AMERICAN STATE PAPERS

A BOOK FOR THE TIMES

A most valuable work on the subject of religious legislation in the United States, from the foundation of the government to the present time.DPL 120.8

It includes the various prominent acts, both State and national relating to subjects of religion, such as Bills of Rights, Amendments, Treaties, Sunday observance, etc. In it are found various memorials, petitions, and remonstrances, House and Senate Reports on Sunday Mails; documents on the “Sphere of Civil Government,” “The Rights of the Jew.” “Religion in the Public Schools,” “Civil Laws against Blasphemy,” “Christianity and the Common Law,” “Sunday Legislation.” etc., etc.; judicial decisions on Sunday Laws and the Bible in the Public Schools. It also contains in an appendix the provisions in the Bills of Rights of all the States relating to the rights of conscience, and—DPL 120.9