I must look for something above me

Religion! Is what you hear at church religion? Is that which can bend and turn, and descend and ascend, to fit every crooked phrase of selfish, worldly society, religion? Is that religion which is less scrupulous, less generous, less just, less considerate for man, than even my own ungodly, unworthy blinded nature? No! When I look for a religion, I must look for something above me, and not something beneath. Augustine St. Clare from "Uncle Tom's Cabin". 1851