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1441 The American Sentinel 14 November 30, 1899, page 737 paragraph 7
POLITICALLY, Christians are but a drop in the bucket; but religiously, they are the “salt of the earth.” The earth is preserved not by Christian votes, but by Christian lives.
1442 The American Sentinel 14 November 30, 1899, page 738 paragraph 4
… to vote for measure which he believes will work moral injury to the community,—as a law allowing the circulation of pernicious literature, or permitting …
1443 The American Sentinel 14 December 14, 1899, page 773 paragraph 8
… all vote for the Christian Sabbath. On the other side are atheists, skeptics, socialists, anarchist, and law-breakers generally, and among these we must class …
1444 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
1445 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 …
1446 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.
1447 The American Sentinel 15 January 18, 1900, page 48 paragraph 2
… and vote for righteous principles.”
1448 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 …
1449 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.
1450 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 …
1451 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 …
1452 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.
1453 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.
1454 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 …
1455 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 …
1456 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 .
1457 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 52.5 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)
… this vote.”
1458 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 .
1459 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.”
1460 Appeal from the U. S. Supreme Court Decision Making this “A Christian Nation”, p. 54.4 (Alonzo Trevier Jones)
… with votes on Sunday closing.”