HAPPY MARCH FIRST. We Americans’ march to the beat of a different drum as we ourselves say in our quotes.
Abe Lincoln-” .. those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord.”
Andrew Jackson-7th Pres.-”The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests.”
Daniel Neal-History of the Puritans-”Rev. John Robinson is the father of the Independents.”
Cotton Mather-”New England was a wilderness planted by a people generally so remarkable in their ze~l for the ordinances belonging to the house of God, for the sake of enjoying the administrations of those ordinances with scripural purity ... “
American Church Manual-Sep.30,1648-”God the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates, to be under him, over the people for his own glory and the public good: and to this end hass armed them with the power of the sword for the defence and encouragement of them that do good, and for the punishment of evil doers.”
... It is lawful for Christians to accept and execute the office of a magistrate.”
Rev.Thomas Hooker-1638 sermon-Fiske reported-”He preached a sermon of wonderful power, the foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people,that the chaise of public magistrates belongs unto the people by God’s own allowance, they have the power to appoint officers and magistrates have the right also to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.”
William Penn-”Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.”
Herbert Hoover-31st Pres.-”The whole 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.”
The Old Deluder Act-1647-”It being one chief project of that old deluder, satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in and unknown tongue .. it is therefore ordered that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to fifty households shall forthwith appoint one wihin their town to teach all such children,.”
G. Washington “Promote .. as an object of primary importance institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.”
G.Washington-to the Delaware Indian chiefs-”You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life and above all the religion of Jesus Christ. ‘’
George Whitefield-”at his conversion-1733-”Joy-joy unspeakable -joy that’s full of grace big
with glory.”
John Adams-Pres.-”The Revolution could not have taken place without this religious background (the great awakening) , the essential difference between the American Revolution and the French revolution was a religious event, whereas the French
revolution was an anti-religious event.”
Rev. Charles Turner-”The scriptures cannot rightly be expounded without explaining them in a manner friendly to the cause of freedom.”
Robert Treat Paine-”(Mayhew) the Father of Civil and Religious Liberty in Mass. and America.”
Rev. Jonathan Mayhew-in the Black Regiment and New England friend of liberty-”And while I am speaking of loyalty to our earthly Prince,suffer me just to put you in mind to be loyal also to the supreme RULER of the universe, by whom kings reign,and princes decree justice,”
G. Washington-” .. true religion affords to government its surest support.”/ Jn 11:25-26 is engraved at the tomb of G. Washinton.
Patrick Henry-”Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of freemen.”/ William Blackstone”... Christianity is part of the laws of the land.”
Samuel Adams-1772-”the state has no right to absolute, arbitrary power over the lives and fortunes of the people... and therefore reserved for the excercise of the Deity alone.”
Congress still opens each day with prayer, read in Congress Sep:7,1774-the opening lines of Ps.35. resolution by Mass.Provincial Congress-1774-”Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of ·each individual..dependence on God .. rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”/ James Madison~”all men having power ought to be distrusted.”
Eidsmoe-” although .. (Rev.) Witherspoon .. checks and balances seem to have been his own unique contribution to the foundation of U.S. Government.”
Ronald Reagan-”concentratedpower has always been the enemy of liberty.”
Daniel Webster-1802-”WE live under the only government that ever existed which was framed by .. deliberate consultations of the people.”
Mercy Otis Warren-”1788-’’The origin of all power is in the people .. right to check the creatures of their own creation.”
We have our freedom so we can tell the Gospel 1 Cor.15:1-4 which is Acts 2:38.