John Wesley on A Christian Nation

                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              

"Where, I pray, do the Christians live Which is the country, the inhabitants whereof are all thus filled with the Holy Ghost -- are all of one heart and of one soul cannot suffer one among them to lack anything, but continually give to every man as he hath need; who, one and all, have the love of God filling their hearts, and constraining them to love their neighbour as themselves; who have all 'put on bowels of mercy, humbleness of mind, gentleness, long-suffering' who offend not in any kind, either by word or deed, against justice, mercy, or truth; but in every point do unto all men, as they would these should do unto them ? With what propriety can we term any a Christian country, which does not answer this description ? Why then, let us confess we have never yet seen a Christian country upon earth."
                           --  John Wesley, "Scriptural Christianity," preached at Oxford University, 1744