March 29, 1900

“Front Page” American Sentinel 15, 13, p. 193.

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FORCE combined with religion always results in a retrograde movement.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.1

TO UNITE religion with politics is not to elevate politics, but to degrade religion.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.2

AMS the state must always carry the sword of justice, it is plainly disqualified for service in the capacity of a missionary.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.3

THE truly Christian reformer will approach the people with the Word of God, and not presume to approach God with the word of the people.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.4

GOOD laws are the result, not the cause, of right sentiment in the minds of the people. A true reform must begin with the people, not with the laws.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.5

AMS human law can represent no love but only justice, and Christianity cannot be separated from love, it follows that Christianity cannot be expressed in the form of law.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.6

THE Creator gave the Sabbath to all men “without money and without price;” but the Sunday laws have fixed a price upon it, and those who will not pay must be fined or sent to jail.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.7

RELIGIOUS truth has in all ages found its way opposed by the barrier of religious legislation; and religious legislation has always represented an effort to dam up the tide of progress in religious knowledge.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.8

THE state cannot be religious. The express purpose of religion—the gospel—is to provide a way of escape for the transgressor; while the express purpose of the state in its laws against crime, its police, and its courts, is to close up every avenue of escape against the transgressor.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.9

FROM its very nature religious legislation must constitute a bond of union between the church and the world.AMS March 29, 1900, page 193.10

“Back Page” American Sentinel 15, 13, p. 208.

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THE Sabbath was ordained to give man something more than mere rest; for on the seventh day God “rested and was refreshed.” All that the Creator designed in giving the Sabbath is secured to man through the gospel; but the restraints imposed by legislatures and courts can provide neither rest nor refreshment.AMS March 29, 1900, page 208.1

SELF-GOVERNMENT is a simple art in itself, but civilization has made of it a complex system, altogether beyond the intellectual grasp of the inferior races. But because these people cannot govern themselves after the American system, we need not conclude they cannot govern themselves in any way. Governments are instituted among men to preserve rights and any people who respect human rights are qualified to make a success of self-government.AMS March 29, 1900, page 208.2