"If
religious books are not widely
circulated
among the masses in this
country,
and
the people
do not
become religious,
I do
not know
what is
to become
of us
as a nation.
And
the thought
is one
to cause
solemn reflection
on the
part of every
patriot
and
Christian.
If truth be not diffused,
error will
be;
if
God
and
His
Word
are not
known and
received,
the
devil
and his works
will
gain the
ascendancy;
if
the evangelical
volume
does
not reach
every hamlet,
the pages
of a
corrupt
and
licentious
literature
will;
if the power of the
Gospel
is
not felt
throughout the
length and
breadth of
the land,
anarchy
and
misrule,
degradation
and
misery,
corruption
and
darkness,
will
reign without
mitigation or
end."
Daniel
Webster
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