ers of, provided for by state, 119;
flourishing in spite of adverse
laws, 125; no part of Ohio law,
138; and the common law, 208;
worse than paganism in persecu
tion, 257, 258.

Christianity part of common law, re
pudiated by eminent jurists and
statesmen, 28; subterfuges re-
sorted to, to uphold idea, 154;
Jefferson's research and argu-
ment against 208-223; Supreme
Court of Ark. approved of, 414;
affirms, 414-416; Supreme Court
of Ohio denies, 419-424, 460-469;
why not an American doctrine,
419; Supreme Court of Mo. af-
firms, 427; Supreme Court of
Cal. denies, 507.
Christian religion, preference for,
detrimental to itself, 128, 134;
institutions of, to be protected,
416.

Christian morality, to be enforced
on all, 347.

"Christian politics," 509.
Christ's kingdom not of this world,

93, 745.

Christ needs no help from Cæsar,
93, 94, 98, 114, 737.

Church influenced state to make
Sabbath laws, 77, 732, 756.
Christ, author of religious liberty,
144; and the Sabbath, 236.
Church and state, relics of,
15;
separation of, 64; not separate in
Md., 71; union of, favored by
latest popes, 74, 75, 513; union
of, fosters inequality, 102, 103,
108; union of, prohibited by Con-
stitution, 143, 249; Holiand, ex-
ample of separation, 202; union of,
always dangerous, 272; destiny of
America if united, 253.
Church attendance required

by

Civil laws, alleged necessary to sup.
port religion, 99, 291, 345, 348,
352, 427, 650, 742, 743-
Civil power, appeal to, shows reli-
gious cause a bad one (Frank-
lin), 743, 750, 778.

Civil rights, independent of reli
gious opinions, 134, 154.
Civil Sabbath, depends upon ballots,
352.
Civil-Sabbath argument, a last re-
sort, 232; a "miserable excuse,"
386; disproved, 33-58, 99, 246-248,
372-374, 575-578, 603, 615, 624,
629, 637, 650, 732, 741, 742, 751-
756.

Civil magistrate, not to intrude in
religion, 114.

Civil laws and blasphemy, Adams
on, 206.

Clarke, Dr. Adam, quoted, 30; per-
secuted, 692.

Clark, Thomas, on persecution,

257.

Clergy and Sunday legislation, 246,
347, 352, 366, 367, 373, 378, 379,
562, 577, 732, 742; leaders in Sun-
day agitations, 269, 286, 378, 562;
arrogant and domineering, 289;
corrupt, 292.

Clifford, Justice, on legislative lim-
its, 473.

Coalition between church and state.
Madison on, 202.

Coercion, not apostolic, 55; illegit
imate, 250, 251; tyrannous, 252;
violates conscience, 266; by Con-
gress, 299; Augustine on, 411;
contrary to gospel, 737.

re-

Colorado, Supreme Court of, de-
clares Sunday law invalid, 520;
constitutional provision of,
garding religion, 526; Sunday law
of, 562.

Colcord, W. A., summary by, of
King case, 676.

Cole, Robert, 680-683.

Coleman, Rev. W. J., on disfran-
chising infidels, 348.
Columbian exposition and Sunday
closing, 286, 370.

Coluquitt, Senator, 370, 374.
Combinations, religious, always dan-
gerous, 239. 292, 293; remon-
strance against, 271.
Commandments, ten, not subjects
for civil enactment, 58.
Common law, see Christianity part
of common law.

Compact, the social, 224;: nature of,

225.

Compact with the U. S., of N. M.,
542; of N. D., 546; of Wash.,

553-

Compulsory worship, an abomination
to God, 63.

Compulsory support of religion, a
tyranny, 134.

Compulsory Sunday observance, im-
plies compulsory church attend-
ance, 264.

Confederate Constitution, contained
recognition of God, 343, 344.
Congress, cannot determine sacred
time, 27; defining religious duty,
154, 155; not to intermeddle in
religion, 237, 244, 250; and Sun-
day mails, 241; and religious leg-
islation, 242, 245, 247; and the
Constitution, 248; setting ex-
ample in religion, 258; and or.
thodoxy, 264; and religious ques-
tions, 288; and the clergy, 289;
attitude against religious legisla
tion approved, 293, 294; and re-
ligion, 299; not to legislate on
religion (a resolution from Vt.),
301; another resolution, 303;
commended for observing Sunday,
312, 313; not to break Sabbath,
312; memorial to, by National
Reform Association, 341; expres.
sion of, on "God in Constitu-
tion," 346; first Sunday legisla
tion by, 373; why religious legis-
lation in, 375; list of religious
measures introduced since 1888,
402-408.

Congress, N. Y. Provincial, resolu-
tion by, 81.

Conklin, Day, trial of, for Sunday
work, 719.

Connecticut, early Sunday law of,
42-45, constitutional provision of,
regarding religion, 527; Sunday
law of, 564.

Conscience, entire liberty of, 13;

Pa. law concerning, 48; must be
free, 62, 63; rights of, most valu-
able, 81; not overridden by Sun-
day work in post-office, 239; and
majorities, 240; controlled by oth-
ers, 250; of Jew regarded equally
with that of Christian by Consti-
tution, 254; endangered by Sun-
day laws, 253; rights of, assailed
under pretext of holiness, 255;
forcing, 266; protected by Con-
stitution, 272; rights of, not to be
interfered with, 422, 748.
Constantine, and religious oppres-
sion, 256; character of, 270; first
Sunday law by, 753.
Constitutionality of Sunday laws,

773.

Constitution of U. S., 143, 761-772.
Constitutions and rights, 25.

"Constitutional Limitations," quot-
ed, 29, 192, 243, 430, 773-
Constitution, religious liberty should
be guaranteed by, 101, 118; pre-
amble to, 143; Bancroft on, 144;
attitude toward religion, 144;
no bill of rights, 145; comments
on (Va., N. C., Mass.), 146-148;
proposed amendments to, 149-151;
amendments, 152-157; and treaties,
162; and religious legislation, 242;
and religion, 244; framers of, re-
lation to church and state, 249;
intent of framers, 257; and man's
relation to God, 257; against re-
ligious legislation, 267, 268; pro-
tects conscience, 272; and reli-
gious questions, 289; knows noth-
ing of orthodoxy, 298; freedom of
from religious bias, 300; and Sab-
bath question, 304, 306, 310; Sev-
enth-day Baptists' view of, 314;
religious liberty provisions of,
318; and Sunday, 320, 314-327;
amendment proposed by National
Reform Association, 341; federa-
tion and confederation, 343;
amendment proposed by Blaine,
349; Constitution and constitu-
tional legislative acts beyond
courts, 449; guide for legislation,

772.

Continental Congress, ordinance of
1787, 136.

Contract, social, see compact, social.
Contracts, Sunday, 412, 413, 421,
565, 646.

Controversy, religious, government
not to decide, 237; before Con-
gress, 303, 304, 307.
Convention, Baltimore, Lord's Day,
312; American anti-Sunday law,
328.

Cooley, Judge Thos. M., foreword,
21; quoted, 29, 192, 243, 430, 477,

773.

Cook, Rev. Joseph, Sunday a reli
gious day, 246, 732.
Corliss, J. O., 366-368.

Corruption of religion, by legisla
tive touch, 114.

Cotton, Rev. John, and Roger Will-
iams, 261; and early New Eng-
land laws, 267.

Court, decisions of, cited, Supreme,
of Ohio, 412, 419, 424, 460; Su-
preme, of Ark., 414; appeal from
Hempstead Circuit, 414; Supreme,
of N. Y. cited, 414; Supreme, of
Mo., 425; Supreme, of Cal., 434;
Cincinnati Superior, in favor of
religion in public schools, 460;
U. S. Supreme, legislative limita-
ions, 470; Supreme, of Wis., 478;
U. S. Supreme cited, 775.
Crafts, Rev. W. F., on Sabbath

laws, 77, 99, 124; Cardinal Gib-
bons to, 228; before Federation of
Labor for Sunday rest, 230; re-
ligion essential to Sunday rest,
246; Sunday law rider to Panama
exposition bill attempted, 353;
cited, 367; quoted, 368, 378, 379,
432, 575, 732, 742, 756; Sabbath
laws seem religious, 373.
Cranston, Bishop, on Christian na-
tion idea, 513.

Creed, not to be recognized by civil
law, 21.

"Critical Period of American His-
tory, 1783-1789," 699.
Crockett, Senator, speech of, 354;
on day of Sabbath, 357.

Cruze, Davis, trial of, for Sunday
work, 675.

Curlett, W. G., trial of, for Sunday
work, 725.

Cursing, laws against, 222.

DANGERS to be guarded against, 122,
131, 202, 236, 239, 249, 253, 699.
Daniells, A. G., 389.
Day, time of beginning and ending,
in colonial times, 38, 41; sancti-
fying by law, 45, 53; of rest sanc-
tioned by nations, 234; Lord's
Day Convention, Baltimore, 312;
one-in-seven law in Cal., 352; of
Sabbath, Senator Crockett on,
357; the impossible, 756.
Dead-letter laws, danger from unre-
pealed, 131.

Death, penalty of, for non-attend-

ance at church on Sunday, 33;
for blasphemy, in early laws, 34,
36; for Sunday desecration, 37;
for various offenses, 207, 223,
265, 267.

Debates on the Federal Constitu-
tion, 150, 151.

Decisions, see court decisions.
Declaration of Independence, 17,
23, 29, 85; the forerunner of,
139; complete text of, 757-760.
Declaration of rights (Va.), 81,
552; of various States, 523-555.
Defining religious duty, Congress,
255.

Definition of religion, 136, 137, 153,

I 54.

Deity and legislation, 254.
Delaware, Sunday law of 1795, 56;
constitutional provision of, re-
garding religion, 528; Sunday
law of, 567.

Democracy, principles of, 167.
Democratic-equal-rights platform,

166.

Democratic-Republican platform, 166.
Democratic platform, 170.
Demon, the persecutor becomes,
266, 267.

Despotism, religious, how it begins,
239, 244, 250.

Destruction of state religious es
tablishments not injurious to re-
ligion, 203.

Dickinson, Don M., brief of, in
King case, 703.

Discrimination against religion, 430.
Disestablishment of religion in Va.,

120, 132, 139.

Disfranchisement of infidels, 348.
Dissenters' petition, 91.

District of Columbia, law against
blasphemy in, 206, 207; Sunday-
rest bill for, by Breckinridge, 367;
adopted old Md. law, 369; Sun-
day bill by Johnston, 398; Court
of Appeals on Md. Sunday law,
514; Md. (District) Sunday law
unconstitutional, 516; Sunday
laws of, 568.

Disturbing the peace by lawful oc-
cupation, 664, 665.

Dobbins, testimony of, 683, 684.
Dockery, Congressman, 371.

Dodd, John A., trial of, for Sunday
work, 724.

Donatists, against religious persecu
tion, 276.

Dortch, J. H., trial of, for Sunday
work, 673.

Dortch, William, trial of, for Sun-
day work, 673.

Draper, historian, 384.

Drury v. Defontaine, 421.
Duty to persecute error, 260, 780.
Dyer, Mary, hanged, 697.

ferson, 86, 187, 188.
Gladstone, William E., on American
Constitution, 145.
"Globe-Democrat (St. Louis), on
Sunday enforcement in Ark., 663.
in the Constitution, 343,
God"
344, 346, 403-408.
Goldsmith, quoted, 522, 779.
'Good, greatest, to greatest num-
ber," fallacy of, 326.

Government, instituted to secure
rights of man, 23; properly secu-
lar, 94; not to propagate religion,
137; no right to meddle with reli-
gion, 146; without liberty an evil,
147; not founded on Christian re-
ligion, 162; not to determine reli-
gious questions, 163, 237; founded
on principles of religious liberty,
168; limited in power, 191; proper
object of, 234; to set up moral
law as standard, 238; not to define
divine law, 239; proper business
of, 247; not to settle religious
controversies, 237, 244, 250; not
to interfere in religion, 292.
Graham, Rev. E. B., advocates pol-
icy of persecution, 347, 485.
Granger, Hon. Gideon (P. M. Gen.),
on Sunday mails, 178.
Grant, U. S., on religious liberty,
169, 203; on equal rights, 236; on
separation of church and state,
169, 236, 778.

66

Graphic-Herald," 377.

Gray, Senator, 373.

Great Britain, plan of accommoda-
tion with, 81; early laws against
Sabbath-breaking, 223.
"Great Controversy," quoted, 522.

221.

of,

Hertell, Judge, 322.
Heyburn, Senator, speech on John-
ston Sunday bill, 773-
Hiscock, Senator, 374.
History, a bit of (American strug-
gle for religious liberty), 139; of
Sunday legislation, 751.
Hoadley, Gov. George, in Cincin-
nati school board case, 460.
Hobart, Lord Chief Justice (Eng.),
Parliament and natural equity,
25; natural and statutory laws,
187; natural equity, 474.
Hobbs, M. F., 367, 369, 432.
Holt, Alexander, trial of, for Sun-
day work, 662.

Holt, Lord Chief Justice, legislative

IDAHO, Constitutional provision of,
regarding religion, 529; Sunday
law of, 575; who responsible for
enactment of, 576; Governor
Hawley on, 773-

Idleness, enforced by Sunday laws,
56, 741, 775.

Illicit connections between state and
church, 101, 109.

Illinois, memorial of assembly, on
Sunday mails, 275; constitutional
provision of, regarding religion,
530; Sunday law of, 578.
Illustration, law and liberty, 323.
Imposters, religious, laws relating
to, 223.

Inconsistency, of Blair Educational
bill, 365; of Johnston Sunday
bill, 400, 755-778.