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In The Love Of Christ, Cooke!
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I have heard it said so many times, and it frustrates me as many too, that this nation was not founded by men who had christian beliefs. For those that think that and for our remembrance to those founding fathers who stood on the principles of God's Word, I pray that you take the time to read this following article of quotes from those founding fathers. I want to start out with a quote from John Adams as it is fitting for this time of year that we celebrate our independence, July 4th.
John Adams, 2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence,
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever." --Adams wrote this in a letter to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776.
"The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God." --Adams wrote this on June 28, 1813, in a letter to Thomas Jefferson.
George Washington, 1st U.S. President
"While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
Patrick Henry, Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution
"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here."
President Herbert Hoover, suggested that the key to the unique strengths of American democracy and her stable institutions is to be found in the pages of the Holy Scriptures. Hoover wrote, "The whole of the inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible for these fundamentals is a necessity of American life."
President Andrew Jackson, referred to the Bible as the foundation of the nation: "That Book, sir, is the rock on which our republic rests."
John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, wrote, "So great is my veneration of the Bible, that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society."
Benjamin Rush, Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution
"I know there is an objection among many people to teaching children doctrines of any kind, because they are liable to be controverted. But let us not be wiser than our Maker.
If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the Gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God."
John Witherspoon, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Clergyman and President of Princeton University
"Whoever is an avowed enemy of God, I scruple not to call him an enemy of his country".
I want to interlude here because as much as I love the quote of John Adams, at the beginning of this article, of the celebration of the birth of this nation, and the joyous illuminations that come with it (any that know me know I love my fireworks), I feel it necessary to end with a quote from Thomas Jefferson, indeed I tremble too!
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd U.S. President, Drafter and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
"God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever; That a revolution of the wheel of fortune, a change of situation, is among possible events; that it may become probable by Supernatural influence! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in that event."
In The Love Of Christ!
Great Post! If you got that from one article copy and paste the link yo. It would've taken me 2 days to type all that.
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