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powers "a y of - . hum anity. Each one has
th at be are ordained of God.
been a fortification behind which
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BY CHARLES R. WAKELEY.
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SOCIOLOGY—
Civilization— Migration and Settlement.
b O W E R in a field a lo n e
\\ e n t fo rth to sow. In sto rm an d
su n
He lab o re d on till d ay was d o n e —
T he ta s k he deem ed his own.
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hosoever, therefore, resisteth have crouched the sainted hypo-
the ordinance of God: and they erites aud the titled robbers. Ac­ JG F . H. G ID D IN G S, PROFESSOR O F SOCI­
OLOGY IN COLUM BIA U N IV E R S IT Y .
th a t resist rh all receive to them* cording to these texts, a robber gets
selves d a m n a tio n .” [Rom. xiii, 1-2.] his right to rob from God. And it
(F ro m “E le m e n ts of S o cio lo g y .” )
N ot his th e field, n o r his th e se ed ,
According to this, George I I I
d u ty of the robbed to subm it,
B ut his th e ta s k th e seed to sow.
N ot h is to q u e s tio n o r to know
H E ethnic society th a t has
ordained of God. H e was K in g o tl The thief
his right to steal
T he h a rv e st w hich m ig h t be d ecreed .
become partly feudalized .and
G reat B ritain by divine right, and ^rom God. 1 he king gets his right
His b u t th e d u t y —his th e to il.
has reached the stage of con­
by divine right was the lawful King to tram ple upon hum an liberty from
T he tr u s te d to il on w hich w ould w ait
A h a rv e st e ith e r sm all o r g re a t—
of the A m erican Colonies.
The God. 1 8j*y, tight the king— fight federation and kingship js facing
To be d e te rm in e d by th e soil.
conditions th a t will further tra n s ­
leaders in the R evolutionary s tru g ­ th e p r ie s t.
form its organization. It is in ­
He sow ed—he d id n o t q u e stio n why
gle resisted the power, and accord­
T H E R ELIG IO U S L IB E R T Y O F GOD.
T he sig n s a n d p o rte n ts seem ed n o t fa ir;
creasing in wealth and in popula­
ing to these passages, resisted the
H is s to lid fe a tu re s d id d e c la re
I he Bible denounces religious tion, and it m ust resort to system ­
H is w ill to do his ta s k o r die.
ordinances of God; and for th at re­
liberty. After covering the world atic agriculture.
But the rapid
H is m issio n th o u g h it seem ed n o t g rea t, sistance they are
promised the
with blond, after having made it evolution of energy th a t is taking
But m en ial, n arro w , was fu ll g ra n d :
eternal recom pense of dam nation.
The seed he s c a tte re d from his h a n d
hollow with graves,
graves, Gor.s-
Coris place is followed by expenditures
“ For rulers are not a terro r to alm
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Alight on th e n e ed s of th o u s a n d s w ait.
good works, but to the evil. W iltJu v a™ ^ g ,n n l,'g lo f’ay ,hrtt men in lawlessness and restlessness. The
A nd u n b o rn th o u s a n d s m ig h t a rise
thou then not he afraid of the!
7 * r,g h t to dlff*r upon religious semi-feudal chiefs and their re ta in ­
In f u tu r e y e a rs whose c ry in g need
W ould bless th e sow ing of th a t seed,
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tne I questions, provided the Questions ers are by no m eans willing to set­
power | do th at which ,s good, and a0oi t whlch „
diffpr
N o r less th e so w er’s sacrifice.
tle down to agricultural life. To
He sow ed. T he day was w earing late : thou s h a ll have praise of th e same, considered of g reat im portance The
He h u rrie d on; he w ould n o t sta y .
W herefore, ye musl need« be moWo of the Evangelical A lliance conquer and plunder and to compel
1 he voice w hich held him on his way
a conquered population to do agri-
subject, not only for w rath, hut also
Seem ed th e re s tle s s voice of fate.
cultural labor, is a more attractiv e
for
conscience
sake.
“In
non-essentials,
Liberty;
in
essen-
I >ay closed, im p e n d in g d a rk n e s s w a rn ’d,
program me.
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tia ls, U u ity .”
“ F o r, for this ca u se p a y ye
T he to ile r had n o t le ft th e field —
T he m o rn in g follow ing rev ealed
Accordingly, we find th at p atro ­
tr ib u te a lso ; for th e y a re G o d ’s
The C hristian world have con-
1 he fu ll ta s k fa ith fu lly p e rfo rm e d .
m inisters, atten d in g co n tin u ally descended t.osay.that upon all non- nym ic. tribal confederacies have
B ut who th e so w e r? C an n o n e te ll?
upon this very th in g .”— Rom . xii‘.
‘¡“ ‘"u8 7 “ sh» il have the seldom established them selves in
A nd w h ith e r d id he ta k e his way?
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He lived, he w ro u g h t, he filled his d ay .
ftu .m it yourselves to every oi ¡ upon m ailer» of the lea-t im port- agricultural in d u stry on the terri-
\\ ith e a rn e s t to il, he p a sse d —’tis well
uinance of man for the L ord’s sake; a nee, they will think and speak for tory where they originated. They
W as it I ? T h en w e ll!
whet her it be to the k in g as su p rem e ; us. In this they are consistent. have entered upon a career of m i­
“ Or unto governors, as unto them They hut follow the teachings of the gration and conquest. Such was
B IB L E IL L U S IO N S .
th a t are sent by him for the pun­ God they worship. They hut a d ­ the history of the nomad tribes
here to the precepts and com m ands th at overran E g y p t; of the Assyrian
Does the Bible Uphold and Justify Political ishm ent of evil-doers, and for the
of the sacred Scriptures. W ithin
praise of them th a t do well.
Tyranny?
that volume there is not one par- tribes th a t overran the A kkadians;
“ F or so is the will of G od.”— dele of mercy for an unbeliever. of the H ebrews, the Greeks, the
For all who th in k for themselves, Latins, and the G erm ans.
BY R O B ER T G. IN G E R SO LL.
1 Peter ii.
When the enterprise has been
Had these ideas been carried out, for all who are the owners of their
own
souls,
there
are
threatenings,
OR my part, I insist th a t man political progress in the world
successful, and an alien people has
curses and anathem as. Any C hris­
has not only the capacity, would nave been im possible. Upon tian who today exercises the least been subjugated, the conquered te r­
but the right to govern h im ­ the necks of the people still would toleration is to th a t extent false to ritory has become the perm anent
self. All political a u th o rity is vest­ have been the feet of kings. I deny his religion. Let us see what the home of the conquerors.
I he first effect of conquest has
ed in the people them selves. They this wretched, this infam ous doc­ Magna C harta of liberty says upon
ibis
subject:
been a varied dem otic com position.
have the right to select their officers trine. \\ hether higher powers are
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If thy brother, the son of thy
racially related
related
and agents, and these officers and ordained of God or not, if those m other, or “thy son, ¿r , by daughter, Aggregations “ o f racially
bosom or thy grouP8 ,ave Deen brought into close
agents are responsible to the people. higher powers endeavor to destroy or the wife of thy
th y bosom,
Political au th o rity does not come the rights of m an, I for one shall friend, which is as thine own soul, contact with populations of a differ­
from the clouds. Man should not resist.
\\ henever and wherever entice thee secretly, saying; Let us ent race or sub-race under condi­
he governed by the aristocracy of the sword of rebellion is draw n in go and serve other gods, which thou tions th a t have made social and
hast not known, thou, nor thy
demotic am algam ation inevitable.
the air. The Bible is not a R epub­ support of a hum an right, I am a fathers;
lican or D em ocratic book. E xactly rebel. The despicable doctrine of
The evidences are inexhaustible
Namely of the gods of the people
the opposite doctrine is taught.
historical
m e round about
a u u u i you,
y o u , nigh
n ig h th a t the great iito
v v tib a i p peoples
e o p le s
subm ission to titled wrong and which are
I rom th at volume we learn th a t robed injustice finds no lodgment unto thee, or afar off from thee, were created by the superposition
fro m the
t FiP one
n n p end
r» 1 of fk
n earth even
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from
the
the people have no power w hatever; in the brain of m an.
of _____
races or
sub-races.
The real unto the other end of the ea rth ;
th at all power and political a u th o r­ rulers are the people, and the rulers
From the earliest tim es the val­
Thou sh a lt not consent unto him ;
ity comes from on high, and th a t so-called are hut the servants of the nor hearken unto him ; neither leys of the E u p h ra te s and the
all the kings, all the potentates and people. They are not ordained of shall thine eye pity him, neither Tigris, Palestine and A sia M inor,
powers, have been ordained of God; any God. All political power comes shall thou spare, neither sh alt thou were m eeting aud m ingling places
conceal him.
th at all the ignorant and cruel from and belongs to m an.
of races. Among the peoples th a t
r
a
a
t
t
x
s
r
kings have been placed upon the
Upon these texts of S cripture rest
world’s thrones by the direct act of
con9 ue8t were A m orites of the
the thrones of Europe. For fifteen to put him to death, and afterw ards
Deity.
The S criptures teach us
C elto-Lybian or blonde E uropean
huudred years these verses have the hand of all the people;
th a t the common people have but
And thou sh alt stone him with race, Phoenicians or C an aan ites of
been repeated by brainless kings
•toties, th a t he die; because he b ath the H am itic race, and m any tribes
one d u ty —the du ty of obedience.
and heartless priests. For fifteen sought to th ru st thee aw av from
a
.
Let me read to you some of the
the
Lord
th
y
God,
which
brought
bem
ltl°
race-
h
a
r
‘her
to the
hundred years each one of these
political ideas in the great M agna
texts has been a bastile in which thee out of the land of E gypt, from n o rth west, in Asia M inor, a l i k e
C harta of hum an liberty:
has been im prisoned the pioneers of the house of bondage.— Deut. xiii. prim itive population of com mingled
“ Let every soul be subject u n ­
T h at is the religious liberty of C elto-Lybian, H am itic, and Sem itic
progress. Each one of these texts the Bible.— Dresden E dition, Vol. 7. | races was overrun at an early period
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