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:The [[Christianity|Christian]] religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our prevalent notions of the character of God, the great moral governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free institutions.

:The [[Christianity|Christian]] religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our prevalent notions of the character of God, the great moral governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free institutions.

''McGuffey's 5th Eclectic Reader'' (1879) contains a lesson entitled "Religion The Only Basis of Society" by William Ellery Channing: <ref>''id.''</ref>

''McGuffey's 5th Eclectic Reader'' (1879) contains a lesson entitled "Religion The Only Basis of Society" by William Ellery Channing:<ref>''id.''</ref>

:How powerless conscience would become without the belief of a God...  Erase all thought and fear of God from a community, and selfishness and sensuality would absorb the whole man. Appetite, knowing no restraint ... would trample in scorn on the restraints of human laws ... Man would become...what the theory of atheism declares him to be-a companion for brutes.

:How powerless conscience would become without the belief of a God...  Erase all thought and fear of God from a community, and selfishness and sensuality would absorb the whole man. Appetite, knowing no restraint ... would trample in scorn on the restraints of human laws ... Man would become...what the theory of atheism declares him to be-a companion for brutes.

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[[Category:United States History]]