Second issue for 1908 by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 7, 1908

Second issue for 1908

By Editor

Liberty, Vol. III, No. 2

Second issue for 1908

The Best Yet Published

The second number of Liberty comes out with some rare illustrations and with masterly contents. It deals forcibly with all the principal phases of religious legislation in discussing the following topics:—

Summary of Contents

“Our Position Reaffirmed.”—As to the state; as to religion; as to theology; as to religious legislation.

“Drink and Crime.”—Drink the cause of nine tenths of the crime committed; the producing element in criminal making.

“Sin and Crime.”—A clear distinction drawn between sin and crime.

“Religion and Liberty.”—They are inseparable; religion being voluntary, can not be forced; liberty permitting unrestricted belief or unbelief.

“Passing Strange.”—Ten strange inconsistencies prominent in the demand for religious legislation.

“The Evil Results of Religious Legislation.”—Portraying the Spanish Inquisition, and showing that it was the logical outgrowth of a union of church and state.

“The Real Object.”—Sunday laws a protection of a religious institution, rather than mere police regulations.

“William Lloyd Garrison’s Protest.”—Sunday laws condemned, and a strong defense of the principles of true religious liberty made.

“A Legal Rest Day.”—One day in seven, without specifying which day it shall be, is as far as the government may go.

“Judge Cooley on Religious Legislation.”—Showing that there can be no religious liberty where one sect is favored by the state, and given advantages by law over other sects.

“Restoring Trust in God.”—By restoring the motto, “In God We Trust,” on the coins of the United States, and at the same time creating a strong navy and maintaining a large army.

“Sunday Persecution.”—Enforcing religious observance of a particular day, with a penalty.

“Is America Christian or Non-Christian?”—As a nation it can be neither, but must protect all citizens in the profession of any faith, or of no faith.

“A Protest Against Religious Legislation.”—A strong, logical argument made before a United States Senate Committee, April 15, 1908. Presented under the following divisions: Reasons for Protesting; The Real Nature of the Bills Pending; Religious in Their Character; An Infringement upon Religious Liberty; Peaceable Assemblies Already Protected by Law; Early Sunday Laws; The Constitution Forbids Such Laws; What Is Involved; The True Principles Violated; An Inconsistent Argument; The True Principles; Seven Logical Conclusions.

“A Memorial Against Sunday Legislation.”—Presented in the United States Senate, March 3, 1908, and printed in the “Congressional Record” of the same date,—a convincing portrayal of the history of Sunday agitation from 1810 to 1830, and a clear statement of the religious elements and principles contained in the Sunday bills pending before Congress. Presented in behalf of the Seventh-day Baptists of the United States.

“State-Paid Religious Teachers.”—Exposing the wrong of enforced religious teaching by unconverted public school-teachers.

“Some Notable Waymarks in Parliamentary History.”—Showing that a confused conception of the relation of church and state has ever been the cause of sad history and bitter persecution.

“A Vigorous Protest.”—A portion of the able paper of Judge Holbrook, presented before the District Commissioners protesting against the Sunday bills pending in Congress.

“Macaulay on Puritan Parliament.”—Enlarging upon the fallacies of governmental righteousness; the attempt to create virtue by law promotes hypocrisy and vice.

In addition to the foregoing topics, the second number of Liberty contains other valuable matter from good writers.

Illustrations

While it is not profusely illustrated, it has two full-page assembled photos,—one containing recent photographs of all the members of the Senate, and the other the pictures of the diplomatic corps of Washington, D. C. These two illustrations are very rare, and will be of value in the sale of this issue. Many will buy the journal to secure them.

On the inside of the first cover, there is a full-page illustration of a political guillotine, being operated by the “Sunday Rest League” for the beheading of all law-makers who refuse to give the league the legislation it demands. This illustration impressively teaches at a glance more than can be expressed in words.

Besides these are given throughout the journal photographs of a number of prominent men, such as William Lloyd Garrison; Justice John M. Harlan, of the Supreme Court of the United States; and Rev. A. H. Lewis, of the Seventh-day Baptists.

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