Logan Republican | 1907-04-10 | Page 4 | "God" Dropped from Coins

"GOD" DROPPED FROM C01N8. ' Sacred Name No Longer Uced on I French Currency. j Jf. Iirinml, tho French minister , of public worship, denies tho fitato-I fitato-I ment credited to him that Franco "had hunted Jesus Christ out of tho I army, the naT, tho pcl.oo1?, tho hospitals hos-pitals and tho law courts." 15ut as instancing tho extent of tlTo wavo of irreligion in Franco tho minister of ilnnnco has directed tho mint authorities au-thorities to drop from coins tho motto, "God Protect France." In placo of tho tinio honored dovico tho coinage will henceforth bear the old revolutionary watchword, "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity." This is tho most radical nnti-Christinn innovation in-novation mado by n European stato sinco tho revolutionists banishod "Year of Our Lord" (Anno Domini) from tho calendar for "Year of tho ltcpublic." Most Christian nations prcscrvo soino reference to God on their coinage, coin-age, whether in tho form of the British Brit-ish "Dei Gra'ia" or our own "In God Wo Trust." -It has become n religious convention, a survival from the timo when tho protection of tho deity was invoked for private no less than for public enterprises. Did not tho old Dutch binder .lun Uoschaert bind his books "to tho greater glory of God?" British b'Us of lading of less than n century ago contained tho invariable formula, "Shipped by tho grace of God," and concluded, "And 60 may God 6end tho good ship to her desired port in safety." Every captain of thoso good ships was "Master under God for tho present voyage." Tho pious old phraseology i now "cut out" aa irrelevant. r motives liavo prompted ' to expuugo tho name o from their coins. N. Y DeWltf ' . FerPi:- .