The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-11-13

reach this ideal we must work with
Gad. because 1t IS in Christ that an
nations are to be blest Abraham
Lincoln said. "a the daty OF ma
uons as wen as OF men 20 own their
dc-endence upon the oyeruImg power
oi God. Xxx and TO recognize
the blino trnth announced in the
H ly Scripture and proven by an his
tory that those nations only are
blessed whose God IS the Lord.
Beniamin Franklin called the atten
tion of the convention which was
framing the United states oonstitu-
tion 70 The mali progress which they
had made after for on FIVE weeks
lose attendance and continual reason
ings-"ocr different sentiments on al
most every question. several of the
last producing almost as many noes
as ayes, IL methinks a melancholy
proof Oh the imperfection of human
understanding We, indeed, seem to
feel orr own want Ct political wisdom
since we have been running about in
search Of it," lie said they had
studied ancient history to find a
model and examined the different
forms of those republics which, hav
ing been formed with the seeds of
their own ii solution, now no longer
exist. and we have viewed modern
states all around Europe but find none
of their constitutions suitable to Our
circumstances. In this situation he
asks how has it happened so, that we
have not hitherto once thought of
humbly applying to the Father OF
uoht, TO iucmine cur understanding? p
After referring to instances of Divine
favor in the beginning of the contest
with Great Britain he said "and have
we now forgotten that powerful friend
or do we imagine that we no longer
need His assistance! have lived
sir. a long time. and the longer live
the more convincing proofs | see OF
this truth that God governs in the
affairs of men, and if sparrow can
not fall to the ground without His
notice. Is it probable that an empire
can rise without His aid?" He then
moved that prayers be offered in this
assembly every morning. The Madi-
son papers aud Franklin's notes state
that prayers were not thought to be
necessary and the motion wa lost by
adjournment
The political compact which was
then framed is an agreement TO ad-
minister civil government according
10 the viii Of the people and without
reference to God or His law. This is
only the recognition OF a half truth,
there must be place lor the express
sion OF the will Of the people bnt there
should also be an agrcau ept on the
part of a Christian people to conduct
their civil AFFAIRS in harmony with the
will of God. Our written constitution
has not been adequate to meet all the
exigencies which arise in our national
life; it has already been amended
many times and we now find that 1t is
necessary to amend again in order to
exclude polygamy. Decisions which
have been rendered under this consti-
tuition show that it is used at times as
an argument against christianity. Be
cause OF it's silence as to the law of
God. Judge Terry decided that the
sabbath laws of California were un-
constitutional. The supreme court Of
Ohio ruled that the Bible could not be
read in the public schools of that
state because there is no mention Of
Christianity in the constitution of the
United States. BY making the will OF
the people the supreme law we have
the United States mail service on the
Lords day which has produced results
from whi.h even the railway com
ranies are seeking relief. BY making
the win Of the people supreme law
we have twenty-five legal grounds for
divorce and the nation j. becoming
alarmed at the results of its own leSis-
lation
second The material with which
we ere.t the seccessful state must be
such as Gad approves. There is work
here lor the family and the church as
we'll as for che state OF the 26.o0of
Geo children OF school age IN the Uni
ted states les than one-half enjoy
the advautages Of Christian instrue
lion In the home or by the church
More than l3,O0O,o00 are without sach
education. These are 20 be our fu
ture citizens, how shall they be quail
fed for their important responsibili
ties? Daniel Webster in his last
speech In Fanuiel hall said, the
right of the nation TO punish crime
implies the duty to teach morals
! Huxley said to the London school
board that ne did not see how the re
Hgious faculty. which is the basis Of
mortals, can be kept up without the
Use Of the Bible I'm the plblio schools
Chri tianity Is the only true bond thai
Will unite a people. Our nation is one