If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.
BENJAMIN RUSHControversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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Controversy is only dreaded by the advocates of error.
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By renouncing the Bible, philosophers swing from their moorings upon all moral subjects..It is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.
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The Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.
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The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
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Tis done. We have become a nation.
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Mirth, and even cheerfulness, when employed as remedies in low spirits, are like hot water to a frozen limb.
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Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.
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Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
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Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.
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The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.
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I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.
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A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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If we were to remove the Bible from public schools we would be wasting so much time punishing crimes and taking so little pains to prevent them.
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The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by means of the Bible.
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The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.
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