---
title: 'Testimonies to the Religious Defect of the Constitution'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'David McAllister'
date: 1874-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'United States'
- 'Politics'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 3'
- 'Hosea 8'
- 'Matthew 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcallister-1874-testimonies-to-the-religious-defect-of-the-constitution
---

# Testimonies to the Religious Defect of the Constitution

Report of an 1874 national convention advocating a constitutional religious amendment; compiles historical testimonies criticizing the U.S. Constitution's omission of God and Christianity.

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