British India in its relation to the decline of Hindooism, and the progress of Christianity. Containing remarks on the manners, customs, and literature of the people ... / By the Rev. William Campbell ... Illustrated with engravings on wood, by G. Baxter.

  • Campbell, William, active 1827.
Date:
1839
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Credit: British India in its relation to the decline of Hindooism, and the progress of Christianity. Containing remarks on the manners, customs, and literature of the people ... / By the Rev. William Campbell ... Illustrated with engravings on wood, by G. Baxter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    held giants and furies. They confided more in the number of their chariots, their horsemen and their elephants than, in the valour and discipline of their troops, and entered the field, only to be over- thrown. It has been so with every idolatrous nation, and in every age. Nineveh ! where art thou ? Once triumphant in battle, determined in council, and overwhelming in power, thou wast a scourge to the nations, thou didst seize the captive and didst divide the spoil; but idolatry was thy bane, and thou didst fall from the summit of dominion. Babylon ! where art thou ?—where now are thy gorgeous pa- laces, thy brazen gates, thy majestic walls, thy vic- torious kings and courageous armies ? Thou gavest not God the glory; thou didst exalt the gods of silver and of gold, of wood and of stone, and there- fore thou hast fallen never to rise. Mighty Rome ! where art thou ?—what has become of thy imperial senate, thy lofty Capitol, thy triumphal arches, the Caesars that fought thy battles, and the legions that won thy victories, and thy heroes who wished to render thee immortal ? Ah! they have fallen, and with thy superstition are buried in the grave ; thy liberties were not consecrated by Christianity; idolatry was thy curse and thy ruin. But in all these countries, liberty flourished for a season ; their institutions were such, that they allowed the state time to respire; and their overthrow was more of a judicial kind, than inherent in the poll-