The Washington herald., 1909-07-05
EXPLAINS MORAL DISTINCTION
Dr.. Radcliffe Urges Higher Place
for Christianity.
Says Our National Life Is Measured
by Divine RrIe-Tarih a Re
IiEiOus Question.

Services at the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church yesterday morning
we're distinctly OF national reference. and
Or. Radcliffe preached on the text. "And
all nations shall call thee blessed" He
said in part:
This is Christian nation. The re-
cent contention IS that II IS neutral. ana
Christianity must have no higher place
before the state han Mohamme,lanism
or atheism. There IS a separation be-
tween the church and state. but that
does not necessitate a separation between
Christianity and the state. In fact. the
state must have religious character. To
attempt 10 draw line or moral dlstinc-
ton between the nation and the fndi-
vidual IS absurd The national con-
science is the sum OF the individual con-
science The national life is measured
by the divine rule-'God IS the God OF
nations as OF men
This nation IS Christian Its origin
was IN the search for freedom 10 wor-
ship God. The Bible was a text-bool,
Of its schools. It's earliest Congress was
opened with prayer. It appointed chan
lains, recognized the Sabbath. establish
ed the religious cath. The United States
Supreme Court has so declared wab-
ster declared that Christianity is the
common law OF the land The oa+fo1
was founded Upon the moral rrinci0l,s
or the Bible It's life has been Cod-i7-
fused from the beginning. The contra
diction OF this IS q serpent IN the Aneri-
can paradise, an affront 70 our bisto~y
and sin against our hopes and pros-
perity. This Christianity must be ra-
asserted IN our public school system.
That IS historically Biblical. II fs
an efficient machine for good citizenship
The child Of the alien goes IN a FOREIGNER
and comes out an American. It does nor
make a good citizen 10 give him only a
sound mind Ia q sound body. That NAV
ordain only a clever rascal. We must
add morals 10 his mathematics. and ~
possible, goodness TO his grammar. The
only enduring ethics are founded on
Christianity. Ethics without religion give
us China. And the Bible is essential 70
a liberal education. Moses is lust as
important as Solon: Joshua as Napoleon
and Jesus as Plato.
This assertion is also TO be IN the de-
fense Of the American Sabbath Ma
uonal prosperity abides IN the channel
Of the Sabbath. It's prostitution to pleas
ure and business writes its Judgment
upon the man. the home. and the nation.
The Puritan Sabbath gave US great men
The administration cannot afford TO dis
regard It's claims.
Recent newspaper announcements
were that the weekly concerts on thu
Potomac Drive were to be discontinued
and that the Marine Band would give
Sunday afternoon concerts in certain des-
ignated parks. The proper authorities
deny that this contemplated It is i'm
possible to believe that the United States
government would so dishonor our his
tory and affront the Christian con-
science OF the nation. It VIII be reas-
serted also in cur legislation. Love has
its measure in the Word OF God. II
exists for the benefit OF man The tariff
Is a religious question; business must
love the neighbor as itself; business is
not war. but humanity"