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Side 3
... social improvement , may be brought into the circle of every family , and within the reach of every reader . The materials for carrying out this design are abundant : - Delineations of the works of our Creator ; the innumerable objects ...
... social improvement , may be brought into the circle of every family , and within the reach of every reader . The materials for carrying out this design are abundant : - Delineations of the works of our Creator ; the innumerable objects ...
Side 4
... social and moral interests of society . In an undertaking of this nature , it were affectation , at this period , not to recognise the influence of the Christian religion , as the great source and the only preservative of all our ...
... social and moral interests of society . In an undertaking of this nature , it were affectation , at this period , not to recognise the influence of the Christian religion , as the great source and the only preservative of all our ...
Side 12
... social , and moral improvement . 2d . The means by which the Society hope to accomplish these objects , will be , by annual subscriptions , by donations and bequests from persons who feel interested in giving aid to such an enterprise ...
... social , and moral improvement . 2d . The means by which the Society hope to accomplish these objects , will be , by annual subscriptions , by donations and bequests from persons who feel interested in giving aid to such an enterprise ...
Side 16
... social order , of vital religion , and of all the best interests of society , had reason to fear the subversion of the fairest civil , social , and religious institutions of the land . Atheism , infidelity , and irreligion of every form ...
... social order , of vital religion , and of all the best interests of society , had reason to fear the subversion of the fairest civil , social , and religious institutions of the land . Atheism , infidelity , and irreligion of every form ...
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... social , intellectual , and moral relations . The details of the proposed plan of operations , are necessarily left , to be determined , as the enterprise proceeds . The course pursued by the So- cieties which have been described ...
... social , intellectual , and moral relations . The details of the proposed plan of operations , are necessarily left , to be determined , as the enterprise proceeds . The course pursued by the So- cieties which have been described ...
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Side 7 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity.
Side 7 - The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice 1 And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion.
Side 7 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric...
Side 7 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Side 7 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in...