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Excerpt from Christianity: Placed Upon Its Own Principles, the Best Means of Promoting Civilization, Religion and Happiness, or Counsel to the Oppressed<br/><br/>That the economy, of rellgion contained in the scriptures is of God, none but the misguided or the ill-informed will presume to deny every well informed mind will readily admit, that whenever the human family shall submit and reduce to practice the teach ings of the Bible, a most extraordinary improvement will imme diately ensue in the character and condition of'man. This globe, which to such a large extent, is allowed to remain an unsightly wilderness, would soon be transformed into the abode of resplend ant beauty and fruitfulness the race of men would be greatly mul tiplied; human life would be materially lengthened, all the grievous evils which now afilict society would'be ré'ithoved, men would learn the wisdom of dwelling togetherin peace, harmony and mutual af fection, and the race which now bears such a strong resem blance to wild beasts and demons, would soon show a moral re semblance to angels and God, and all Adam's family would soon become wise, virtuous and happy.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This 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.