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RELIGION,

OR

CHRISTIANITY AND THE AMERICAN

CONSTITUTION.

BY ALONZO T. JONES.

AMERICAN SENTINEL,

26 AND 28 COLLEGE PLACE, CHICAGO, ILL.; 1059 CASTRO ST.,
OAKLAND, CAL.; 43 BOND ST., NEW YORK.

1889.

us 2001, 43

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
THE GIFT OF

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

May 17.1930

COPYRIGHTED 1889, BY ALONZO T. JONES.

PREFACE.

THIS little work is the outgrowth of several lectures upon the relationship between religion and the civil power, delivered in Minneapolis, Minn., in October, 1888. The interest manifested in the subject, with numerous requests for the publication of the main points of the arguments presented, have led to the issuing of this pamphlet. It is not intended to be exhaustive in its discussion of any point upon which it treats, but only suggestive in all. The subject is always interesting and important, and as there is now a persistent demand being made for religious legislation, especially in relation to Sunday-keeping, this subject has become worthy of more careful study than it has ever received in this country since the adoption of the national Constitution. The quotations and references presented, with connecting arguments, are designed simply to furnish the reader a ready reference, and directions to further study of the subject. It is hoped that the facts presented will awaken more interest in the study of the Constitution of the United States, and may lead to a better understanding of men's rights and liberties under it, than is commonly shown; and also to a closer study of the relation that should exist between civil government and religion, according to the words of Christ and the American Constitution.

Feb. 13, 1889.

A. T. J.

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