Download or read book The American Monthly Magazine, 1898, Vol. 12 (Classic Reprint) written by Mary S. Lockwood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Monthly Magazine, 1898, Vol. 12 In the earlier history Of Christian development, under the absolute rule of Roman despots, and their cruel and licentious successors, the ideal Of duty was submission. The Christian's eyes were fixed, beyond the affairs Of time and sense, upon his eternal heritage, the house not made with hands, whose maker and builder is God, which was to be a blessed sanctuary of rest from the violence Of evil men. He violated no Obligation, but he sought no service for his country's sake. He made no effort to control its policy, nor to raise the standard Of civic morality; he counted all things well-lost in the temporal world if he might gain his eternal reward. About the Publisher 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.