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1441 The American Sentinel 15 January 4, 1900, page 1 paragraph 2

NO moral question can be settled by the ballot, or by vote of the legislature

1442 The American Sentinel 15 January 11, 1900, page 19 paragraph 4

… . has voted to “favor.” Need it seem strange to the N. W. C. T. U. that “those who keep the Sabbath day” will probably not be very enthusiastic helpers in obtaining such …

1443 The American Sentinel 15 January 18, 1900, page 38 paragraph 20

We have heard of white people in America who were dull, stupid, and indolent, but we have never heard that for this reason they ought to be deprived of the right to vote.

1444 The American Sentinel 15 January 18, 1900, page 48 paragraph 2

… and vote for righteous principles.”

1445 The American Sentinel 15 February 1, 1900, page 66 paragraph 11

… the voting population are not even nominally Christian. And yet (it is thought) somehow, through these very people, and without changing them individually …

1446 The American Sentinel 15 April 5, 1900, page 211 paragraph 7

… can vote for them if they choose, under the impression that they are casting a Christian vote; while the politicians laugh at their simplicity.

1447 The American Sentinel 15 April 5, 1900, page 211 paragraph 8

… popular vote; and the unskilled man can no more succeed in a political contest than can the novice succeed against the man of scientific skill in any other …

1448 The American Sentinel 15 April 5, 1900, page 211 paragraph 9

… their votes? Yet Christians will argue in a Christian journal that Christians must be careful to cast their ballots into the great sea of political worldliness …

1449 The American Sentinel 15 April 5, 1900, page 211 paragraph 10

… “Christian vote,” that maintains the rights and liberties which civil governments are instituted to preserve.

1450 The American Sentinel 15 April 12, 1900, page 225 paragraph 6

RIGHT and justice were established before there was any such thing as a majority vote.

1451 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 9.4 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… a vote. To escape this Jefferson and Madison succeeded in carrying a motion to postpone the whole subject to the next General Assembly, and meantime to have …

1452 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 50.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… to vote for or support for any office or position of trust, any member of Congress, either Senator or Representative, who shall vote for any further aid of any …

1453 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 52.3 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… a vote directly in conflict with what you have asked.‘“— Id ., July 12, p. 6697 .

1455 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 53.2 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… WHO VOTED FOR IT WOULD EVER COME BACK HERE AGAIN?—None, I hope.”— Congressional Record, July 12, 1892, p, 6700, and July 13, p. 6759 .

1456 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 53.4 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

“The reason we shall vote for it is, I will confess to you, a fear that, unless we do so, the church folks will get together and knife us at the polls; and—well you know we all want to come back, and we can’t afford to take any risks.”

1458 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 56.7 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… its vote accepting the Senate amendments. Besides this, the House had already, on its own part, by a vote of 131 to 36, decided that Sunday is the “Christian Sabbath …

1459 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 86.1 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… single vote? Yet it is contended that such was in effect the meaning of this statute. The construction invoked cannot be accepted as correct. It is a case where …

1460 Are There Any Protestants?, p. 2.15 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)

… the vote of the Diet if possible; and failing this, then by all the power of the empire. Accordingly in the Diet, March 15, the imperial commissioners announced …