 | Frederick Smith - 1811 - 274 pages
...which every page declares what mankind were during so many ages, and what we ourselves should still be, had not the peculiar mercy, which made known the Saviour of the world to us, drawn us out of the abyss in which all our forefather* were swallowed up. Ytt do our modern opposers of revealed religion,... | |
 | 1833 - 632 pages
...which every page declares what mankind were during so many ages, and what we ourselves should still be, had not the peculiar mercy which made known the Saviour of the world to us drawn us out of the abyss, in which all our forefathers were swallowed up. * Socrates. 88 PAPEBS ON ANCIENT GREECE. " It... | |
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We see here the principal fruits to be derived from the study of profane history, of which every page declares what mankind were during so many ages, and what we ourselves should still be, had not the peculiar mercy which made known the Saviour of the... 