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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jan 4, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 1.

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A Voice From Ohio

By K. C. RUSSELL

ELDER C. A. PEDICORD, the Ohio Conference religious liberty secretary, writes a stirring appeal in the Welcome Visitor of December 13, in behalf of the religious liberty work, from which we take the following:—
“We must educate the masses regarding true freedom and the possibility of true believers in Christ Jesus losing their liberty by heeding the teachings of the National Reformers.
“W. B. Wheeler, superintendent of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, voiced the sentiment of a majority of religious voters when he said, as noted in the Springfield Sun of Nov. 27, 1905: ‘A new type of Christian citizenship is forging to the front, which will see that all candidates for public office stand right on moral questions.’
“Last Sunday morning, the Rev. Mr. Shepherd of Pilgrim Chapel, Cincinnati, preached in favor of Sunday laws. After quoting the fourth commandment and denouncing all who broke it by working or going to places of amusements on Sunday, he said: ‘I trust that Mr. Pattison, our governor elect, will come up to the demands of the law and the honor of God in the early days of the new year, that we may see our State honoring the laws by having them enforced, and that God’s name will be glorified in the stand that his people will take on the Sabbath-day-amusement question.’
“In view of the earnestness of the opponents of religious and civil freedom, it behooves the Lord’s people to more perfectly organize themselves for active work.
“The Religious Liberty Department of the General Conference recommends the following (which is also indorsed by the president of the Ohio Conference): ‘That at the regular election of church officers, a religious liberty secretary be chosen whose duties shall be to keep posted on movements for and against freedom of conscience in his territory, to keep in correspondence with the State religious liberty secretary, and with him plan for aggressive work.’
“It is also recommended that a religious liberty convention be held in each church during the coming year, time to be determined by correspondence with the State secretary of this department.
“Now, if each church will attend to this matter, it will be a double aid. Our people will all become educated on this subject, and many honest people will read or hear of the message.”
K. C. RUSSELL.