Excerpt from Five Problems of State and Religion With these words, these discussions, with all their faults, are by the writer given to his countrymen, especially to thoughtful men, leaders Of public opinion, with the hope that they may commend them selves to their candid judgment as the just and sound and safe basis on which - with the union and approbation of all good men, of what ever religious name - the American State may build itself up for a thousand years, harmoniously, righteously, in the favor of God. Sieut patribus, sit Deus nobis. Will C. Wood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.