PRINCIPLES TOO LITTLE UNDERSTOOD
By W. A. Colcord
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY LEAFLETS. No. 1. PRINCIPLES TOO LITTLE UNDERSTOOD
Secretary Religious Liberty Bureau ONE of the most dangerous evils threatening our times is the growing demand for religious legislation. This demand is being urged more and more, and in some instances governments are beginning to yield to it. Many are led to believe that the remedy for the present wide-spread irreligion lies through human legislation. Few seem to realize that the use of force in religion is inconsistent with the gospel of Christ, and that in the end religious legislation means religious persecution. There needs to be a better and more general understanding of the great principles underlying human rights and liberties. Principles which, if universally understood and adhered to, would insure peace on earth and good-will among men, ought not to be ignored nor forgotten. The principles of liberty are living, ennobling principles. They are recognized or disregarded wherever people live and governments exist. The people of all nations either enjoy the blessings of freedom, or feel the oppressive hand of intolerance and persecution. To keep these principles fresh in the minds of the people is the only sure way of securing the blessings accruing from them, and perpetuating these blessings to the race. It is because these principles are allowed to be forgotten, and false Eight pages, 38 cents per 100.