The Amendment Agitation.
By J. W. Bailey
Bro J. W. Bailey writes from Missouri: I fully believe that the time of trouble is near. The “Christianizing” of our form of government and the incorporation of the Bible into our national constitution as the basis, or foundation, of law and good morals, as well as religion, making it the political test, according to the so-called orthodox faith, is gaining ground fast here. A friend of mine who is an earnest and public advocate of these measures, refused two years ago to believe that they could ever find favor in this government. He now says he never was more firmly convinced of anything than he is of the necessity of pressing these measures. They already have much sympathy here. I believe that the Catholic raid on the Bible in the public schools and their effort at obtaining their share of the public school money are to furnish ground for this agitation; and that the German element with their Sunday amusements will lead to the enforcement of the mark of the beast; and that these prophetic events will develop in so quiet and natural a way that none but the wise will understand. A county paper says, “The proposed change is said to have enlisted the sympathy of many excellent persons; but it involves considerations of the most momentous character, going to the foundation of our political system, and affecting the rights of large bodies of citizens present and to come, which the authors of the movement have probably never taken into account.” My great desire is, to get ready for the awful events just beginning to dawn upon us.