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Miscellany: Bonaparte's Opinion Of Christianity

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Day
24
Month
October
Year
1842
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Public Domain
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Without being responsiblc for the truth of this conversation os reponed, I will copy it litornlly; - and itmay ical'y have been mtered by thé imperor. It deserves to be read with'attention: ';I know men" said Napoleon, "and I teil you that Jesús is not a maní The religión ofChrist is amystery which subsists by its own force, and proceeds (rom a mind which is not a human i mind. We find in it a marlced individuality. which ori&inatcd a train of wnrrÏR nnr) mtir.,-,a n..known bet'ore. Jesús borrowed nothing f(Oin our knowledge. He exhibited in himselffa perfect example ofhis precepts. Jesus is not a philosopher, for his proois are miracles; and. from the first, his disciples adored hiin Ia foot learning and philosophy are ofno use forsalvation; and Jesus carne into the world, to rcveal the ir}'steries of Heaven and the laws of the Spirit. "Alexander, Cajsar, Chariemagne, and myself founded empires; but on what foundaiion did we rest the creations ofour genius? Upon force. Jesús Christ alone founded his empire upon ove; and at this hour, miluons oí men would die lor birb."It was not a day, or a battlr, tliat achieved the tnumph of the Chiistian religión in the wörld. No; it was a long war, a contest for 3 ceuturies, beguñ by the Aposües, thcn coiitinued by succeeding generations. In thls war. ii all tliu Kmgs and potentates of he earth were on one sido; on the other. I sec noarmy, buta mysterious force, some men scattered herc and there in all parts of the world, and who have no other rallying point than a common faiih in tho mysteries of the cross. "I die belore my time, and my body will be given back to the earlh, to bepotne food for the worni8. Such is the iate of' him who has been called the great Napoleon. What an abyss between my deep misery and the eternal Kingdom of Christ which is proclaimed, loved, and adored. and whioh is extending over the whole earth? - ■ Cali you this dying? Is it not living rather? - The death of Christ is the dealh of God." Napoleon stoppsd at these words; but Gen. Hertrand inaking no reply, tlie Emperor added: 'If you do notperceive that Jesus Christ is God, 1 did wrong to appoim you General!" If this language was really uttered by Napoleon. t forms a fine chapter in defence of Chriatianity! or which we are indebted to the greatcst warrior 'M modern times - non res. Genuine or feigned, the above are grand views,

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