The Natural State Of Mankind ... And

The Constitution Had Provided That All The Public Functionaries Of The Union...should Be Under Oath Or Affirmation For Its Support. The Homage Of Religious Faith Was Thus Superadded To All The Obligations Of Temporal Law To Give It Strength.

Who But Shall Learn That Freedom Is The Prize Man Still Is Bound To Rescue Or Maintain; That Nature's God Commands The Slave To Rise, And On The Oppressor's Head To Break The Chain. Roll, Years Of Promise, Rapidly Roll Round, Till Not A Slave Shall On This Earth By Found.

The Hope Of A Christian Is Inseparable From His Faith. Whoever Believes In The Divine Inspiration Of The Holy Scriptures Must Hope That The Religion Of Jesus Shall Prevail Throughout The Earth. Never Since The Foundation Of The World Have The Prospects Of Mankind Been More Encouraging To That Hope Than They Appear To Be At The Present Time. And May The Associated Distribution Of The Bible Proceed And Prosper Till The Lord Shall Have Made 'bare His Holy Arm In The Eyes Of All The Nations, And All The Ends Of The Earth Shall See The Salvation Of Our God' (isaiah 52:10).

The Great Problem Of Legislation Is, So To Organize The Civil Government Of A Community... That In The Operation Of Human Institutions Upon Social Action, Self-love And Social May Be Made The Same.

There Is In The Clergy Of All Christian Denominations A Time-serving, Cringing, Subservient Morality, As Wide From The Spirit Of The Gospel As It Is From The Intrepid Assertion And Vindication Of Truth.