Bu are we not a Christian people ?
it i asked; and shall we be ashamed
to wn it? This is, however, a con
fus Mn of ideas. As citizens, we are
not Christians nor pagans; we are
me ely Americans. The American
cit. en who is not a Christian is no
ley a citizen than his neighbor who is;
any his neighbors, if they would
gu rd equal liberty, will not attempt
to lace in a political instrument any
rel gious expression. It seems very
ha I for many good people to under
eta id the signiticance of religious lib
ert . They say that it must not mnean
lie use. But they do not tell us who
is ) 4iscriniinate between liberty and
lic use. The essence of religious
Ii rty is that the state, as such, will
ha e no other concern with religion
ti: a to protect every man in cherish
int that which he prefer, so long as
he loes not interfere with the equal
ri it of lil neighbors to do the same.
