THE ONE POINT OF UNITY.
By W. N. G.
"LAWS concerning the Sabbath occupy a prominent place in the discussions of the question of religion and the State."—Dr Newman Smyth. The principal reason for this is that enforced Sunday observance is the only religious dogma upon which the legion of religious denominations could at present unite to ask the government's action. It is their sole point of actual unity. It is the one Church-and-State tuber that was left in the soil when the United States Constitution superseded the colonial and federal systems of government in this country. In a somewhat dormant condition, it was carefully preserved until the arch enemy of civil and religious liberty could again prepare the ground for its cultivation. To-day this monument of man's usurpation of God's prerogative to enact moral law is being "uncovered" and made more and more conspicuous in all parts of the land. Sunday observance is now boldly set forth as the preëminent token of Christian life, and the enforcement of the institution is held to be the highest duty of the government. The Supreme Court has said that "this is a Christian nation," therefore we must sustain the assumption by enforcing the observance of Sunday upon all classes. How different from the Golden Rule! W. N. G.