The Seminaries Must Be Like

There Is Not One Square Inch Of The Entire Creation About Which Jesus Does Not Cry Out, 'this Is Mine!'

It Is Impossible, Bible In Hand, To Limit Christ's Church To One's Own Little Community. It Is Everywhere, In All Parts Of The World; And Whatever Its External Form, Frequently Changing, Often Impure, Yet The Gifts Wherever Received Increase Our Riches.

We Understand Hereby, That The Family, The Business, Science, Art And So Forth Are All Social Spheres, Which Do Not Owe Their Existence To The State, But Obey A High Authority Within Their Own Bosom; An Authority Which Rules, By The Grace Of God, Just As The Sovereignty Of The State Does.

He Is Your Friend Who Pushes You Nearer To God.

The Sovereignty Of The State As The Power That Protects The Individual And That Defines The Mutual Relationships Among The Visible Spheres, Rises High Above Them By Its Right To Command And Compel. But Within These Spheres ... Another Authority Rules, An Authority That Descends Directly From God Apart From The State. This Authority The State Does Not Confer But Acknowledges.