The Mankato free press., 1920-12-24

or the Sabbath nor any other Offence
Chat was religious) as It was {
breach Of the first table, Id D. 60.
THE Puritan church defended tn,
blue laws and Roger Williams wa.
sent out into the woods in the deat
of winter because he differed will
them, where he lived with the In
dians.
why does any one want religion!
legislation? One answers because We
are christian nation and should OBJ
serve the Lords day? Would IL no
be just as reasonable to enforce thu
learning of the Lords prayer or bc
put TO death?
''Is there difference between sir
and crime? Is not sin violation o
ones duty to God and crime a VIC
lation Of the civil law? Death is the
penalty for SHINING, but it is left tc
God to inflict.
Shall we enact a law now that
there shall be no hunting on Sunday
nor fishing, nor boating, nor riding
ste? Would 1t make Christians
Would we not simply go back 300
d reinstate the whippins
post the chain gang and the pillory?
Early Fathers of Our Country.
q gorge Washington: Every mar
Who conducts hiuself as a good citi
ZEN is accountable to God above fol
his religious faith and should be pro
tected In worshiping God according
0 the dictates OF his own conscience.
ID. p. IT'S.
Thomas jefferson: Almighty God
Iath created the mind free.' Ib. D. IT'S
Benjamin Franklin: When religion
g good it will take care of itself
When it is not able to take care OF
itself and God does not see fit to
take care Of u so that il has to ap-
al to the civil power for su'
it is evidence 10 my mind that its
cause is bad one.' Ib. p. IT'S.
III. S. Grant said: Leave the mat
er of religion to the family altar, the
Norted entirely by private contribu-
ion. Keep the church and state for
yer separate 10. p. T7S.
Were these founders right? Shall
re stand by them?
I'm the Declaration Of Independ
ance we read all men are created
quail Do we not then have a right
o think as we please?
United State constitution: Con
greSS shall make no law respecting
n establishment of religion, or the
rec exercise thereof
"Shall we change the constitution
YOU go to have your boots black
d on Sunday would you like to think
at you would be killed for it?
want to change, revise or
mend the constitution so as to brin~
'}ck the chain gang and so doing
ing that terrible blot on our own
air Land of Liberty?
Inh
ian for not thinking as you think.
D. p. 779. Would that we had more
ohm Wesleys now.
Alexander Campbell said: There
not a precept in the New Testa-
lent to compel by civil law, any
IN who is not christiar o
ny regard to the Lords day, more
an to any other day. Ib. p. 757
Sspel requires only acts of faith
Ehatsoever is not of faith is sim
ON. 1923.
"Spurgeon said: I am ashamed of
me christians. Your Sunday bills
nd all other forms of act of parlia-
lent religion seem to me to be
rong.' Ib. p. 1877.
Quoting from the local paper, "The
zee Press" of December 10, we read:
& legislation the enactment of Blue
aw' can give us back the Sabbath
) its truest and highest form instead
the Sabboth which has rapidly un-
9rmined religion in our cities and is
ow leading toward moral chaos n
II land, by all means let's have
lem.'
Now friends what would be the
suit II such Blue Laws were rein
cted. We not there be thousands
It to death? Would you want your
ighbor who might be Jew, Sew
18th Day Adventist, sent to prison
acause he conscientiously worship
ed God a day which differed from
our day Of worship?
"fhis question is being agitated all
yer our land. In The Washington
ost for November 21, we read: "The
Iorth Carolina Methodist conference
Oday unanimously Endorsed ma
ional Sabbath law to be passed by
congress to stop all Sunday trains,
unday newpapers, Sunday mails
md secure Sunday as rest day for
very federal employee
This question of Blue Laws is a
i've issue now. Over in our sister
tate of Michigan the question of set
ling of religion came to the voters
this year on the proposal to close
al church schools of the state and
Compel all children from the ages of
i've to sixteen to attend the public
chool.
"Has the law right to infringe
on the liberty of any denomination
and compel them to discontinue their
private schools. Attorney General
Groesbeck said it was unconstitu-
tional.
Closing The Movie.
Now is It Sin to attend the NOV
lie on Sunday? If so then leave it to
God to deal with
as 1t crime? II so then is not it
2 crime to attend on any day of the
week If it is bad on Sunday is it not
bad any day? If an individual does
not care to go to church, shall we
compel him to? Has he not a right
to go where he please?
In our own fair country not many
ago, men have gone to prison
and the chain gang because they
happened to differ with some one
else On the day set apart by God for
worship.
May God grant that we may pom
der seriously this question and stand
as one man, leaving church and state
forever separate in this land of the
free."
[From Tuesdays Dailyl
!, Miss, Florence Jones. a teacher in