History Erased But Not Forgotten
Did you know that 52 of
the 55 signers of "The Declaration of Independence" were orthodox,
deeply committed, Christians?
They
all believed in the Bible as the divine truth, and in the God of
scripture, and His personal intervention.
It is the same Congress that formed
the American Bible Society. Immediately after creating the Declaration
of Independence, the Continental Congress voted to purchase and import
20,000 copies of Scripture for the people of this nation.
Patrick Henry, who is called the firebrand of the American Revolution,
is still remembered for his words, "Give me liberty or give me death";
but in current textbooks, the context of these words is omitted.
Here is
what he actually said: "An appeal to arms
and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our
battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the destinies of
nations. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone. Is life so dear
or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and
slavery? Forbid it Almighty God. I know not what course others may
take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death."
These sentences have been erased from our
textbooks. Was Patrick Henry a Christian? The following year, 1776, he
wrote this: "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 that reason alone, people of other faiths have been
afforded freedom of worship here."
Consider these words that Thomas Jefferson wrote in the front of his
well-worn Bible: "I am a real Christian,
that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little
doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our
creator."
He
was also the chairman of the American Bible Society, which he considered
his highest and most important role.
On July 4, 1821, President Adams said, "The
highest glory of the American Revolution was this: "It connected in one
indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles
of Christianity."
Calvin Coolidge, our 30th President of the
United States reaffirmed this truth when he wrote, "The foundations of our society and our government
rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to
support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically
universal in our country."
In 1782, the United States Congress voted
this resolution: "The Congress of the United States recommends and
approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools."
William Holmes McGuffey is the author of
the McGuffey Reader, which was used for over 100 years in our public
schools with over 125 million copies sold until it was stopped in 1963. President Lincoln called him the "Schoolmaster of the Nation." Listen to
these words of Mr. McGuffey:
"The Christian
religion is the religion of our country. From it are derived our
nation, on the character of God, on the great moral Governor of the
universe. On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities of our free
Institutions. From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously
than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible,
I make no apology."
Of the first 108 universities founded in
America, 106 were distinctly Christian, including the first, Harvard
University, chartered in 1636..
In the original Harvard Student Handbook, rule
number 1 was that students seeking entrance must know Latin and Greek so
that they could study the Scriptures: "Let
every student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider
well, the main end of his life and studies, is, to know God and Jesus
Christ, which is eternal life, John 17:3; and therefore to lay Jesus
Christ as the only foundation for our children to follow the moral
principles of the Ten Commandments."
To see where our nation is headed, we might consider how far Harvard has moved from those original tenets.
James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution
of the United States, said this:
"We have staked
the whole future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of
each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of
the Ten Commandments."
Today, we are asking God to bless America. But, how can He bless a Nation
that has departed so far from Him?
Most
of the undeniable facts in this article have been erased from our
textbooks. Revisionists have rewritten history to remove the truth about
our country's Christian roots.
Let's share the truth of our nation's history and let it be told.
Example:
John 3:16. "For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish
but have eternal life."
This information, shared, is only a drop
of cement to help secure a foundation that is crumbling daily in a losing
war that most of the country doesn't even know is raging on, in, and around
them...
It's good to be reminded of what we once had. And tell our children!
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