God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are some writers who feel they are elected by God. I am not. I am elected by the devil - this is clear.
God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election.
But look what happens when the government gives you rights. When the government gives you rights, unlike when God gives you rights, the government can take them away. When government gives you rights, the government can tell you how to exercise those rights.
At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men.
Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
Our civilization, such as it is, was shaped by religion, and the men who aspire to public office anyplace in the free world must make obeisance to God or risk immediate opprobrium.
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics.