Who, indeed, can refrain from lamenting another pernicious kind of sacrilege, an anthropomorphism, yet more frequent,--that of making Christian temples resound with prayers for victory over our enemies, and thanksgiving for their defeat?
Sumner laments the practice of invoking divine support for victory in war, criticizing the sacrilege of such prayers.
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