Observations on The Two Sons of Oil: Containing a Vindication of the American Constitutions, and Defending the Blessings of Religious Liberty and Toleration, Against the Illiberal Strictures of the Rev. Samuel B. WylieLiberty Fund, 2007 - 273 sidor Observations on "The Two Sons of Oil" was written in 1811 in response to the Reverend Samuel B. Wylie's work, The Two Sons of Oil, which was published in 1803. In this work of radical Presbyterian theology, Wylie pointed out what he considered to be deficiencies in the constitutions of both Pennsylvania and the United States and declared them to be immoral. Findley's response to Wylie's criticisms in Observations showed that it was neither the purpose nor the design of the United States government to have a federal religion and a federal creed. In a broader sense the book is also a passionate defense of a civil government guided by moral principles that allow for essential freedoms. William Findley was born in Ireland and emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1763. He served in the Second through the Fifth Congresses, and again in the Eighth through the Fourteenth Congresses, earning the designation "Father of the House" before he retired from Congress in 1817. He died in 1821. John Caldwell is retired from Augustana College, where he was Director of the Library and Professor of History. Himself a native of western Pennsylvania, Professor Caldwell is the author of George R. Stewart (1981) and William Findley from West of the Mountains: A Politician in Pennsylvania, 1783-1791 (2000). Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes. |
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... give up our own judgment and rea- son , ( viz . conscience ) implicitly to the conscience of his civil magistrate , and without any assurance of the infallibility of that magistrate . I will appeal to the author himself , if we are to give ...
... gives no liberty of conscience . This was not in the power of the convention to give or to withhold . The members of the convention were of the same opinion with the Westminster divines , viz . " That God alone is Lord of the conscience ...
... give in support of his cause , I will give them a place . They are as follows : " If the saints accepted offices , & c . we may conclude , either , first , that the power was legitimate ; or , secondly , that offices may be held under ...
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