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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 28, 1907

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Liberty—No. 4

Last April the first number of Liberty was printed. It being a quarterly magazine, only three numbers have been issued since. The fourth number is just now ready to mail, and in order to give our REVIEW readers some conception of the value of this issue, we give the subjoined explanatory outline of its contents:—

Survey of the Field

Noting the present religious liberty agitation in Bolivia, Russia, Spain, France, England, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States—other nations advancing in religious liberty, the United States retrograding.

Religious Freedom

Heaven-born,—the full right to choose,—liberty to worship or not to worship,—does not admit enforced observances.

A New Order of Things

Brought about by the Reformation and its principles crystallized into the Constitution of the United States.

Reformers’ Lobbying

How the National Reformers are lobbying Congress for their measures.

Is National Reform a Union of Church and State?

A minister’s query answered.

Timely Words from Washington Clergymen

Opposing coercive and legislative methods in religious reform.

“Backward States”

Interpreted by the Superintendent of the National Reform Bureau to be those which have prosecuted seventh-day observers for working on Sunday,—the inconsistency of clamoring for more rigid Sunday laws, which will produce much more of the same results that caused him to call them “backward States.”

The Struggle for Religious Liberty in Reformation Times

History of the struggle for religious liberty in the latter days of the old Roman empire, every line of which has its lessons and warnings for the present time.

A Man of Character

The testimony of a Christian business man, who has demonstrated that Sunday laws are not needed to enable a Christian to do right.

Making a Constitution

Giving the principles governing the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention in forming the constitution for the new State of Oklahoma.

Sunday Closing in Willimantic, Connecticut

History that reveals the inevitable confusion resulting from an attempt to enforce religious laws.

Some California Sunday Law History

Old Sunday laws having been declared unconstitutional, a bill providing for the constitutional amendment is now pending,—the proposed amendment and the reasons given why it should not be adopted.

An Old issue Rebelled

Through the Senate’s ordering the Postmaster-General to report on Sunday work—an old issue thoroughly discussed and settled on principle in 1830.

Compulsory Church Attendance in the Army

Citing a case in Columbus, Ohio, where Catholic soldiers were compelled to march as far as the church door.

Religious Persecution in the Land of the Free

Exposing the spirit prompting the prosecution of three seventh-day observers for Sunday labor in Spartanburg, S. C.

Religious Liberty in Canada

Data and facts pertaining to Canadian Sunday laws.

Shedding of Innocent Blood Destroys a Nation’s Prosperity

Spain’s crusade cited in evidence,—Mexico’s prosperity due to severing her union with the church.

Is the Church-and-State Argument against Senator Smoot Valid?

Senators Hopkins and Burrows maintain that there is nothing in the Constitution of the United States which prohibits a State from having an established religion.

A Zealous Kansas Mayor

Illustrating the partiality and inconsistency associated with enforcing Sunday observance by law.

Editorials and News Notes

Containing interesting and instructive comments upon the religious issues of the times.

Though Liberty is not yet a year old, it has become a recognized power in the advancing of the fundamental principles of religious liberty upon which this nation was founded, and by which it has won the enviable reputation of being “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” It has averaged a circulation of nearly 50,000 copies during the past nine months, and it is expected to reach 100,000 copies before the completion of its second year. The price of the magazine is only 25 cents a year. Five cents for a single copy, or 25 or more copies of any one issue, to one address, 2½ cents a copy. Address Liberty, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

The Church: Its Organization, Order, and Discipline

For a number of months the Review and Herald has had the manuscript for a new pamphlet entitled, “The Church: Its Organization, Order, and Discipline,” by Elder J. N. Loughborough, author of “Rise and Progress,” “The Great Advent Movement,” and other denominational works. This new pamphlet is now in type, and will soon be printed and ready to mail. Elder Loughborough is eminently qualified to prepare an authoritative work on church organization. He has been actively associated with our work from its beginning, and has ever been a close observer, and has made a special study of church organization and its discipline. His manuscript has been carefully examined and approved by those in authority in the denomination. His new work will therefore come from the press sanctioned by those who are expected to pass upon a publication that deals so vitally with the affairs of the denomination.

This new pamphlet will contain much valuable instruction upon the following general subjects, which are treated minutely under natural subdivisions: The Church: Its Foundation; The Church as a Building; The Head and the Body; The Shepherd and His Flock; The Under-Shepherd and the Flock; The Vine and Its Branches; The Light of the World; Rulers; Rebuking Sin; Authority in the Church; Christ’s Ambassadors; Unity of the Church; Order in the Ancient Church; Order in the Episcopal Church; Submission Versus Creed; Power and Force; Calling Out of the Last Church; Anarchy or Order, Which? Development of Order; Support of the Ministry; State Conferences; Delegate Conference and Church Organization; Numerical Representation and Committees; Caution to the Church; Timely Advice to the Church; Reorganization; Answers to Questions, etc. The pamphlet will contain 182 pages filled with information every church officer ought to possess. The probable cost of the pamphlet will be 25 cents, post-paid.

New Edition of the 1907 Year-Book

The demand for the 1907 Year-Book is surprising. The first edition was so quickly ordered out that it seemed necessary to print a second edition; so a small edition has been run, and all orders can be promptly filled. No doubt the improvements in this Year-Book over former editions make it more desirable. A copy of the 1907 Year-Book ought to be in the homes of all who are interested in the work it represents. There is in the minds of many people an impression that the Adventists are a small, disorganized people, and that they and their work will soon pass away. This conception often prevents honest persons from seriously investigating the positions taken by this people. The Year-Book shows the thoroughly organized work in all parts of the world, together with a clear statement of the fundamental principles of the denomination, and will do more to favorably impress such people than any other publication we put out. The Year-Book, therefore, can and should be judiciously used in missionary work. Price, 25 cents, post-paid.

It will soon be the time of the year when increased efforts will be made in the organizing of Sabbath-school kindergarten classes. We wish to call the attention of our readers to “Bible Object Lessons and Songs for Little Ones.” This excellent kindergarten book contains 52 lessons, one for each Sabbath in the year, with suggestions accompanying each lesson; 39 songs and hymns written for the lessons; 36 full-page pictures, 6 x 8 half-tones, and colored plates; 52 pen drawings, showing the use of the illustrative material. The whole book contains 160 pages, beautifully printed and profusely illustrated. The book is bound in four styles: board cover, 7½ by 10 inches in size, $1.50; blue cloth, $2; lemon edge, royal edition, $2.75; gilt edges, panel size, $3.75.

Orders for the above-named publications may be sent to any State tract society or any of our publishing houses.