John Campbell Shairp: They who seek religion for culture's sake are aesthetic, not religious, and will never gain that grace which religion ad

They who seek religion for culture's sake are aesthetic, not religious, and will — John Campbell Shairp

They who seek religion for culture's sake are aesthetic, not religious, and will never gain that grace which religion adds to culture, because they never can have the religion.

John Campbell Shairp

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