St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-10-28

trust from Il higher realm. And this cX-
plains why all peoples have Invested hu
man government with majesty nd
Sauctity with which NJ voluntary asSo-
citation of men, for merely secular ends.
has ever been or could be invested. The,
have indeed often lady perverted and
distorted this doctrine. They have talk
ed wildly of the divine right Of kim aud
OF Il popular voice which is Gods voice
and tortured it into ioulcst injustice.
ILcy have falsiiied ami trlvceticl Iii
theory. Bad governments have alway,
met G d dislavor for abuse Of author
y. SIme peoples havn't known nor
recognized the supreme personal God AT
all. They have been Atheists perhaps,
or PolyIhcioIS. or Panthci>is
But all this doesn't vitiate the fact that
somehow they have felt that there wa
some Invisible power b bhind the stale.
10 abuse authority, 10 fail to recognize
It's true source, to tiil to understand
now it exists, this is not TO destroy the
fact that it does exist. 1t abidcS Il fact
that whatever of legitimacy even Il bad
government, OF Il government Of Atheists.
OF Polyt.cist~, OK PLnjh,iSt~. has cen
tres III him. Let them i.uorc God ami
justice: let them Icgisltte HIM out, H..
doesn't accept this ut-lcgi~lnlinn. lie
abdts alway, at the root OF authority
His own device. lie never created guv
rrnmGnt ;tS IA device for shutting Himself
of from mcu, but rather IT, Il way OF
reach AMI approach AMI ~ ;.n organ OF
Ills own authority. Thus then tur >tptr
Is roJIcl in religion, because il imp i, :
Goi "nl moral accountability AMI au-
thurlry that centres in Hun have
discussed tins poii: ,JmrwhL: II lea. i
both because ii h,lI- the g!>t ul til.
whole question III Discussion and b,riu-.'
| h,ld /. III general OF most vi,;d aui 49,
r.uu- Importance. Old nt.i,n, have =
abused HE Il ctrur, that Wr nay,
been tcndiu- oit from it almost wholly
Aud wr -rc Ilr uu.-work .. il. .~.ry~-
SION vIliainy, an:l. rtr"l puu.-..u...:
uou-yu>r, loose III 'IrIaL- s,uiin-uI. BIB.
yNpui-i.n. Iur rot Of il in:- ~ Is rhs-
7"'''.'' motto" Ina -"N''"'n'Ht BE-
""''''"- al i" - 90 VIVA '''t- '.', al"
IA, ""lE 'uF''E secular h.'~i> ''..' ann
IL ''r 7''" id'l i'"' Il N' d.
.a,nt ha- a rc..-I IL ba-I-,sp 1t ,uu-. Agl,
IA SOM s,rl 20 religious aim. Nr-'t a. .
i.r' '''.' J" '"v ''"'u'r u ''' ''H.' 70
'h'hc"t mus ISc"S...-i man a.
mo''I AMI RELIGIOUS "c'H-. Hos d. I'"!.
'' Hu'3H'. "i ~ F"'i'"' ON. "';'i-t D.
/ g." " Tc"-I'H>. aocounia L. h,l,-. =
'i@'t r'''-r ."'.'i'r Il '.''7 ho' T.
~?a"-'h'. ".II'r. II l. imp'-~'".v 10
ti9.. ..iN (" 'oar,I>c "i -'N'rumrAi - .a..
.. -.'t OF ni~.'Ie-. c.-r"r.I'~Hr,"r-.p.'.. &
/ i'' mr''F -''"1r M"4 tmt''1'r c-'
lni" wh.cH Only the "u-.ne~~ iHcu.tiy- ,H
ter Il i ]I-t Il lunItw'nt.i, a. "rr'-
-.ry, IL "rga"I', - tue i"n"! or iH
church. aud d" as 'riy - i'AlH ir!'-'""
IA ann. Men are BORA '"to GOV r"'nrn.
| IL '"'y are born i"to IomIit~, and an
/ IL. horn I"to the church. la tdci Nh"
| l. the state but the uut-gro"lh ui Il.
family lac two social politics W'r
originally on. Ine i;Im:iy was tine slate
AMI what l. the church, considered Il
IL HantcH' and P"lt'cH aspect, bat a ery
cItic manifestation Ut that organic IIic -,
call the stale The state lies back o
the church, and without it, tue cuulci
IL AN or2auilatiou, would not ,N.~,.
What j. the New Testament doctrine
| l. il not that the church and state are +
! bc mcr2cI and become Idvnlicai Al
not the kingdoms Ut this world to be 4iv
cn to Chrl~t: Arc We not to haNe ;
universal kingdom oi God here l. uu
Il