That we are opposed to the grant
ing of lands, money or any other
thing of value to any ecclesiastical
institution whatsoever by the govern
ment of this nation or of the several
States of the nation, and that we are
in favor of the taxation of all church
property held in trust or used for
speculative purposes.
That we oppose the election or ap
pointment of any person to any office
of public trust within this govern
ment who owes allegiance to any for
eign power, prince or potentate, and
that we are in favor of legislation
providing punishment for those who
persecute or boycott on religious
grounds.
FHE JEFFERSONIAN
and they are doomed to perish.” These are
utterances of the origin of Divine inspiration.
Not of fiction or of man made utterances, but
is a prophecy in fact. The machinery of Foreign
Missions is too cumbersome and will eventually
drop to pieces. I am a silent reader of the two
Jeffs, but now and then I must find some way to
express my feelings, and I don’t know any better
way than to pen you a few words in my weak
way.
There has been a few all along the way, since
William Carey hatched the idea of Missions, that
have opposed the system of Missions and a sala
ried ministry after the modern style.
I do not wish to antagonize any one in their
Christian, endeavor to uplift man-kind, and per
sonally the fight is not against the spread of the
Gospel, but the system by which it is carried on;
and I don’t know of one better qualified to do the
work than you.
