Religious Instruction and Sabbath Observance
THE demand for religious instruction in the public schools is being vigorously agitated in at least two of the States in Australia, and, therefore, as being pertinent to the situation in that country, the Australasian Signs of the Times reprints in a recent issue the whole of the protest made by the editor of the REVIEW against this movement before the interdenominational conference in this city last March. The principles set forth in the protest are sound for every country, and should be placed before the people wherever an effort is made to bring about a union of church and state by seeking to make the state an exponent of religion. A RECENT issue of the Carolina Citizen, published at Cheraw, S. C., contains a well-written article, occupying a column and a half, by Elder E. W. Webster, with the title “Why the Adventists Observe the Seventh Day.” The reasons given cover the ground clearly, and the truth is thus presented to a class of readers who might not read it in any other way. This is a good example to imitate.