Gives Up the Effort by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 7, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 23.

Gives Up the Effort.

By Editor

Dr. Randolph McKim, whose scheme for the introduction of state religion in the public schools of Washington, D. C., was rejected by the board, has declared that he would not renew the effort in that direction. And others who were inclined to sympathize with the movement, express regrets over the bitter feelings that were engendered by the controversy. That bitterness was aroused principally by Dr. McKim's acrimonious assaults upon the opponents of the scheme, especially upon Jews, seculars, and the foreign element. But abuse of opposing persons and classes is a characteristic argument of those who advocate measures tending toward a union of church and state; and this shows that the principle is utterly void of legitimate support.