 I am a Christian, in the only sense in which he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others ; ascribing to himself every human excellence ; and believing he never claimed any other.  American Liberty: Patriotic Addresses - Page 27by Rev. W. D. Simonds - 1894 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Woodbridge Riley - Philosophy - 1907 - 630 pages
...very different from that anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed...excellence; and believing he never claimed any other. At the short interval since these conversations, when I could justifiably abstract my mind from public... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1907 - 246 pages
...which I can know but little, and to trust for the future to Him who has been so good for the past. TO the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed...human excellence; and believing he never claimed any 10. 379. other, j . . . It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist... | |
 | United States - 1893 - 1058 pages
...very different from that anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity, I am indeed opposed...Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense he intended one to be ; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others ; ascribing... | |
 | American fiction - 1913 - 534 pages
...Jefferson says he never claimed to be divine. In a letter to Benjamin Rush, dated April 31, 1803, he says: "I am a Christian in the only sense in which he wished anyone to be ; sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others; ascribing to himself... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - Presidents - 1918 - 342 pages
...by those who know nothing of my opinions. To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed,1 but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian in the only sense he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others, ascribing... | |
 | Humphrey Joseph Desmond - United States - 1924 - 280 pages
...growth." "I am a Christian," he wrote in 1823, "in the only sense in which He [Jesus] wished anyone to be; sincerely attached to His doctrines in preference...excellence, and believing He never claimed any other." In the Smithsonian Institute at Washington is preserved the original of what is known as "Jefferson's... | |
 | American literature - 1925 - 712 pages
...success; for it is often that smaller crops yield more money than larger ones. A Religious Reawakening TO THE corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed;...ascribing to Himself every human excellence; and believing that He never claimed any other." These, wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1803, were his views on religion.... | |
 | Claude Gernade Bowers - Democracy - 1925 - 596 pages
...Rush in conversation on religion.* 'I am a Christian,' he once said, 'in the only sense in which Jesus wished any one to be — sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others.' On one occasion when a man of distinction expressed his disbelief in the truths of the Bible, he said,... | |
 | Claude Gernade Bowers - Democracy - 1925 - 580 pages
...Rush in conversation on religion.1 'I am a Christian,' he once said, 'in the only sense in which Jesus wished any one to be — sincerely attached to his doctrines in preference to all others.' On one occasion when a man of distinction expressed his disbelief in the truths of the Bible, he said,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - History - 1926 - 514 pages
...different from that anti-Christian system imputed to me by those who know nothing of my opinions.^ To the corruptions of Christianity I am, indeed, opposed;...excellence; and believing he never claimed any other// At the short interval since these conversations, when I could justifiably abstract my mind from public... | |
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