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" The whole history of the Christian Religion shows, that she is in far greater danger of being corrupted by the alliance of power, than of being crushed by its opposition. Those who thrust temporal sovereignty upon her, treat her as their prototypes treated... "
The United States Democratic Review - Page 248
1846
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Opposites: A Series of Essays on the Unpopular Sides of Popular Questions

Lewis Thornton - Philosophy and religion - 1890 - 396 pages
...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,...
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A homiletic commentary on the book of Lamentations. Intr. and ..., Volume 221

rev. George Barlow - 1891 - 182 pages
...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...
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Lord Macaulay's Essays ; And, Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1892 - 934 pages
...directed their attacks against the last restraint of the powerful, and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of the Christian religion shows...their prototypes treated her author. They bow the knee, and spit upon her ; they cry Hail ! and smite her on the cheek ; they put a sceptre into her...
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament ...

Bible - 1892 - 672 pages
...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...
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Religious Liberty Library, Volume 3, Issues 20-26

Freedom of religion - 1894 - 510 pages
...supported entirely by private contribution. Keep the state and the church forever separate."— US Grant. " The whole history of the Christian religion shows...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...
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Christianity Practically Applied: The Discussions of the International ...

Christianity - 1894 - 542 pages
...taxation is a vital, dangerous, and iniquitous form of union of church and state. Macaulay said : " The whole history of the Christian religion shows...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...
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Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1895 - 934 pages
...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 to find the rupees. A mind so fertile as his, an knee, and spit upon her ; they cry " Hail ! " and smite her on the cheek ; they put a sceptre in her...
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Christianity in Earnest, for Church Extension and Saloon ..., Volumes 10-12

1898 - 896 pages
...from taxation, is a vital, dangerous and iniquitous form of union of church and state. Macaulay said: "The whole history of the Christian religion shows...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...
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Patriotic Citizenship

Thomas Jefferson Morgan - Citizenship - 1895 - 394 pages
...imposing of religious tests hath been the greatest engine of tyranny in the world. — Isaac Backus. The whole history of the Christian religion shows...greater danger of being corrupted by the alliance with the civil power than of being crushed by its opposition. — Thomas B. Macaulay. cially those...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay, Volume 7

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1898 - 682 pages
...last restraint of the powerful and the last hope of the wretched. The whole history of ' Christianity shows, that she is in far greater danger of being...their prototypes treated her author. They bow the knee, and spit upon her ; they cry " Hail ! " and smite her on the cheek ; they put a sceptre in her...
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