On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
Throughout the awful trials of the last sixty years, England, notwithstanding her deficient and meagre theology, has always remembered Sion.
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Benjamin Disraeli
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In a political biography, this passage observes England's consistent remembrance of Sion despite its theological shortcomings during challenging times.
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