Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 / The Old Pagan Civilizations

In Assyria and Babylon the moon-god took precedence of the sun-god, since night was more agreeable to the inhabitants of

Saint Augustine, in his "City of God," his greatest work, ridicules all gods who are not able to save the soul, and all religions where future existence is not recognized as the most important thing which can occupy the mind of man.