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Show Gems of Lhouobt CHRISTIANITY A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies : tranquillity of mind, and how to attain it, which Christianity i teaches. Landor i j He who shall introduce into j public affairs the principles of I primitve Christianity will change ! the face of the world. Benjamin Franklin. Christianity reveals God as ever-present Truth and Love, to ' be utilized in healing the sick, in ; casting out error, in raising the . dead. Mary Baker Eddy. j Christianity is not a theory or j speculation, but a life; not a phi-1 losophy of life, but a life and a ' living process. Coleridge I .. . i After reading the doctrines of ; Plato, Socrates, or Aristotle, we feel that the specific difference between their words and Christ's j is the difference between an in- quiry and a revelation. Joseph ! Parker. Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts the cradle of its infancy, and the divine di-vine source of , its claims. De Tocqueville. V |