Book excerpt: Excerpt from Scriptural Politics the Way to National Salvation "There are no politics like those which the Scriptures teach." - John Milton. "The leaves of the tree [of life] were for the healing of the nations." - Revelation xxii. 2. "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." - Psalms cxix. 18. "The theocracy of the Jews was intended to be the type in substance, if not in form, of all righteous government. In the progress of civilization and religion, as the world approaches the grand prophetic period when 'truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven, ' the governments of earth will all be assimilated to this pattern." - Bishop George F. Pierce's Sermon before the Legislature of Georgia. The design of this treatise is to present an outline of the governmental ideas of redemption, and show some of the benefits that follow their adoption. The political institutions of a people have a large influence in determining their welfare and happiness and destiny as a nation, and but few things are more oppressive than unsound theories of government or abuses in their administration. If the vast powers and influences of government are to be exerted in a wise and salutary way, and for the greatest good to the greatest number, they must be founded on right principles, and scrupulously guarded against that deterioration to which, by reason of sin, not only persons, but also institutions, are liable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.