The time was when it was the grossest infidelity to question any of the extravagant assertions contained in the Bible; but nearly all Christian sects now assume the right to place their own construction upon what is found therein.
Woodhull notes the evolving interpretations of the Bible by Christian sects over time.
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Are they not better qualified to direct legislation now than the wisest among us?
Verily, verily, I say unto you, this people vaunteth and puffeth itself with knowledge, but wisdom hath surely departed to the lowly ones of earth!
As the beams reflected from the mountain top are of the sun, and not the mountains, so are these spiritual rays of the spiritual sun, and not of the individual reflecting them, or through whom they may chance to shine.
Are not their minds expanded to the comprehension of the great principles of governmental justice?