 | Wilford Lash Robbins - 1903 - 210 pages
...sympathy with the Christian position. In his History of' European Morals (vol. ii. p. 8) he says : "It was reserved for Christianity to present to the...which, through all the changes of eighteen centuries, tas filled the hearts of men with an impassioned love, and has shown itself capable of acting on all... | |
 | 1919 - 728 pages
...us in words which for clearness and force leave nothing to be desired. "It was reserved," says he, "for Christianity to present to the world an ideal...through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love and has shown itself capable of acting on all ages,... | |
 | 1903 - 722 pages
...elements into one self-consistent personality. "It has been reserved for Christianity," says Mr. Lecky, "to present to the world an ideal character, which through all the * A feeble attempt has been made to make the Essenes the soil from which Jesus sprang, in spite of... | |
 | Arthur Crawshay Alliston Hall - 1905 - 120 pages
...Platonist exhorted men to imitate God, the Stoic to follow reason, the Christian to the love of Christ. ... It was reserved for Christianity to present to the...through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, has shown itself capable of acting on all ages,... | |
 | James Hastings - 1906 - 970 pages
...simply as a historian of European morals, describes it thus (Hist. Eur. Moi:n (1894) ii. 8f.)— 1 It was reserved for Christianity to present to the...through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the heart* of men with an impassioned love ; has shown itself capable of acting on all ages,... | |
 | Emory Miller - 1907 - 522 pages
...The world beholds in Jesus its ideal of goodness." And this from Lecky (History of European Morals) : "It was reserved for Christianity to present to the...through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, has shown itself capable of acting on all nations,... | |
 | Alfred Ernest Garvie - 1907 - 566 pages
...character of Jesus has exercised in human history is described with no less enthusiasm by Lecky. " It was reserved for Christianity to present to the...character, which* through all the changes of eighteen ceMUIies has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love ; has shown itself capable of acting... | |
 | 1907 - 360 pages
...our most thoughtful writers on the subject. Mr. Lecky in his History of Morality (vol. ii) says, " It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character which has filled the hearts of men with an impassioned love, and has shown itself capable of acting on all... | |
 | Frank Ballard - 1908 - 220 pages
...students) but which, because of its author's impartiality and competence, I quote here once more " It was reserved for Christianity to present to the...through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, and has shown itself capable of acting on all... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1910 - 436 pages
...become was a model for imitation, and the admiration it inspired could never deepen into affection. It was reserved for Christianity to present to the...through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love; has shown itself capable of acting on all ages,... | |
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It was reserved for Christianity to present to the world an ideal character, which through all the changes of eighteen centuries has inspired the hearts of men with an impassioned love, has shown itself capable of acting on all ages, nations, temperaments,... 
