...the whites came. God would have given the Indians the book, if they were to be directed by it. ,f " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...philosopher, as equally false ; and by the magistrate, ai equally useful.'' — Gibbon'* Decline and Fall, chapter ii. is hindered at once. He must see that...

...which is God's standard for all. What the infidel Gibbon says of ancient Paganism at Bome—viz., " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...all considered by the people as equally true, by the philosophers as equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful,"—seems to be practically...

...the whites came. God would have given the Indians the book, if they were to be directed by it. t " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...world were all considered by the people as equally trne : by the philosopher, as equally false ; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.' - — Gibbon's...

...to be directed by it. t " The various mode* of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were nil considered by the people as equally true : by the philosopher, as equally false ; anil by the magirtratr, as equally useful."— riibboif a Dticline ami Fall, chapter n. IN CANADA....

...what quiet shape it may assume in others. Gibbon, speaking of the paganism of ancient Rome, says, " the various modes of worship which prevailed in the...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful." The comment of some one is, " after eighteen centuries of the Gospel, we seem unhappily to be coming...

...appeals to the evidence of Miracles. The reality of the miracles involved in the creation of the 7 " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...false ; and by the magistrate, as equally useful." (Gibbon's "Decline and Fall"; ch. ii.) ' See Abp. Whately's "Essay on some of the Difficulties in the...

...the sentiments of an Atheist under sacerdotal robes." There were priests ; but " all religions were considered by the people as equally true, by the philosopher...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful," while gladiators, slaves, actors, buffoons, and strangers, made up the rest of the population. From...

...to quote the opinion of Gibbon in his great work on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : — " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the...toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." Looking back upon these Ruins as a whole, how interesting, how eloquent do they...

...part of their subjeets. The various modes of worship, -which prevailed 111 the liomuri world, were nil considered by the people as equally true ; by the...toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord. The superstition of the people was not imbittered by any mixture of thcological...

...the heathen empire, as Gibbon tells us in his sarcastic style, ' the various forms of worship were considered, by the people as equally true, by the...equally false, and by the magistrate as equally useful.' The standard of modern liberal policy oscillates uneasily between the second and third of these varieties...