How far have we fallen in the last several decades? In previous blogs we have addressed tyrannical issues and traits of individuals that have been attempting to pull our Nation away from founding principles. The rotten apples of uncommon sense have not only fallen far from our Nation’s firmly rooted tree, but they have rolled down the hill into the valley of perdition. We are a Nation of individuals melted together in the forge of freedom and liberty, and molded into the cast created by those who founded this Nation. We are not a “perfect union”, but we are a Nation established in order to form a “MORE perfect union” (The Constitution of the United States of America). Any search of historical documents would prove that this Nation was established upon eternal principles based upon an omniscient, omnipresent force, and our Nation’s founders believed and wrote about it, forcefully and unashamedly. This force they recognized and called GOD. While our founders believed in one God, there have been many from around the world who have joined in this great experiment we call the United States of America. Not all see the same God, or force, at work in the world. Some may recognize this force as Mother Earth and Father Sky, from ancient or tribal beliefs. Others seek to recognize their God as being depicted in a human form, or from the mythical or magical, the primordial or celestial, the cultural or tutelary, these being only a few among many others. However one may view God, there is always a spiritual connection.
Regardless of how you may see your God, most believe or recognize that there is a force at work beyond our tactile senses. The problem that has been developing in our Nation, and around the world, is that more and more people are believing themselves to be masters of their own universe, accountable only to themselves, with no attachment to a hereafter, and no need to seek truth or be judged by it. Their eyes have been clouded with the cataracts of self-delusion, pride, and the lust for wealth and power above all else. The road back to an understanding that we are not gods in and of ourselves is not an easy one, and will possibly take decades. The road back does not start at the top of society or government, although that can assist, but that has not been the case as of late. The road back starts with each individual, with each family, in each relationship. There are many blocks in the road along the way back. We are such a distracted people, being busy at too many things that mean so little. We are bombarded with negative forces all around, in the bad news we see, hear, or read. Things that are positive rarely promote sales, and receive appropriate attention. In present day life there is little if any time to reflect or meditate upon one’s purpose, upon decisions made or plans being formed, upon individual morality and the impact of it upon our actions. We have not given enough time to allow our conscience to mature and resolve conflicts. Below, we will be listing several quotations from those who have gone on before us concerning this Nation, those who have recognized the importance of GOD. (Excerpts taken from The Oregonian, Sunday, July 4, 2021, sponsored by Hobby Lobby). We hope that these can help to be a catalyst to propel you and others to return to our Nation’s foundings. This will not be a step in the right direction, but only a turning around on the road of life to see where we must go to reclaim our Nation’s spiritual heritage. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12).
“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” (President George Washington)
“Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe.” (President James Madison)
“To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness, which mankind now enjoys . . . Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government – and all blessings which flow from them – must fall with them.” (Jedidiah Morse, American geographer and clergyman)
“I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings that ‘except the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.’ I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babble.” (Benjamin Franklin)
“The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts.” (John Jay, First Chief Justice of the United States of America)
“At the time of the adoption of the Constitution and the amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged . . . in this age there can be no substitute for Christianity . . . That was the religion of the founders of the republic and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.” (United States House Judiciary Committee Report, March 27, 1854)
“All the scholars are required to live a religious and blameless life according to the rules of God’s Word, diligently reading the Holy Scriptures, that fountain of Divine light and truth, and constantly attending all the duties of religion.” (Yale 1787 Student Guidelines)
“Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament, without note of comment, be read and taught as a divine revelation in [schools] – its general precepts expounded, its evidences explained and its glorious principles of morality inculcated? . . . Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so perfectly as from the New Testament?” (Vidal v. Girard’s Executors, 1844; Unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, commending and encouraging the use of the Bible in government-run schools)
“There is no country in which the people are so religious as in the United States . . . The great number of religious societies existing in the United States is truly surprising: there are some of them for everything; for instance, societies to distribute the Bible; to distribute tracts; to encourage religious journals; to convert, civilize, educate . . . to take care of their widows and orphans; to preach, extend, purify, preserve, reform the faith; to build chapels, endow congregations, support seminaries . . . to establish Sunday schools . . . to prevent drunkenness, etc.” (Achille Murat; French observer of America in 1832)
Although the phrase “under God” was established by President Eisenhower in 1954, there is no doubt our founders believed the establishment of our Nation was by the Devine will of God. Our Nation truly is “One Nation Under God”. The question that remains for each one of us is . . . will it always be so? We hope this short review of our history will spark a renewed desire to know more about the founding principles of our Nation. Continue to fight for your FREEDOM and LIBERTY. Do not allow the schemes of the powerful elites in corporations or government to dissuade you from preserving that which already exists, for which so many have given their lives for us and for those who may follow us in life.