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The American Sentinel

Vol. 6, No. 35

September 3, 1891

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  1. WE do not charge the National Reformers with the intention to follow the example of the Papacy, nor with any purpose to oppose themselves to the truth of God by usurping his prerogatives; far from it; but we do charge that their zeal for God and for his law is not according to knowledge. Their purpose is to honor God by requiring all to acknowledge him as the rightful ruler of this Nation, and of all nations; but the effect of their proposed amendment would be to put the Government in the place of God, to substitute for the divine law human interpretation of that law, and so to destroy allegiance to God.1 paragraphs
  2. How Are the Powers That Be Ordained?Alonzo T. Jones10 paragraphs
  3. The nearest formula, as to human conduct, to the teachings of Jesus is found in the Declaration of Independence; and the Constitution of the United States is the embodiment, as near as may be, of those principles in the management of organized society.1 paragraphs
  4. THESE liberal principles are the outgrowth of the doctrines taught by Christ, and put into our national political system by the joint efforts of liberal Christian ministers, and philosophical statesmen, and the good done to religion and humanity will be an everlasting monument to those noble men whose efforts were not put forth in vain.1 paragraphs
  5. “It is strange that professed followers of Christ should forget the lines defined and ordered by the Founder of our religion, and appeal to the State to aid them with its fines and prisons in the spread of religious truths, when the facts are ever before us to prove that in this country, where Church and State have thus far been divorced, Christianity is on a better and more promising footing than it is in any other country on the globe.”1 paragraphs
  6. The Massachusetts Sunday Law.George E. Fifield21 paragraphs
  7. The “Civil Sabbath.”J. P. LOGAN.5 paragraphs
  8. To Make Christians Keep Sunday.A. O. Tait12 paragraphs
  9. Prohibition from a Wrong Standpoint.C. P. B.12 paragraphs
  10. Interesting Statistics.4 paragraphs
  11. Madison’s Views of “Property.”8 paragraphs
  12. Not Enforced Impartially.4 paragraphs
  13. The Christian’s Source of Power.A. O. Tait.8 paragraphs
  14. Sabbaths Galore.4 paragraphs
  15. THE National Reform movement of the nineteenth century is the National Reform movement of the fourth century over again. Then under stress of so-called Christian influence the State declared the principles of the Church to be those to which everything must be subordinated, and the demand is made now that the State shall do the same thing. Can we hope that the result would be different? The demand as now formulated is that “Christian morality shall be taken as the ultimate standard of right, and that all our laws shall conform to this standard.” This simply means to make the divine law, or rather that which the courts may hold or the Church decide to be the divine law, the fundamental law of the land. It would then be superior to the Constitution, and human judges would administer the divine law and decree punishment for its infraction! The Church and the State would both be governed by the same law; in the Church it would be known as ecclesiastical law, in the State as civil law; but it would be the same law. This is simply what was done in the Dark Ages, and the evils of a union of Church and State are inseparable from such a system whether it be called a union of Church and State or only a union of religion and the State.1 paragraphs
  16. Early Closing and Sunday Closing.23 paragraphs
  17. NATIONALR. S. Owen8 paragraphs
  18. The Lecture Bureau of the National Religious Liberty Association.2 paragraphs
  19. TUCSON, Arizona, has passed a Sunday ordinance and is enforcing it, so says the Mail and Express.1 paragraphs
  20. PETITIONS to close all business on Sunday, are being circulated in Sibley, Iowa, and are said to be creating quite a stir.1 paragraphs
  21. The present Mayor of Dayton, Tennessee, is enforcing the Sunday ordinances and closing all places of business there on that day.1 paragraphs
  22. “The Sunday-closing law,” remarks the ‘Pearl of Days,’ “is now rigidly enforced in Fernandina, Florida. Not only saloons, but cigar stores and soda water stands must be closed on Sunday, and nothing can be sold but ice, milk, and drugs.”1 paragraphs
  23. An Adventist preacher writes thus to a California paper, of a company of new Sabbath-keepers in southeastern Tennessee:—2 paragraphs
  24. REV. W. F. CRAFTS, the apostle of the “civil Sabbath” with the religion in it, recently visited Bradford, Pennsylvania. He severely censured the City Council for their action of some months ago on the Sunday ordinance, and declared the Sunday law of Pennsylvania one of the best in the United States. Under his direction a Rest-day League was formed and committees were appointed to carry forward the work of forcing the people of Bradford to keep Sunday.1 paragraphs
  25. It was noted in these columns last week that the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Texas had declined to give certificates to certain Sisters of Charity, on the ground that as they would devote their wages to the Catholic Church, to employ them as teachers would be a violation of the State Constitution, which provides that no part of the school fund shall ever “be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian school.” The matter was referred to the Attorney-General, who has decided that nothing in the Constitution or the laws of the State disqualified such persons from receiving certificates, if otherwise qualified.1 paragraphs
  26. The Mid-Continental Review says: “THE AMERICAN SENTINEL, a religio-political journal, has come regularly to our table for the last eighteen months, and is always a welcome visitor. While we can not indorse all its sentiments and views, yet its fearless expression of what it conceives to be right commends it to the thinking men of the day. Church and State, polygamy, and the Sunday law, are among the subjects that are discussed, and which must result in good in securing thought and investigation among the people. It is thinking, reflecting men that are needed in this day, and especially in America where the Government must be perpetuated by and through the intelligence and virtue of the people, or destroyed through their ignorance and debasement. Let the battle go on! The truth never came out from the ordeal of discussion with its lustre dimmed.”1 paragraphs
  27. Of the King case, now so prominently before the country, the Sabbath Recorder says:—2 paragraphs
  28. RACINE, Wisconsin, is having some excitement over closing the saloons on Sunday. The former Mayor had the saloons closed on that day, but when the present Mayor was elected he allowed the saloons to be again opened. The church people petitioned the Mayor to no effect, and afterwards formed a citizen’s association, employed some detectives from Chicago, and began to arrest the saloon-keepers. As a result the saloons are closed, only as some who have the password are admitted on the sly.2 paragraphs
  29. GOOD HEALTH,6 paragraphs
  30. IS THE PAPACY IN PROPHECY?Rev. Thomas W. Haskins, M. A.7 paragraphs
  31. Safety Pencil Pocket.6 paragraphs
  32. ROMANISM AND CIVIL LIBERTYHon. William Jackson Armstrong5 paragraphs
  33. SIBERIA AND THE NIHILISTS.William Jackson Armstrong8 paragraphs
  34. ARGUMENTS6 paragraphs
  35. DO YOU USE A FOUNTAIN PEN?7 paragraphs
  36. Evening Line by the Picturesque Hudson.3 paragraphs
  37. PENSIONS4 paragraphs
  38. Illustrated Curiosity ListE. A. BROWNE3 paragraphs
  39. VIEWS OF NATIONAL REFORM.5 paragraphs
  40. The New Enlarged and Authorized Edition of that Remarkable Work,11 paragraphs
  41. THE Christian Advocate has the following:—3 paragraphs
  42. A LONG article in the New York Tribune, in reference to the International Congregational Council, held in London, in July, closes with this paragraph:—5 paragraphs
  43. SENATOR PLUMB, of Kansas, gave expression to an important truth, when he said: “Whatever domain Government invades it dominates. The jurisdiction which it takes it keeps.” Those who are asking various measures of religious legislation should make a note of this fact.1 paragraphs
  44. If the State had the right to require or to forbid one religious observance, it would have the right to require or to forbid any or all others. This is why all Christians who prize religious liberty as they should, and who are willing that others should enjoy the same privileges that they themselves do, oppose all State interference in religious matters. They insist that all must be left absolutely free to worship or not to worship, just as they please.1 paragraphs
  45. THE Bakers' Assembly 5,296 Knights of Labor, of Boston, have resolved to ask the next Legislature of Massachusetts to enact a law prohibiting the opening of bakeshops on Sunday, and a committee was instructed to present the matter to the General Court and to conduct, during the next few months, a vigorous campaign in favor of Sunday closing. The members of the Assembly will, it is stated, request all labor organizations to assist them in this work.1 paragraphs
  46. PURE Christianity, that of the Bible, will never form a union with the world, nor with worldly powers. “A church thoroughly nationalized” is a spiritual harlot according to the word of God; and a “nation thoroughly Christianized,” as far as the ægis of law can make it so, is but a repetition of the Dark Ages. A true Christian nation will be seen only when Christ destroys the national governments of earth and reigns in glory over a people redeemed by divine grace, not by civil law.1 paragraphs
  47. CARDINAL GIBBONS is credited with saying: “I do not wish to see the day when the Church will invoke or receive any Government aid to build our churches, or to pay the salary of our clergy, for the Government may then begin to dictate to us what doctrines we ought to preach, or rather what we ought not to preach.” Upon this the Christian at Work remarks: “Now let the Cardinal extend the principle to the schools, and he will be in exact accord with the best Protestant sentiment of the country. The Cardinal is on the right road; only he ought to beware of stopping at the half-way house.”1 paragraphs
  48. THE Truth Seeker makes the following excellent point against Judge Hammond's decision in the King case:—3 paragraphs
  49. “EVERYTHING good,” says the “Pearl of Days,” “centers in a Christian Sabbath for the public worship of God. Let this worship cease in any city or town in our country, and in fifty years there would not be a large business enterprise in it. The moral tone of society would be such that business on a large scale could not be done. There would not be confidence enough to enable men to form and manage corporations. No family of culture and refinement would live there. Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, would be like the cities of Egypt and Assyria—given up to the owls and bats to inhabit.” More arrant nonsense was never written. The history of all past civilization disproves the claim.1 paragraphs
  50. WANTED.—Any one who has a copy of THE AMERICAN SENTINEL, volumes 1, 2, and 3, bound in one volume, that they would sell or exchange for other reading matter, will confer a favor by notifying S. H. Carnahan, Walla Walla, Wash.1 paragraphs