More and more frequently are we hearing the definite proposition that the church and state must be united for the good of humanity. It is a proposition that had been nearly eliminated from the speech of a liberty-loving people; but the great movements on foot to bring religion into politics and make the church a force in governmental affairs are reclothing that skeleton of past centuries and seeking to breathe life into it. Recently Dr. S. H. Woodrow, of the First Congregational Church of Washington, D. C., in a Sunday afternoon address before the Washington Y. M. C. A., made this declaration: “It is impossible to separate the church and the state. The church in every nation must hold a position of supreme importance if she is to be true to her mission.” Dr. Woodrow is a member of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, one of whose purposes is to bring the force of its combined influence to bear upon the legislators of the country and compel them to do its bidding. This proposition would put the church above the state in America, just as it is now and has hitherto been in countries dominated by the Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Catholic Church. Dr. Woodrow’s declaration is an indication of purpose to accomplish that object not only in America, but in all the nations of the world. It is a significant utterance, and is directly in line with the aims of the National Reform Association, the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, and the Roman Catholic Church in all the world.