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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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of God must bo supplemented by the
force of man's puny arm.
Jefferson paid a tribute to the pow
er of truth when he said that truth
was able to overcome error in the
open field; and it was this sublime
confidence in the triumph of truth that
distinguished him from .many of the
other great men of his time. In fact,
of all the men who have lived upon
this earth I know of no man who has
surpassed Jefferson in his confidence
in the ultimate triumph of truth; and,
my friends, upon what can people
build if not upon faith In truth? Take
from man his belief in the' triumph of
that which is right and he builds upon
the sand. Give a man an abiding faith
in the1 triumph of that which is true,
and you give him the foundation of a
moral character that can withstand all
temptation.
It w;as this belief in the triumph of
truth that made Jefferson favor free
discussion, not only in religion, but
in everything; and one of the virtues
of Jefferson was that he -was consis
tent in applying his principles to all
questions. I am not one of those who
believe' that Jefferson was inconsis
tent when he advocated the Louisiana
purchase. He was in doubt whether
the language of the constitution, un
amended, was such as to authorize
the purchase of this territory; but
never for a moment did he think that
there was anything in the constitu
tion, in its letter or its spirit, to con
fine the United States to the original
states. When he bought the territory
his first thought was to ask for an
amendment to the constitution that
would expressly ratify the act. But
when the question was discussed it
was found that his act was so univer
" sally approved that it was not con
sidered necessary even to ask for an
amendment. I do not believe that the
-purchase was inconsistent with any
principle he had ever advocated or
with any utterance that he had ever
made. I repeat that one of the vir-
tues of Jefferson was that he was
consistent in applying his .principles
no matter where those principles Jed
him.
The same doctrine that he applied
- to. religion he applied to :tho press
arid I suppose no American, certainly
not one who lived before the time
of Andrew Jackson ever had more
reason than Jefferson to find fault
with the untrue utterances of the
press. Yet, so great was his faith in
the triumph of the truth, and so will
ing was he to have error presented if
truth could only be left free to combat
it, that he was opposed to censorship
of the press, and I believe that he gave
expressi6n to the strongest eulogy of
the press that any statesman has ever
uttered, when he said that if he must
choose between a government with
out newspapers, and newspapers with
out a government, he would prefer to
risk the newspapers without a gov
ernment He said that public opinion
would measurably correct things if
public opinion was left free; but that
a government without the free ex
pression of public opinion would soon
become a despotism.
In the preamble to the statute for
religious freedom Jefferson put first
that which I want to speak of last
It was that the regulation of the
opinions of men or religious ques
tions by law was contrary to the laws
of God and to the plans of God. He
pointed out that- God had it in his
power to control man's mind and
body, but that He did not see fit to
coerce the mind or the body into
obedience to even the Divine will;
and that if God Himself was not will
ing to use coercion to force man
to accept certain religious views, man
uninspired and liable to error ought
not to use the means that Jehovah
would not employ. Jefferson realized
that our religion is a religion of love
and not a religion of force.
There has recently been published a
little book called The Jeffersonian
Bible, and in the forepart of that
book there is a letter, written by Jef
ferson in reply to an Inquiry, In
which he states his estimate of the
teachings of Christ as compared with
the . philosophies of other religious
teachers, and he shows the superior
ity of the philosophy of the Nazarene
in that, while oth,or philosophies have
dealt with man's conduct, Christ's
philosophy purifies the fountain at its
source cleanses the heart
He recognized that our religion Is a
religion of the heart, that it is pro
pagated from heart to heart; and he
recognized, top, wthat the ieart con
trols , human -life. .Jefferson was great
in -his -intellect I know -of no mind
that our nation has produced that
could express itself with moro clear
ness, or with moro logic; but I beliovo
that there was in Jefferson that which
was greater than his head. It was
his heart Greater than his intellect
was his love for all mankind.
It has been said that it marks an
epoch in history when God lets loose
a thinker in the world. God let loose
& thinker when Jefferson was born.
But Carlyle, who says that thought is
stronger than artillery-parks; that
thought moulds the world like soft,
clay; that it writer and un writes laws
makes and unmakes parliaments
Carlyle adds that back of every great
thought is love; that love is the rul
ing force in the world. I believe it is
true. I believe that Jefferson's great
ness rests more upon his love of hu
mankind than upon his Intellect
great as was his intellectand that
ho was great because his heart was
big enough to embrace the world.
And the people loved him "because he
first loved them." He wanted our
religion to rest on the basis of love
and not on the basis of force; and, my
friends, when we get down to the root
of our government, and the root of
our religion, we find that they alike
rest on the doctrine of human brother
hood "that all men are created
equal," "that they are endowed by
their Creator, with certain inalienable
rights' rights that government did
not give, rights that government can
not take away; that the object of gov
ernment is to secure to the Individual
the enjoyment of his inalienable rights
and that governments derive "their
just powers from the consent of the
governed." But all of these things
rest upon that conception of human
brotherhood which one cannot have
unless he has the love" that is back of
every great thought I believe that,
when Jefferson assisted in establish
ing religious freedom, he assisted in
giving to our government its strong
est support Chain the conscience,
bind the heart, and you cannot have
for the support of our form of govern
ment the strength and the enthus
iasm it deserves. But let conscience,
be free to commune with its Gpd, let
the heart be free to send forth its
love, and the conscience and the heart
will be the bfst defenders of a gov
ernment resting upon the consent of
the governed.
I believe that Jefferson gave a com
plete theory of government when he
gave us the doctrine of tne Declara
tion of Independence, and he gave us
the two great-supports, of ,fr2eavern-.
ment when he gave us universal edu
cation and an unfettered conscience.
I am glad that this association is go
ing to erect a monument to his mem
ory. I say going to erect it, becaueo
I cannot believe that the Araorlcan
people need moro than an opportun
ity to contribute to insure their con
tribution. I want thl3 monument to
be in keeping with the services of tbo
man. I want it to stand as high as
the monuments erected to warriors.
I want it to testify to the world that
tho heroes of peaco aro as great as
the heroes of war; that those who
save human life are as great as 'those
who take it, even though they take it
In defense of a righteous catise. I
want this monument to testify that a
man can live for his country as well
as die for his country.
But, my friends, anxious as I am
that this association shall erect a
monument worthy of Jefferson, I
tnank God that Jefferson's memory
needs no marble or bronze to per
petuate It. Erect your monument as
high as you can, make it of materlal
as enduring as you may, time will
destroy it; the years will come and
go, and at last that monument will
disappear; but there is in the hearts
of the people a monument that time
cannot touch, and this monument,
growing as the world grows, increas
ing as civilization increases, is a
greater monument than the hand of
man can rear. And as people measure
the influence of Jefferson upon the
destinies of the human race, they will
be convinced that the Bible is true
when it says that it is "more blessed
to give than to receive,"-for he gave
the largest measure of service that
man ever gave to man.
A Fallacious Idea.
With all due respect for sport and
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kill something, in order to receive the
full benefit of -an outing, Is passing
out It is all right, of course, for
people who feel that way, but thero
are other methods of enjoyment quite
as helpful to the physical man, quit
as pleasurable and exhilarating and
quite as elevating morally. Denver
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Gen. Chas. Dick,
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