The New Bond of Love (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853. Excerpt: ... THE NEW BOND OF LOVE. Who, with the image of God engrafted upon his soul, can walk through the streets of the Old World without oceans of tears gushing out of his eyes? Hindostan, Persia, Egypt, China, Jerusalem, Athens, Rome, the Christian-germanic States, the Middle Ages, the invention of the art of printing, the discovery of America, the Reformation, the modern times up to our days--of all this you have read much, thought much, heard much, but go, go and see the Holy Land, Asia, Greece, Italy, Germany, France, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Spain and Portugal, Poland and Hungary, and the whole panorama of the past, will rise before your mind with overwhelming significance. If tears, burning tears, burst forth from the panorama, shall it not be the proud privilege of present and coming generations to wipe them off? Who can go through the highways of the globe, and behold the sufferings of the weak, without feeling that although thousands and thousands of years' experience might have taught better, the strong have not yet perceived the heavenly mission of their strength. 1 Of the dark ages, of Hindostan, China, Persia, and Egypt, our knowledge is limited; but of Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome, and the subsequent ages, faithful records are at our command, and will for ever cast their shadows of gloom and glory upon the present and the future. Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome have perished, but the monuments of genius which they have bequeathed us'are imperishable, and are we to blame if we endeavor to banish the recollections of their evil passions, in order to preserve unsullied our admiration for their virtues? Their evil passions, however, left unfortunately worldwide impressions. After the failure of the abstract love of God, in superseding, or in competing, wi...