Excerpt from The Free Christian State and the Present Struggle: An Address Delivered Before the Association of the Alumni of Bowdoin College I shall attempt no elaborate analysis of the nature ofthe state and of its different forms. The scope of my argument does not require it. There are certain great principles which lie at the foundation of all true govern ment, whatever its name. They are common to mon archy and to the republic. The reason and experience of mankind agree in declaring them to be immutable. They cannot be ...
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Excerpt from The Free Christian State and the Present Struggle: An Address Delivered Before the Association of the Alumni of Bowdoin College I shall attempt no elaborate analysis of the nature ofthe state and of its different forms. The scope of my argument does not require it. There are certain great principles which lie at the foundation of all true govern ment, whatever its name. They are common to mon archy and to the republic. The reason and experience of mankind agree in declaring them to be immutable. They cannot be set at naught without involving society itself in ruins. They are written in such large and plain characters on the whole course of nature, that he who runs may read them. They are as Old as man; yea, as the throne of God. Such essential organizing principles are law, order, justice, obedience and truth. Without these, government is only another name for anarchy or despotism. They are the adamantine pillars upon which repose all good things in earth and heaven. It is because the free Christian state is based upon and embodies such divine principles that we are entitled to call it the noblest phenomenon of civilization. In fact, it is civilization in visible strength, order and splendor. There is nothing else on earth so august or so puissant. It is the bright, consummate ower of a nation's life' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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