SAYS Dr. Edward Thomson, as reported in the San Jose Mercury of September 11, in speaking for a California Sunday law:— The fact is that this is a Christian nation. Our fathers planted it as a Christian nation; and it has lived as a Christian nation. The falsity of this might be easily shown by placing the liquor bill, the prostitution bill, the tobacco bill, or the amount paid for prize fighting, over against the amount paid for all Christian work. The absurdity of the claim is just as easily shown. A Christian is one who so believes in Christ as to follow his example and obey his precepts. What would, therefore, be necessary for the nation to do in the case of the criminal? Read what Christ says: "If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him." Luke 17:3, 4. How long before such a course would wreck a civil government! It is the duty of a Christian to be baptized, and give heed to the ordinances of the Lord's house, but it would be absurd for a government to attempt it. These and many other illustrations show that a civil government cannot be Christian. Why will Christians not see this?