ACKNOWLEDGING GOD BY ORGANIC LAW.
By Editor
THE following is a verbatim copy of a joint resolution (H. Res. 130) which was introduced January 25, 1894, in the House of Representatives, by Hon. Elijah A. Morse, of Massachusetts:— "Proposing an amendment to the preamble of the Constitution of the United States, 'acknowledging the supreme authority and just government of Almighty God in all the affairs of men and nations.'" "Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following amended form of the preamble of the United States be proposed for ratification by conventions in the several States, which, when ratified by conventions in three-fourths of the States, shall be valid as a part of the said Constitution, namely:— "We, the people of the United States, devoutly acknowledging the supreme authority and just government of Almighty God in all the affairs of men and nations, grateful to Him for our civil and religious liberty, and encouraged by the assurances of His Word to invoke His guidance, as a Christian nation, according to His appointed way, through Jesus Christ, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America." The above was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. He who knows the mystery of God in Jesus Christ can see at a glance something of what is in the above proposed legislation. Let our readers study it; we will have something to say upon it next week.