own country, Democracy, like a modern Nabuchodonosor, erects a statue to reason and liberty, and calls on all, at the sound of the national anthem, to fall down and adore. In view of such a crisis, therefore, it may not be amiss to consider briefly why we should give not only to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, but especially to God and God's Church the things that are God's.
Man being composed of body and soul, living in time and destined for eternity, has many spiritual and corporal necessities; and among others the need of spiritual and temporal rulers. God, therefore, has established a twofold authority — the Church and the State — and given to each the right to claim our subjection and support. But the Church's claim to our allegiance is prior to that of the State. Each, it is true, derives its authority from God, but in the State authority comes from God through the people to .the government; but in the Church it comes to her government directly from God. The State is founded by and for its people, but the Church, though for the people, has for its Founder God Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. The State i9 a human institution, subject to the human conditions of change and decay, according to the vicissitudes of time and will of its people; but the Church is a divine institution, as unchangeable and everlasting here and hereafter as God Himself. Of the two, therefore, the Church stands nearer to God, and, as such, is the higher power. And as the moon reflects more of the sun's glory than the tiny star, such, too, is the relation —
