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 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 —