--but not to take the place of God.
--God has no vicegerent on this earth.
--No earthly power is deputed to enforce the law of God, nor to see that it is obeyed.
*The object of human government is to hold in check men who would make it impossible for others to live in peace.
Civil governments are not for the purpose of making men religious, nor of helping them in any way to be religious, but only for the purpose of compelling certain men to act civilly, who will not do so unless they are forced to."
The Present Truth