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The True Relation of Church and State

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 12, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 28.

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The True Relation of Church and State

The picture on the first page is in itself a sermon. It shows the true relation of Church and State. The former is represented by a pure woman holding aloft the Gospel, and beseeching souls to come to Christ. So has the Lord said, “I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.” The State is represented by a public building. The motive power of the true church is love and persuasion; that of the State is law and force, represented by the cannon. There can be no true union between them. To establish an unlawful union is to destroy both. This is a lesson to be heeded.