The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-14
NATIONAL SUNDAY llN
DISCUSSED BY SfhI
Says Business Should Re Closed ~
Sunday by Force OF
Conviction.
DOORS ARE THROWN OPEN
Protection of United States Entcf4 !
Inncrrnost Sanctuary of Religious
Belief, Respecting Citizens, Regards
less of Religion.


| The Sunday night lectures at the
Bible Institute tent are drawing big
crowds. Every night except Satur-1
day, Evangelist Scrns delivers one o.
his series of lectures of the summers
lecture course on the prophecies ard \
the cardinal teachings of the Scrip-s
lures. Last night to a congregation
that filed the big tent. he spoke IN
The United States in Prophecy" The
evangelist declared, in part:
| Today. In matters military. ;uai-
cial and ecclesiastical, this United
states stands as the marvel OF nations.
| what this nation proposes Is given
precedence in the counsels of inter- I
national statesmen In international
disputes. the plenipotentiaries OF Eu-
rope and the Orient look to the CO.
! lumbar Gem of the Ocean as the
arbiter in time of trouble. To what
can we attribute this nations iacom-
parable mush, DOM growth and titanic
greatness? To nothing else than the
| righteous and eternal principles upon
which it was founded, viz. civil and
religious liberty"
The speaker said that the two-
horned beast of Revelation xiii rep-
resented the United States, the two
lamb-like horns representing the at
! tributes of civil and religious liberty
the separation of the church and
the State. He continued: THE found
ers of this mighty Commonwealth
foresaw the impending danger of TN
I tolerance, and strangled the Shiny ser-
pent, which trespasses on the spirit
of true Americanism. The first
amendment to the Constitution was
drawn up granting freedom OF wor-s
' q .txl ~ a
can citizens. Liberty" declared Mr.
Serns, like life and the pursuit ox:
| happiness. is not a constitutional con-
cession. or loan by any church or
government. 1t is a gift a natural
born right. coming from the architects
of destiny. The oldest child of liberty
is choice, and today under the stars
and stripes a man has just as muck
a right to choose his religion as ~
has TO choose a wife.
dug forefatherg .s1s migrated to tl1fus
asylum of the oppressed, the sane
tuary Of the prosecuted, that they
might enjoy the immunities OF the.
law respecting religious proclivities
| They came to toll in nation without
a king and worship in a church WITH
out a despotic ruler.
: Doors Thrown Open.
: The seer of Patmos says, This
earth helped the woman Since the,
! days of Puritan dissention, the United
States has opened its doors to the
downtrodden and prosecuted. It's pros
lection enters the innermost sanctuary
of religious belief, respecting citizens.
whether Christians, or Hebrew or
Atheist.
But will this Commonwealth al.
ways continue to guarantee to it's riti-
zens religious and civil liberty? win
she ever repudiate her principles o.
tCOnSfItufiOna} n
ton the propagation of medieval
faisehoods as Europe did during thu
dark ages? AS long as the ehurcak
and the State are divorced. only ths&
F.! long can this nations fair name re-
main untainted with intolerance" Mr.
Serns continued: The teaching OF the
Apocalypse clearly shows that whous
the church appeals to Caesar for aid,
she will be retreating toward the cfta-1
del of authority. The medfev41s
church decayed ip spiritual poNer be-;
cause she incorporated her doEfnANs
into the laws of the nations. Just
as surely the church in America win
lose her spiritual power when she
compels the State to enforce any oz1
her institutions. q
THE one great central issue fna
F. which the forces of labor, society and
church will unite will be nationaiS
| Sunday law When this government
\ Il
Sunday as the nations Sabbath, then
the image of the beast OF intoleranc0s
will be made. This will spell perse-5
cution. Sunday laws are religiouas
laws. and as such are not In the pur-s
view of civil government. Man needs
the Sabbath. but the Sabbath-closing
OF every legitimate and beneficial bus-i
mess should be by force of convictions
and not by a policeman's club.
This union of church and State
propaganda, which coming with it,
lightning speed. Is being highly agi-S
tated by Professionals and Catholics
alike. In June. 1909, the Catholic
Union of America washington. d.
| CO published in the Mission Moves
ment in America the following: Our
motto is: We come not to conquer
but to win. Our purpose is to nlaks
America dominantiy Catholic
] Every denomination In the nation
is protected in the exercise OF its res
ligion. as long as this exercise does
but when any denomination aims tn
/ hold the reins of government, and
drive the chariot of State. history viii
repeat itself. A terrible harvest o.
/ intolerance and persecution will re-
suit. Christ needs no help from Cae-s
sar."
Tonight the subject will be. Tho
Need OF Sabbath Reform"
Warsaw. Ind, Aug. 13.--For tweivss
| Edward lobe sat on her nest IN thu
boiling sun Then she left. For
twelve more days the hot rays OF the
1 Sun beat down on the nest. Jobe waU