In the Spirit's Power - William W. Prescott

power of God it despises the power of Caesar; it
wants none of it. Think of exchanging the power of
God and the religion of Jesus Christ for the power
of man and hypocrisy; because all that Caesar can
do is to control the actions. God has made the mind
free, and even Jesus Christ, who came to save the
world, said, “If any man believe not, I judge him
not.” He came not to condemn, but to save.
When the church takes the power of the civil
government to aid in anything that pertains to the
things of God, it is a published confession, before
God, before all heaven, and before man,--a
confession that Christianity should blush to make,
that it has lost the power God has given it. Christ
said, “All power in heaven and earth is given unto
Me.” Who would exchange that power for the
paltry power of Caesar? This is for us. Have
nothing to do with it. Let alone that cursed union
between church and state, which has wrought the
misery of the ages, and has written in blood
thousands of pages of history, and slain millions of
martyrs. Have you not seen enough of it to
understand the ruin it will cause? Will you not say,
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