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Only Proper Objects of Civil Government

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 18, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 24.

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Only Proper Objects of Civil Government

“We would also humbly represent that the ONLY PROPER OBJECTS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT are the HAPPINESS and PROTECTION of men in the present state of existence, the SECURITY OF THE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY of the citizens, and to restrain the vicious and encourage the virtuous by wholesome laws, EQUALLY EXTENDING TO EVERY INDIVIDUAL; but that the DUTY WHICH WE OWE TO OUR CREATOR AND THE MANNER OF DISCHARGING IT, CAN ONLY BE DIRECTED BY REASON AND CONVICTION AND IS NOWHERE COGNIZABLE BUT AT THE TRIBUNAL OF THE UNIVERSAL JUDGE.”