R.L. Dabney's view as to what part the state should play in sabbath observance. Contains much that is thought-provoking but also demonstrates how even the best men, generally speaking, among American Presbyterian authors, have been led into areas of error because of their practical denial of the Kingship of Christ -- in their denial of the establishment principle.

For the historically Reformed view of civil government, as set forth in all the Reformed confessions, see either Christ's Kingship Over the Nations by Brown or A Presbyterian Political Manifesto by Dr. Michael Wagner.