...concourse of the people. Its professed object was, to pronounce a solemn national acknowledgment of the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul : Its real end was, to celebrate and confirm the triumph of pure deism over christianity. It had been...

...on large bills, stuck over a great number of gateways, these edifying words in immense letters : " The French People acknowledge the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul." The above was a new decree of the national convention, it had been recently proclaimed, and remained...

...as a philosophical system is beneath criticism. The Republic undertook by a legislative decree, to acknowledge the existence of the Supreme Being and the immortality of the souh The feast of the Etre Supreme was ordered, and Robespierre's religious system was substituted...

...proposed the following decree, which was adopted by acclamation: " Art. 1. The French people acknowledges the existence of the Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul. " Art. 2. It acknowledges that the worship most worthy of the Supreme Being is the practice of the...

...Of the religion of the Chinese it may be stated without detail, that it appears to have recognized the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul; to have become ultimately degraded into the worship of the sun and celestial bodies, the worship of...

...disprove any theory or system of philosophy or science, either physical or metaphysical, which recognizes the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. The Scriptures were never intended to teach or explain, the principles of natural science, and cannot...

...at this end by proposing to you the following decree : — " Art. 1st. The French people recognise the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. " Art. 2nd. They acknowledge that the worship worthy of the Supreme Being is the practice of the duties...

...in the terms of his motion it was unanimously decreed—first, that the French nation acknowledges the existence of the Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul; secondly, that it acknowledges the worship most worthy the Supreme Being to be the practice of the...

...storm itself will be compelled to respect her. (Applause.) " Art. 1st. The French people recognize the existence of the Supreme Being, and the immortality of the soul. " Art. 2nd. They acknowledge that the worship worthy of the Supreme Being is the practice of the duties...

...as a philosophical system is beneath criticism. The Republic undertook by a legislative decree, to acknowledge the existence of the Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul. 'The feast of the Etre Supreme was ordered, and Robespierre's religious system was substituted for...