"God never forces His will on men. He calls them unto them him self, but if they will not follow Him then they have to go their own way. Because God's people didn't want it and God let them have their own way.
Every time we give up a part of our faith to try to fit into the ways of the world we lose it forever, we lose a precious part of His promise. Sacrifice to the world and the world will never give back, and some day when the world tells us: 'you can no longer have your religion' except what they say, and God is driven from our schools our government and our homes then God's people can look back and know that our believe was not taken from us. It was given up, handed over bit by bit until there was nothing left.
(R.S. circuit-riding preacher 1820 - 1902)
