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4101 American Sentinel, vol. 1 May 1886, page 35 paragraph 9
… legal, unless it is desired to enforce that custom. To “enforce” means to support by force. And therefore when Christian usages are placed on a legal basis …
4102 American Sentinel, vol. 1 May 1886, page 35 paragraph 10
… a legal basis in the law of the land, would be to put them on a level with human institutions. Therefore it is in the interest of religion that we oppose this proposed …
4103 American Sentinel, vol. 1 June 1886, page 42 paragraph 3
… , by legal enactment! This is the way the “National Reformers” are doing, and they profess to be followers of Christ. The Lord, through the psalmist, said to the wicked …
4104 American Sentinel, vol. 1 June 1886, page 43 paragraph 3
… undeniable legal basis, and, presto, Rome would have been a “Christian nation.” And since “the empire of Rome filled the world,” by that act the whole world would …
4105 American Sentinel, vol. 1 June 1886, page 43 paragraph 5
… by legal enactments in Constantine’s time, bishoprics were bought and sold just the same as secular offices were then and are now. The richest and most influential …
4106 American Sentinel, vol. 1 November 1886, page 83 paragraph 6
… mere legal enactment without the concurrence of “the people,” but Christianity was exalted to the throne of the world because the majority so willed it. Constantine …
4107 American Sentinel, vol. 2 January 1887, page 3 paragraph 6
… ‘to legalize the laws and institutions of Christianity, or of that which they may claim is Christianity;’ or ‘to place the laws, usages, and institutions of the …
4108 American Sentinel, vol. 2 January 1887, page 3 paragraph 10
“‘Viewing with grave apprehension the corruption of our politics, the legal sanction of the Liquor Traffic, and the disregard of moral and religious character in those who are exalted to high places in the nation;
4109 American Sentinel, vol. 2 January 1887, page 4 paragraph 1
… undeniable legal basis in the fundamental law of the land.’
4110 American Sentinel, vol. 2 January 1887, page 4 paragraph 2
… undeniable legal basis’? It distinctly specifies ‘the Christian laws, usages, and institutions of our Government’-these and no more. Between the statement …
4111 American Sentinel, vol. 2 January 1887, page 4 paragraph 18
… undeniable legal basis in the fundamental law of the land.” If they purpose to follow the letter of their constitution, they might as well stop at once, for in …
4112 American Sentinel, vol. 2 May 1887, page 36 paragraph 6
… a legal maxim that it is better to let a guilty man escape than to punish an innocent man. This does not imply that a just law will sanction the escape of a guilty …
4113 American Sentinel, vol. 2 October 1887, page 75 paragraph 5
… American legal business were not becoming more a matter of precedent than of common sense, Sunday laws could never be enacted; but the idea seems to be that …
4114 American Sentinel, vol. 2 October 1887, page 75 paragraph 8
… a legal holiday. Well, nobody contends that the State law makes Sunday a religious institution; it is that already. We freely admit that the State law in its …
4115 American Sentinel, vol. 2 October 1887, page 76 paragraph 4
… sober legal argument; and men must be pre-determined to have Sunday laws, or they could not be deceived by it. Suppose that the State had, in the exercise of its …
4116 American Sentinel, vol. 2 December 1887, page 89 paragraph 5
“Viewing with grave apprehension the corruption of our politics, the legal sanction of the Liquor Traffic, and the disregard of moral and religious character in those who are exalted to high places in the nation;
4117 American Sentinel, vol. 2 December 1887, page 89 paragraph 9
… undeniable legal basis in the fundamental law of the land.”
4118 American Sentinel, vol. 3 January 1888, page 4 paragraph 4
… by legal enactment. There is only one remedy for immorality and corruption, and that is the gospel of Jesus Christ. By this alone can men be saved either from …
4119 American Sentinel, vol. 3 June 1888, page 45 paragraph 4
… the legal discretion of the Postmaster-General, under the repeated refusals of Congress to discontinue the Sabbath mails. His knowledge and judgment in …
4120 American Sentinel, vol. 3 August 1888, page 64 paragraph 11
… a legal day of rest.