Christian Herald

”The Separation of God and State” (Christian Herald, 1963)

The attached article by Joseph Martin Hopkins, was most likely written in response to the 1962 Supreme Court decision in Engel v. Vitale. This decision stated that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and encourage its recitation in government schools. Hopkins had this to say:


“Is this what the Founding Fathers intended? It has been well stated that to the contrary, their concern was that the American people enjoy freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.”

Sabbath Challenges (Christian Herald, 1963)

In the early Sixties, American church attendance was dropping as a new spirit of secularism was sweeping across the fruited plains. More and more merchants and restaurateurs were opening their businesses on Sundays and challenging the age-old Blue Laws as a result. This article examines what the Bible said about “keeping the sabbath holy”, and why Blue Laws were enacted in so many states.

Migrant Labor in Wisconsin (Christian Herald, 1952)

The townsfolk of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, found the seasonal presence of the Spanish-speaking cherry pickers quite irksome until a sincere effort was made by local clergy to bring the two groups together.

Calling Communism Out (Christian Herald, 1963)

“Nikita Khrushchev told the 22nd Congress of the Soviet Communist Party:”


‘We need a well-considered and orderly system of scientific-atheist education that will embrace all strata and groups of the population and will prevent the dissemination of religious concepts, especially among children and adolescents.’


“In these words, Mr. Khrushchev is highlighting a basic inherit characteristic of Communism – its war against the dignity of man as a child of God.

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