The Penn's Grove record., 1919-05-09

A mans actions are largely the re-
suit of his belief. The outward ac-
ton is a copy of his inward thoughts.
His thoughts are governed by what he
reads and thinks.
The foundation of our civilization
is the moral code comprizing the ten
commandments. The first three refer
to the truths about God and mans
duty to Him. The last seven refer to
he relations of mar to nan The
irst is dogma, what we believe. The
second is virtue. In the widest sense
hey comprise morality and morality
is practical religion.
IN the union OF Church and State
the belief in dogma and methods OF
worship are prescribed by e~cclesiastl-
cal powers thru civil authority for all
to believe and do as the majority OF
council representing the majority pre-
scribes. That is autocracy and has
led to more wars and bloodshed than
all else since the creation of man, be-
cause tribes and nations with tribal
gods and religions sought to conquer
and in many cases to eXtermlnate
whole races. Read histories and en-
.cyclopedia and learn for yourselves.
In the separation of Church and
State the beliefs in dogma and
methods of worship as to the relations
of God to man and man to God are
left to individuals, to chose and act.
The last seven commandments have
reference to the relations and duties
of man to man. To disobey all are
classed as sins in moral law and
crimes when enacted into civil law.
Those who believe in the separation
of Church and State upon which prin-
ciples the United States were founded,
do not believe religious dogma should
be enacted into civil law. Both be-
lieve in the enactment of the moral
laws, that relations of man to man
chould be enacted into civil laws.
What they are, read Exodus, chap
ter 20.
The Commandments
/. Thou shalt not have no other
gods before me-Jehovah.
2. Thou shalt not make any craven
images, nor bow down to them.
8. Thou shalt not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it holy.
5. Honor thy Father and thy
Mother.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
s.. Thou shalt not steal.
8. Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness.
10. Thou shalt not covet.
a State is what the people think and
do with all the moral laws.
For centuries monarehs, kings and
lords or ecclesiastical author
tiles acting directly or thru them did
all the governing and many of the
trials were punishment thru purga-
tory. This was remedied by the peo-
pie protesting and making King
John sign Magma Charta in 1915, but
it was never approved by the Pope.
One of the laws was that no free
could be taken or imprisoned but
by lawful judgment of his peers or by
the laws of the land. That was the
beginning of our system of Justices of
the Peace and our Jury system,
whereby the people had a voice and
vote in the government of nan ac-
cording to the last seven command
ments enacted into civil laws with
pendlCleS pTeSCTlDeu.
Before Professionalism prevailed the
ecclesiastical authorities were regis
trar of vital statistics, the judge and
jurors of civil as well as religious
offenses.
After the people became the source
of power with justices, judges and
the people could protect their
personal Liberties from autocratic
bower in Church and State. That is
Consequently the pen
.nce, or fine went to the peoples
treasury, not into the Church treas
The penance, or fine, imprison-
or service to the County or
State removed the moral obloquy as
far as the civil law was concerned.
The after life of the offender mani
tested his repentance or not as to the
ecclesiastical obloquy. Hence there is
no purgatory in America. 1t a an
invention of man to eXtort money or
confessions by ordeals, putting in
boiling oil, hot water, rack screw and
before trials by Justices,
Judges and Jurors were allowed.
While the justice of the peace,
Judge and jurors are presumed to be
the personal embodiment of the moral
laws enacted into civil laws, yet it is
the legal function of their offices de-
rived from the people that gives them
the power to punish sin which is call
ed crime when enacted into civil laws.
The right to hold office and admin
lister the functions of office were gain
ed and maintained by Professionalism
against the claims of temporal power
by celestial authorities.
The people of Great Britain attained
their personal freedom by protest.
The United States became a great ma
ton by protest against the divine
right of autocracy. Italy became a
great nation by protest when the sol
diers of Garibaldi and King Emmanuel
freedom for the individual
Italians.
The great Italian patriot, Mazzini,
who loved Italy beyond all earthly
things, said: Democracy is the
progress of all thru all, under the
leadership of the best"
1t is the duty of the ministers of the
Gospel to so savor society with the
moral and ethical principles of Godli-
ness Sc the people may govern them