Is This a Christian Nation?

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 28, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 30.

Is This a Christian Nation?

Many people, of all shades of belief, have become very fond of claiming that “this is a Christian nation.” The thing is ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE! Only an individual can become a Christian, and a comparatively few Christians in a nation does not make it a Christian nation, any more than a few righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah made those cities righteous. To claim that this is a Christian nation is tantamount to saying that religion and civil government are already united in this country; for no government becomes “Christian” without forming a union with the church, the same as the individual does upon joining, to be subject to her laws and doctrines.—American Banner.