Altar/christianity

Famous quotes containing the words altar and/or christianity:

    And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
    Bible: Hebrew Exodus 20:25.

    I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark, though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)