+. Bare. religious legislation.
THE MINNESOTA WORKER.
.- “Legal Sunday,” and “Sunday Laws of the United
-Btates,” by Ringold; and “The Civil Sabbath,” are good
or the purpose. These are respectively No. 22, 5 aod
- 11 of the Religious Liberty Library, price 40, 3 and 114
"gents. each.
Any one desiring printed petitions can have them - by
. addressing the writer. This wan be made the .oceasion
of doing much good, but the time is short, and all must |
“act at once. Let ns pray that the blessing of God may -
attend every effort made in bisoame. Aud do not for-
got ts pray that the Spirit of God may as.ist in the
work in the legislature. H. F. PHE! PS.
Protec st and Patation,
To the Honorable ...
- 80ta, Grresting. Co
We, the undersigned, citizens of the State of Minne-
sota, and County of , would hereby em-
brace our rights of protest and petition.
Adopting the words of James Madison; we believe
“That religion is not in the purview of human govern.
ment.”
Wo believe that “Religion is essenuially distinet from
human government, and exempt from its co Jaz nes.”
We balieve thay "A connection between thom in-
jurious to both.”
Wa bolieve that “There are ¢
insures the parpetuity of religion without
law.”
Thorefore, we would respectfully, yet de :icedly pro
test against the passage of House File No. 183; und
Sexate [Mle No. 323, or any other Sunday bill that may
be presented to your honorable bedy.
We would further suggest, that every act of legisla-
tion, tending to exalt one day above another as a day of
rest and: cessation from business or pleasure, bo
cause of the idea of sacredness attached; and 1s there-
And we would mnt earaest
ly petition that you have nothing to do with any such
legislation; Lut that religion and religious institutions
be left with the individual conscience, and that every
man be allowed tne oxercise of the inalienable right of
spending his tims iy any manper he may desire; pro-
vided, that he infringes not the equal right of any other
man.
of Minne-
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Names.
The Canvassing Work.
The past two weoks I have been busy attending the
meetings of the State Agents convention and a number
of questions ).ava Leen considered.
Agents are present from different parts of the world
and all believe in pushing forwa:d the work. Truly the
spirit of God has blessed ovr meetings.
The canvassers Institute for Mi innesota. will begin
_. March. 20th, 1895, and-T hope every canvasseis will be
] "present. I feel that we want to press forward in this
) glorious work. Ard plans are being laid thai will be a
- great help to those in our work. .
I shall be pleased to hear from all desiring to enter l
the work this spring. ‘
Thos~ canvassing are s dong first rate on the small
buoks. 'H. E. Nasi and Bro. Whitelock ar e having good
success in St. Cloud. Bro. Wing is doing well in Min-
neapolis,
A.M. Tatton is working hard. at Fag :
rather ot hard time. Others engaged on our: "amall
work report encouragerngly. Yours with h courage,
Union College.
The work here is onward. During the past, mouth
Eld. A: T. Jones has been here, giving instruction in
the Bible school, and during the week prote ceding the
weok uf prayer, he gave a few  lessons--ta the College
students. ‘The meeti igo-were well attended and uch
benefit was received from one study of God's work, Dy. \ A 3
the aid of the Ho.y Spiris
During the week of prayer meotings wera held every
dav, and the Spirit of the Lord ca'ne very near to us as
«eo listened to the readings prepared for the occasion,
and the mstruction given by his servants. While the
Lied throu sh his Word and innisbers rev: ls new light
and truth to us, his spirit impresses 1t upo. our hearts.
Jesus is more precious to vs day by day, and it is our
desire that he may be revealed in us daily and that
every one connected with the school may give them-
seives tu Christ and glorify in their lives the une who
loves tnew so much. T..e iofluen:e of the Holy Spint
is felt 1n all departments much more than in former
years, The courses of instructions in some departments
have been improved and are more thorough than for
merly. We feel that all the work is advancing.
Tue holiday vacation was quite short, but as a rule
the students d» rot like to have lonz vacations here
esitise work is more pleasant ti. n idleness. The at-
tend ‘nce now isabout four aund ed. There are about
thirty fro. Minnesota, all of whom are enjoying good
health and prosperity in the work. Not as many stu
dents come in at this tino of the year as there did
during the first two years of the school, for they see
that it pays to come in at or near the beginaing of the
school.
The College buildings anc church are lighted by
electricity now. The electric plant works well, and
there is no nisk of fire, us was the case when lamps
were used. Tim» and expense are sived to the stu-
dent. The electric lights are quite an improvement on
the kerosene lamp. The cost of the plant is about
$4,000.
Work on the Sanitarium here has besn progressing
during the past two months, and now it is ready to re-
ceive patients. Doctor A. N. Lnoar, of this place, for-
merly of the Battle Creek S ....t rium, will have charge
of the work. The Doctor has had a large experience
and has the full confidence of the people here. The
Bible school here has an’ attendance of about one
bund ed and thirty. Its sessionsare held in the base-
ment rooms of the College. Bible, history and grammar
are taught, and the ipstructcrs during the past six
weeks have been Elders A. T. Jones, B. E. Nicola and
L.A Hoopes.
A deep interest pervades the school, as the Holy
Spirit reveals to those who study, the character and
love of God. manifested in Jesus Christ.
L.D. Human,
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