THE quick-witted, but not over scrupulous, Talleyrand expressed his of appreciation of the irresistible hold which the Christian gospel has upon the human mind, when consulted by one of the five directors constituting the French Government in 1797 in reference to suitable forms of worship for the new religious system, which they had inaugurated and called "Theophilanthropism" (divine humanity). "I have but a single observation to make," said Talleyrand. "Jesus Christ to found His religion suffered Himself to be crucified, and He rose again. You should try to do as much, and then you would be successful.”
“Theophilanthropism," remarked Guizot four years after, "its apostles, the dream and the dreamers, have disappeared from the stage, where they had been powerless in influence and barren in consequences." But Christianity still lives, for its Founder lives, a triumphant, risen Savior, sympathizing, succoring His people from on high.