The Republican Influence of Christianity

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Excerpt from The Republican Influence of Christianity: A Discourse Delivered on Occasion of the Death of William Henry Harrison, at Bangor, April 22, and Re-Delivered at Hallowell and Augusta, May 14, 1841 Whether we examine the in¿uence Of'christianity theoretically or practically by a' process of a priori reasoning, orin the light Of universal experience, we shallhqual-s 1y arrive at the conclusion, that no other agency could have been exerted upon the fortunes Of the human family, so well adapted to secure the immediate good and advance the future destinies of mankind. Philosophy had spent its power long before the introduction Of the gospel. The arts and sciences had diffused a mystical light over the republics of Greece and the dynasty Of Egypt and that light had faded into darkness, Without having revealed. To the world the true secret, the hidden causes, of social progression. Man had been attempting to inscribe the records of his progress upon the treacherous surface of an ocean, and experience had been incessantly impressing upon his convictions Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel. Time had scrawled the most melancholy epitaphs over the baf¿ed ambition and blighted hopes of an aspiring race, and the many names to which its attention had been directed, as the successive harbingers of that prophetic period of unprecedented glory, which was continually expected to dawn upon the earth, were slumbering in the perfect oblivion of their power. But, when the cycles which Omniscience had marked for this epoch had revolv-v ed, a Name was whispered in the rustic vallies of Palestine and the world uttered an echo which the universe cannot contain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.