed by its opposition." Dr. Schaff said : " Secular power has proved a satanic gift to the church, and ecclesiastical power...

...last restraint of the powerful and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of Christianity disobey them in something, he had to consider what...and so little restrained by conscientious scruples, in her hand, but it is a fragile reed ; they crown her, but it is with thorns ; they cover with purple...

...iniquitous form of union of church and state. Macaulay said: "The whole history of the Christian religion shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted...of power than of being crushed by its opposition." Dr. Orestes A. Brownson said: "It may be safely asserted that, except in the United States, the church...

...greatest engine of tyranny in the world. — Isaac Backus. The whole history of the Christian religion shows that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted by the alliance with the civil power than of being crushed by its opposition. — Thomas B. Macaulay. cially those...