Entered at the Post office in Oakland The entrance of thy word giveth light THE OF THE LORD By M C WILCOX PUBLISHED BY THE Pacific press Publishing Company th a Castro Sts OAKLAND CAL Copyrighted Bond Street NEW YORK All Rights Reserved THE BIBLE STUDENTS LlBHiUtY A SEMI MONTHLY PUBLICATION DEVOTED TO THE Investigation and Exposition of Bible Dostrines YHlWdS a Per Year Humber airland Gal Jultf THE BI
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ASS OC/ A/ WHO DO MEN SAY THAT I AM A NEW and astonishing answer to the above question is found in the writings of a certain so called Reform party in our land in which they claim for Christ a political sovereignty We have wondered whether they really regarded Christ as the divine Son of God or as a scheming politician Two quotations will suffice to show that our query is well grounded The first is from a prominent writer in this party in the
NX RELIGIOUS LIBERTY apos c TION CONGRESS ON SUNDAY LEGISLATION DURING the years Congress was petitioned by certain religious bodies to pass a law prohibiting the opening of post offices and the transportation of mails on Sunday The petitions were referred to the proper committees and a report upon the question was returned to the Senate Jan The report was made by Colonel Johnson of Kentucky subsequently Vice President of the United States
The Bible Students Library: An Exposition of Matthew Twenty-Four
GIOUS LIBERTY ss WAS ISRAEL A REPUBLIC Turs question must sound strange to the ears of every reader of the Bible but it is the position taken by a certain party in our land who in their wondrous zeal for a religious government in the United States actually assert that the government of Israel instituted at Sinai was a republic The following from their organ the Christian Statesman may be taken as a sample of their utterances upon this point quot T
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY A c r riot/ u quot SHALL RELIGION BE TAUGHT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE question of the proper attitude of the State toward religion is one that is vitally and inseparably connected with national welfare That it has been so in the apos past all history attests and its importance as related to our own national prosperity and greatness no one can reasonably deny It is then not an insignificant fact that this question though logically settle
Lewis C. Wagner
Photograph
1890
Edward A. Williams
Center for Adventist Research
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
As illustrated in the lives of patriarchs and prophets
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHAT ARE THEY FOR WHAT PURPOSE MAINTAINED Gun system of free public schools is now legally established in all the States and supported by a strong public sentiment The public school has myriads of friends and but few avowed enemies There is however a misconception on the part of some as to what they are and for what purpose they are maintained Some regard the public schools as semi religious originated and maintained for the purpose of teaching
Patriarchs and prophets
The great conflict between good and evil as illustrated in the lives of holy men of old
THE CAMP OF ISRAEL AT SINAI PATRIARCHS and PROPHETS OR THE GREAT CONFLICT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE LIVES OF HOLY MEN OF OLD To justify the ways of God to men BY E G WHITE AUTHOR OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY UESIRF OF AGF S quot STEFS TO CHRIST Christ s object lessons thoughts from the mount of BLESSING AND VARIOUS OTHER WORKS Melbourne Australia ECHO PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED INTERNATIONAL TRACT SOCIET
THE CELEBRATED KING CASE WHAT THE PRESS SAYS OF IT Editorial in Chicago Tribune June RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN TENNESSEE AN important case involving religious liberty has recently developed itself in Tennessee It is invested with unusual interest because having run the gamut of the courts in the State up to the Supreme Court it will now be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States and will be the first case involving the constitutionality of Sunday l
Dedicatory prayer for the missionary ship Pitcairn
lt / STATE AND TAL cnac h FoREVERsgAiw apos apos apos apos apos apos SUNDAY LAWS THEIR ORIGIN DEVELOPMENT NATURE AND OBJECT IT is urged by some that we need a national Sunday law to make the State Sunday laws effective We ask Why so What is the need of Sunday laws at all What are they for Are they for the religious or the irreligious Law in civil government whether Sunday law or any other means compulsion Are Sunday laws to compel those who be
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ASSoci SUNDAY AND THE WORLD apos S FAIR Tux question of closing the World apos s Fair on Sunday is being agitaterat the present time It is insisted by a numerous and influential class of citizens that the Columbian Exposition to be held in Chicago in shall be closed to all the world on Sunday It is not the purpose of this leaflet to discuss whether the Fair shall or shall not be closed on Sunday but to inquire what motive prompts to the m
Pt LIBERTY Assor Niv keep THE OE AND In strARAMAPI THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN studying the subject of the Bible in the public schools there are two important questions to solve First Which if any of theBibles shall be used Second What are the public schools The Bible to many means only the Bible adopted by the Protestants or the King James version and in urging it to be read in the common schools they do not recognize the fact that the Catho
Arguments On the Breckinridge Sunday Bill
Before The House Committee On District Of Columbia, At Washington, D. C., Feb. 18,1890
I tLIGIOUS LIBERTY ASSOCI N ARGUMENTS ON THE BRECKINRIDGE SUNDAY BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AT WASHINGTON D C FEB JANUARY Hon W C P Breckinridge member of Congress from Kentucky introduced in the House of Representatives the following bill A BILL TO PREVENT PERSONS FROM BEING FORCED TO LABOR ON SUNDAY Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress
quot GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION quot Tnis is a question that is being agitated at the present time It is urged by some that unless this nation makes a formal recognition of God in its Constitution it is destined to speedy and irretrievable ruin We ask if this position is well taken As respects this question the Government of the United States has existed for over a hundred years under its present Constitution as it is During this period its history has been one of un
Missionary ship, "Pitcairn", morning after the launch
ATE AND ThE THE TRUE STATESMAN THE true statesman is a man of principle He may be a man of great ability and possess great wealth but he will employ neither of these to secure the adoption of measures that he knows will deprive any citizen of his rights As the object of good government is to secure to men their rights not simply the rights of the strong but of the weak against the encroachments of the strong not simply to the many but to all so the purpose of
Missionary ship Pitcairn evening before the launch