Justice Above Human Enactments
The trustees of the Nebraska public school, where the issue of reading the Bible in the school exercises was recently raised, are quoted as saying they will not obey the ruling of the State Supreme Court in the matter, which affirmed that the use of the Bible in the public schools was unconstitutional. This same class of persons, when the question of observing statutes for Sunday observance is raised, are usually heard denouncing as anarchy the idea that all law should not be rigidly enforced. There is a distinction between legal enactment and justice, and when the former is plainly against the latter, the enactment is of no binding force. The claims of justice can not be set aside by legislation. God's law is always just, being the product of omniscience, and all justice is embodied in the divine code. It is not anarchy to show one's allegiance to this higher code, even when it must be done in opposition to the enactments of men.