CHRISTIANITY’S VIRTUE
One reason why the Christian religion has been so salutary for mankind is that it has known just where to lift man up, and just where to keep him down. When he is discouraged, caught in his sins, “sunk” about himself, Christianity offers him hope and forgiveness. But when he is full of himself and his importance, when his pride runs away and lifts him up about his own virtues and achievements, Christianity reminds him who he is. Christianity always “puts down the mighty from their seat, and exalts the humble and meek.” It levels up man’s despair about himself, and levels down his pride. From How to Become a Christian, by Samuel Shoemaker, pg. 63
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