"Is
it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the
glory of Christianity, to extinguish the malignant passions;
to curb the violence, to control the appetites, and to smooth
the asperities of man; to make us compassionate and kind,
and forgiving one to another; to make us good husbands, good
fathers, good friends; and to render us active and useful
in the discharge of the relative social and civil duties?"