The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

east is to be made, it is said “to them that dwell on
the earth, that they should make an image to the
beast.” This shows that it is a government of the
people where the image is made. And it is said to
them that they shall make a union of church and
state. This shows that this is all done in a place
where there is no union of church and state. That is
true of the United States at its formation, and it is
not true of any other nation that was ever on earth.
These things show that the nation is first a
republic, and that this nation is the one where these
things are at last done. But these things can not be
done in a true republic, for they are positively
antagonistic to it in principle. For these things to be
done in a country professing to be a republic, there
must be an apostasy from the principles of a true
republic.
Already there has been an apostasy from the
principles of Protestantism, from the principle of a
separation of church and state. The Congress of the
United States, the executive, and the judiciary of
the United States are already committed to the
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