Motives of life.. by Swing David 1830-1894

Author:Swing, David, 1830-1894. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Conduct of life
Publisher: Chicago, A. C. McClurg and company
Published: 1889-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

perfect as would be a State, which should have only a statute book, and no courts, no executive. Religion transforms the great Lawgiver into a great judge, and lays thus the deep foundation of justice.

Like all other forms of truth, this reverence for the Infinite Judge passed through its period of darkness and error. * Men attempted to secure blessings and pardon, and even to secure vengeance upon enemies by offering gifts to the Judge, or by binding themselves with vows that should cover the future, but gradually the intelligence of man has found regular, uniform laws of God, in obedience to which is happiness, in transgression of which is sorrow; but both these periods show us the human race alike as living in presence of a Judge who will here and hereafter, or here alone, or hereafter alone, make just return to the evil and the good. The religious motive is thus clothed with the powers of a final justice.

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