earthly-minded

Perhaps one conclusion from that arresting statement is that however close religious leaders get to political ones, the moral calculus made by the former is never exactly the same as that of their more earthly-minded friends.

She was one of those extraordinary influences for whose return to earth one can hardly account; quick, and clever, and amusing as she could be, but with an unrefined wit and manner, and to all appearance, more earthly-minded than ourselves.

See, my dear readers, this is what is done by the much bepraised "Enclosings," which could have originated only in our earthly-minded age; and which spare nothing, neither right nor usage; respect no old legend, no old custom; have no eye at all for beauty, rate everything only according to its utility, and cannot endure anything round, but favour only straight lines and sharp corners.

We are all by nature so weak, so worldly, so earthly-minded, so inclined to sin, that without a thorough change we cannot serve God in life, and could not enjoy Him after death.

The horde of earthly-minded people have simply trodden upon the precious pearls of Christ's teaching.