The Christian Foundation,
Or,
Scientific and Religious Journal
Vol. 1. No 2.
February, 1880.
Contents
- The Influence Of The Bible Upon CivilAnd Religious Liberty.
- Liberty Of Conscience.
- The Orthodoxy Of Atheism And Ingersolism, By Rev. S. L. Tyrrell.
- The Shasters And Vedas, And The Chinese, Government, Religion, Etc.
- Ancient Cosmogonies.
- Some Of The Beauties (?) Of Harmony Among Unbelievers.
- Is God The Author Of Deception And Falsehood?
- Darwinism Weighed In The Balances.
- Was It Possible?
The Influence Of The Bible Upon CivilAnd Religious Liberty.
Civil government is a state of society in which men are reducedto order; it is a government in which every citizen hasfull power over his own rights, but is not at liberty to infringeupon the rights of others. The deepest thought in the wordcivil is the idea of being hedged around by restraints, so as tobe shut in from all privilege, or right, of meddling with therights of others. The Welsh use the word “cau,” to shut,inclose, fence, hedge.
Civil liberty is liberty modified by the rights of others. Noman has a right, by any Divine warrant, to infringe upon therights of another; and cannot do it without forfeiting more orless of his own. This thought, that a man may forfeit hisrights, is as essential to proper conceptions of civil government,and civil liberty, as the thought that a man has rights;for if there be no forfeiture of rights through crime, then all