in the Koran: the God of Mohammed (though professedly that of Abraham) is represented at one time as commanding the slaughter of the captives, at another time as regulating the division of the spoil; at another, as clearing the Prophet's wife from aspersions against her chastity; at another, as sanctioning the uxorious excesses of the Prophet, and enacting regulations of a family or private nature; so that there is a want of propriety and consistency in the detail, even as regards the supreme Object of worship, which affects the whole system, and presents a striking contrast.
Christianity conveys the most exalted notions of the Great Supreme, whether as the God of nature or of grace. The beautiful copy of the divine perfections, as exhibited to us in the Scriptures, presents a striking transcript and finished portrait of all conceivable virtue. Love to God and man is inculcated on the purest and most exalted principles:
