Church and State in the Republic by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, Cal. · Jul 4, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 26.

Church and State in the Republic

By Editor

In the early days of the Republic there were strong, clear-visioned men who saw the dangers and felt the bondage of a church-and-state government. They kept the young Republic clear of it in its organic law. Its wise men stood as bulwarks of strength in resisting all influences to the contrary. As late as 1829 to 1831 both houses of Congress took clear, strong ground, and turned the tide against Sunday-closing of post-offices and post-roads. Some of their utterances are printed in black type in this issue. Read them, ponder them, and appropriate them.