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In fine, the interest and power of those verses of Robert Burns depended on the entirely peculiar and unrivalled place held by the Bible in the hearts of a very large part of the human race. Of the limitations of its kingdom both in space and time, it will be inevitable that we should hereafter speak. But the religious history of the western world, and especially of the Britains great and greater, with their mighty offspring, the grandest republic known to history - is more than enough to justify what has been said. Indeed, to this reverent afi'ection of whole peoples for the Bible there is absolutely no parallel and no analogy elsewhere. For it would be futile to compare therewith the soldierly respect felt by the Mussulman for the orders given him by his Koran, or the mixture of literary pedantry and mystic aspiration with which the Vedantist or Buddhist scholar studies the ancient lore of his creed. Of the moral power exercised, within certain limits, by old eastern scriptures revealed in latter days to us by the industry of great scholars, there need be no question. But, for reasons far other than those imagined by our fathers, the Bible has found a place in the heart, soul, conscience, and afi'ections of common men, women, and children of the west, such as no Veda, nor Zend Avesta, nor Chinese classics, nor Koran ever had a chance of attaining.
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In fine, the interest and power of those verses of Robert Burns depended on the entirely peculiar and unrivalled place held by the Bible in the hearts of a very large part of the human race. Of the limitations of its kingdom both in space and time, it will be inevitable that we should hereafter speak. But the religious history of the western world, and especially of the Britains great and greater, with their mighty offspring, the grandest republic known to history - is more than enough to justify what has been said. Indeed, to this reverent afi'ection of whole peoples for the Bible there is absolutely no parallel and no analogy elsewhere. For it would be futile to compare therewith the soldierly respect felt by the Mussulman for the orders given him by his Koran, or the mixture of literary pedantry and mystic aspiration with which the Vedantist or Buddhist scholar studies the ancient lore of his creed. Of the moral power exercised, within certain limits, by old eastern scriptures revealed in latter days to us by the industry of great scholars, there need be no question. But, for reasons far other than those imagined by our fathers, the Bible has found a place in the heart, soul, conscience, and afi'ections of common men, women, and children of the west, such as no Veda, nor Zend Avesta, nor Chinese classics, nor Koran ever had a chance of attaining.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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.
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