Description:Excerpt from The Southern Presbyterian Review, Vol. 1: Conducted by an Association of Ministers in the Town of Columbia, S. C., June, 1847The law of Mahomet claimed to be a revelation from Heaven, and though, in accordance with its pretensions, it demanded faith, yet, as it presented no rational grounds of conviction, its policy was to intimidate or bribe the under standing, according as fear, prejudice, or lust was the pre dominant principlc of action. Where it could not extort a blind credulity, it made the passions the vehicles of its doc trines - the timid it frightened to submission, the profligate it allured to acquiescence, and the heretic and skeptic it wheedled and cajoled by a partial patronage of their errors. Exclusively a system of authority, it gave no scope to dis cussion. Its great argument was the word of its Prophet, its decisive sanction the sword Of its soldiers, and its strong est attractions, the licence it gave to voluptuous indulgences. Paganism wore the face of error, and Mohammedanism of immsturc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Southern Presbyterian Review, Vol. 1: Conducted by an Association of Ministers in the Town of Columbia, S. C., June, 1847 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Southern Presbyterian Review, Vol. 1: Conducted by an Association of Ministers in the Town of Columbia, S. C., June, 1847 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Southern Presbyterian Review, Vol. 1: Conducted by an Association of Ministers in the Town of Columbia, S. C., June, 1847 (Classic Reprint)
Description: Excerpt from The Southern Presbyterian Review, Vol. 1: Conducted by an Association of Ministers in the Town of Columbia, S. C., June, 1847The law of Mahomet claimed to be a revelation from Heaven, and though, in accordance with its pretensions, it demanded faith, yet, as it presented no rational grounds of conviction, its policy was to intimidate or bribe the under standing, according as fear, prejudice, or lust was the pre dominant principlc of action. Where it could not extort a blind credulity, it made the passions the vehicles of its doc trines - the timid it frightened to submission, the profligate it allured to acquiescence, and the heretic and skeptic it wheedled and cajoled by a partial patronage of their errors. Exclusively a system of authority, it gave no scope to dis cussion. Its great argument was the word of its Prophet, its decisive sanction the sword Of its soldiers, and its strong est attractions, the licence it gave to voluptuous indulgences. Paganism wore the face of error, and Mohammedanism of immsturc.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Southern Presbyterian Review, Vol. 1: Conducted by an Association of Ministers in the Town of Columbia, S. C., June, 1847 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Southern Presbyterian Review, Vol. 1: Conducted by an Association of Ministers in the Town of Columbia, S. C., June, 1847 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.