Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-07
CARDINAL GIBBONS
 HOh0RFD AT JUBILEE
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ing providence watches over the affairs of nations and of men.
 Quotes Franklin

Quotes Franklin
 .When the framers of our immor- tai constitution were in session, Ben Jamin Franklin complained to his colleagues Of the small progress they had made after several weeks of delibel ation. He used these memora- ble words: We lave spent many days in fruitless discussion. We have been groping in the dark because we have not sought light from the Father of Light to illume our under standing. 1 have lived, he continued, or many years, and the longer l live the more convincing proofs l have that God governs the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice. is il probable that an empire can rise without His aid and co operation? We are told Tn the same Sacred Writings. that unless the Lord build the house he laboreth in vain who buildeth it
 Thank God, the words of Frank lin did not fall on barren soil. They have borne fruit Our government from its beginning down to the present has been guided b. Christian ideals. 1t has recognized the existence of a experimenting Providence. This is evident from the fact that our
 presidents, from the first to the last, have almost invariably invoked the aid of our heavenly Father in their inaugural proclamations. Both houses Of congress are opened with prayer. The Christian Sabbath is recognized and observed throughout the land. The president of the United
 States issues an annual proclamation
 inviting his fellow citizens to assem-
 ble in their respective houses Of wor- ship and thank the Almighty for the l bessinss vouchsafed to US as a na. tion.
 1 Church and State.
 Tt is true indeed that there is no ! official union of church and state in | this country. But we must not infer ! from this that there is any antag. | onism between the civil and religious authorities. Far from 1t. the church and state move on parallel lines. { They mutually assist one another 1 The state holds over the spiritual ! rulers the aegis of it's protection without interfering with the sacred ' and God-giver rights of clrscie1cN
 And the church on her part, helps ] to enforce the civil laws by moral and religious sanctions.
 Cares of State.
 q fear that we do not fully real | ize and are not duly grateful for the anxious cares by which our Chic ] magistrate and the heads of the co
 ordinate branches Of the government are preoccupied iii the discharge oi their official duties. And these cares are the price which is paid for our domestic peace and comfort and the tranquility of the commOE- wealth. When the traveller in mid i ocean IS buffeted by the waves, ne feels. a sense of security because he knows that the captain and his off, 1 cers are at the post of duty. So do we securely rest on our pillows be cause we are conscious that our Great Captain and his associates in office are diligently steering the ship of state.
 Tt is the duty of us all, church men and laymen, to hold up the
 hands of our president, as Aaron and
 Hur stayed up the hands of Moses Let us remember that our chief executive and all subordinate magis- trates are the accredited agents and
 ministers of God and are clothed with divine authority, and therefore it Is our duty and should be our de light to aid them by every means in our power in guiding and controlling the destiny of our glorious republic.