Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-30
"REAL ~AMERICANISM"
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ship we may sink to the level OF tht
Republic of Liberia. 1t is the
hope of our democratic government
There is one thing we must stant
for in our public school system ans
that is efficiency. 1t must not fall
into the slough Of politics or indlf-
ference. We must put sufficient
money behind the system 50 that we
nav not be ashamed of it in our city
and we must have, not forty rel
cert but One Hundred Per Cent Not-
nal Trained Teachers. The pEhli@
school rests upon the heart o: ia
Crior'sm. and you do we'll - insist
that the Bible be reai there. The
reading Of it never injured the trut:i
-, rather promoted i You know
that it cannot be called s~ectarian.
,. The Order Stands for Religious
Liberty.
The greatest blow Tor religious
liberty was struck when Martin
Luther nailed his ninety-fve theses
On the door Of the village Cathedral
il was a blow that will finally rend
aSunder the union of church and
state. that Mcngrel alliance of the
centuries. The day must piss when
Men's Consciences may be bound with
any religious tenet unless that tenet
has behind it a thus saith the Lord.
Il was the intolerance Of 'PurtaniSm
that sent Roger Williams an exile
among tie Indians. The day must
never come again when the state may
be used rs the tool for Religious
Persecution, as it was in Virginia
,vst before the Revolution. The
church must recognize that the State
Has a God-given, independent Po-
sition and must not be used as a
tool for the building up Of any eccle-
.iastical system, with Human Llbcr-
lies in Pawn. You made Il successful
fight against sectar.an appropriations
among the Indians. The gospel Is
offered as a free giit and woe be the
day when. as in the days Of Char
lcmagne. men shall be forced to
PASS under the religious yoke. You
stood against any religious Sys-
ten that void deny a m&u Liberty
or Consciouc@-:hc martyr fir,'* {;
past history ~asc@ri 70 heaven rs .
protest to Coi. with ycu. III" oni."
safeguard n G2licicuS liJ""tH * an
Bible. for 20 religion: YOKE
was aver placed or huriIn b ~"
where the teachings Qf the 3""s We"
properly disseminated. Let no Books
About the Bible be substituted and
Beware Of Any Human Authority
that is Placed on an EGn"l Footing
with Gods Revelation. Snr'% IS
cbscurcd where the Book is hidden
from the plain peoMe-AIar;jn Luther
only discovered Tie plan . Salvation
hv Faith, in the Study Ct til" Word
his other stsdics had not discovered
tie way.
In Conclusion, let me say that We
~" engaged in d great contest for
Human Liberty. We arc fighting for
Civil Liberty because men in Ger
many f;avc been making designs
against it for years. Let US not for
ret that the world may yet have
Another Contest for Religious Lib
arty-thcrc arc mcn today making dc
signs against *our right 70 $hiak for
roursclf-againsr your right to wor-
ship God according to the dictates
YOUR " conscicNccs." \ free
tate. a rec church and a free mar
i to be our slogan. IL the Son
shall make you free y!e shall
>" free indeel.'
MY country It's Ct thee. sweet land
OF libcrty,
Of thee | sing,
y md wl.rrc my fathers died. land Of
the Pilgrims pridc-From cv"ry
mountain side
-. frcci"m r;rg."