On May 2, 1778, when the Continental Army had emerged from
its infamous winter at Valley Forge, Commander-in-Chief George Washington
issued the following:
The commander-in-chief directs that divine service be performed every
Sunday at eleven o'clock in those brigades [in] which there are
chaplains; those which have none [are] to attend the places of worship
nearest to them. It is expected that officers of all ranks will by their
attendance set an example to their men. 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.
The signal instances of providential
goodness which we have experienced, and which have now almost
crowned our labors with complete success, demand from us in a peculiar
manner the warmest returns of gratitude and piety to the Supreme Author
of all good.—
The Writings of George Washington,
JC Fitzpatrick, ed., Wash. DC: US Gov't Printing Office, 1932, Vol.
XI:342-343, General Orders of 5/2/1778
On May 12, 1779, in a speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs, Washington
coached them:
You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above
all, the
religion of Jesus Christ. These will make you a
greater and happier people than you are. Congress will do every thing
they can to assist you in this wise intention.
The Writings of George Washington,
JC Fitzpatrick, ed., Wash. DC: US Gov't Printing Office, 1932, Vol. 15,
p.55.
John Witherspoon was undoubtedly one of the most
influential educators of his day. His students at Princeton University
included one President, one Vice President, three Supreme Court Justices,
10 Cabinet members, 12 Governors, 60 Congressmen (21 Senators; 39
Representatives) plus scores of state officials and members of the
Constitutional Convention. Witherspoon said
" . . . he is the best friend to American liberty,
who is most sincere and active in promoting true
and undefiled religion, and who sets himself with
the greatest firmness to bear down profanity and immorality of every
kind. Whoever is an avowed enemy of God, I scruple not [would not
hesitate] to call him an
enemy to his country." [source]
Most Americans today are enemies of America. That is,
enemies of the ideal that America's Founding Fathers fought for: Liberty
Under God. The "Vine & Fig
Tree" society.
To be a great American, America's Founders said, you have
to be a Christian. Makes sense, since America
was a Christian nation.
Not that a Muslim or an atheist cannot love living in
America, or discover cures for diseases, and raise America's standard of
living. But the more consistent they are with their own religion, the more
they undermine the unique Christian foundation of America's liberty and
prosperity.
• America is a Christian nation.
• Iran is an Islamic nation.
• The Soviet Union is an atheistic nation.
Connect the dots.
A "real American" is a Christian.
Unfortunately, most people who call themselves Americans are not
genuine Christians.
John Adams was a Federalist. His cousin Samuel Adams was
an anti-federalist. The two often disagreed. Sam Adams wrote to his cousin
John:
| Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and
patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age, by impressing
the minds of men with the importance of educating their little
boys and girls, of inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and
love of the Deity . . . and, in subordination to these great
principles, the love of their country. . . . In
short, of leading them in the study and practice of the exalted
virtues of the Christian system.
1790 Letter to John
Adams,
who wrote back: "You and I agree."
Four Letters: Being an Interesting
Correspondence Between Those
Eminently Distinguished Characters, John Adams, Late President of
the United States;
and Samuel Adams, Late Governor of Massachusetts. On the Important
Subject of Government
(Boston: Adams and Rhoades, 1802) pp. 9-10
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