Seeing is believing...

After the initial Horror of 9/11 begun to sink in, I was struck by all the signs proclaiming God's blessing and grace on America.

Wait a minute! Is this the same country where prayer and any sign of God is restricted in school? Where The ten commandment's are being removed from court rooms? The same country where nativity scenes become controversial news?

Yes! It is the same America where the ACLU will fight to destroy and semblance or mention of God in public places. The same country where the drive by media (thanks Rush!) want you to believe the majority of it's citizens want a God-less society...

..Where the smallest gay pride parade and any protest against our military gets full coverage-while HUGE events like Women of Faith (drawing crowds of 20,000 plus per event) or Promise Keepers do not get mentioned AT ALL?

A taunt from my childhood came to mind: "Take a picture and it'll last longer." I set out to snap some pictures. It was impossible to capture each sign. So I settled for a sampling. Had it been possible, I could have taken hundreds of thousands -maybe millions of pictures across the country. Most from places of employment where it is understood that religious symbols, bibles and christian music are not "professional" or acceptable.

DISCLAIMER:

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I am NOT by any means a professional photographer (I don't even know how "fix" them up in Photo shop) And this was before digital cameras were the norm. But I offer them to you as a reminder, or proof if you will....That WE ARE ONE NATION UNDER GOD!

(All pictures are the belong solely to the owner of this blog and may not be used with out permission.)

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Is this information in your childs text book? Do our leaders know and acknowledge our Godly heritage? Is the majority beeing served?

Can you hear us NOW?

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George Washington's Farewell Address:

"Don't let anyone claim to be a true American. Don't let them claim the tribute of American patriotism if they ever attempt to remove religion from politics."

Benjamin Franklin:

“ God governs in the affairs of man. 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 in the Sacred Writings that except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. I firmly believe this. I also believe that, without His concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel”

(Constitutional Convention of 1787)

In Benjamin Franklin's 1749 plan of education for public schools in Pennsylvania, he insisted that schools teach "the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern."

John Adams:

"I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen."

(December 25, 1813 letter to Thomas Jefferson)




Samuel Adams:

"He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all… Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.”

( August 1, 1776. Speech delivered at the State House in Philadelphia)



John Quincy Adams:

“Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [the Fourth of July]?" “Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"?

(1837, at the age of 69, when he delivered a Fourth of July speech at Newburyport, Massachusetts.)


Elias Boudinot:


" Be religiously careful in our choice of all public officers . . . and judge of the tree by its fruits.”





Alexander Hamilton:

"For my own part, I sincerely esteem it (the Constitution) a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests."

(1787 after the Constitutional Convention)




John Hancock:

Resolved; …Thursday the 11th of May…to humble themselves before God under the heavy judgments felt and feared, to confess the sins that have deserved them, to implore the Forgiveness of all our transgressions, and a spirit of repentance and reformation …and a Blessing on the … Union of the American Colonies in Defense of their Rights (for which hitherto we desire to thank Almighty God)…That the people of Great Britain and their rulers may have their eyes opened to discern the things that shall make for the peace of the nation…for the redress of America’s many grievances, the restoration of all her invaded liberties, and their security to the latest generations."A Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, with a total abstinence from labor and recreation. Proclamation on April 15, 1775"



Patrick Henry:

“It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, 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.”

(May 1765 Speech to the House of Burgesses)

John Jay:

First chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.”

Thomas Jefferson:

"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 a gift from 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, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.”

(excerpts are inscribed on the walls of the Jefferson Memorial in the nations capital)



James Madison:

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.”

(1778 to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia)

James McHenry:

Signer of the Constitution

Public utility pleads most forcibly for the general distribution of the Holy Scriptures. The doctrine they preach, the obligations they impose, the punishment they threaten, the rewards they promise, the stamp and image of divinity they bear, which produces a conviction of their truths, can alone secure to society, order and peace, and to our courts of justice and constitutions of government, purity, stability and usefulness. In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions. Bibles are strong entrenchments. Where they abound, men cannot pursue wicked courses, and at the same time enjoy quiet conscience.

Thomas Paine:

"It has been the error of the schools to teach astronomy, and all the other sciences, and subjects of natural philosophy, as accomplishments only; whereas they should be taught theologically, or with reference to the Being who is the author of them: for all the principles of science are of divine origin. Man cannot make, or invent, or contrive principles: he can only discover them; and he ought to look through the discovery to the Author.”

Benjamin Rush:

"Let the children who are sent to those schools be taught to read and write and above all, let both sexes be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education”

(To the citizens of Philadelphia: "A Plan for Free Schools", March 28, 1787)



Justice Joseph Story:

“ I verily believe Christianity necessary to the support of civil society. One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that Christianity is a part of the Common Law. . . There never has been a period in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying its foundations.”

(Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States p. 593)



George Washington:

“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and Bible.”

“What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.”

(speech to the Delaware Indian Chiefs May 12, 1779)

"To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian"

(May 2, 1778, at Valley Forge)

Liberty Bell Inscription:

“Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof” (Leviticus 25:10)

Article 22 of the constitution of Delaware (1776) Required all officers, besides taking an oath of allegiance, to make and subscribe to the following declaration: "I, (name), do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration."

The First Charter of Virginia

(granted by King James I, on April 10, 1606)

"We, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God…

The Mayflower Compact

(authored by William Bradford) 1620

“Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine our selves together…”

John Adams:

“(July 4th) ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”

William Penn:

"Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants."

Roger Sherman:

". . . all civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination."

John Adams:

"Statesmen, my dear sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone, which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand."

Thomas Jefferson:

"Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern, which have come under my observation, none appears to me so pure as that of Jesus."

James Madison:

"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."



John Quincy Adams:

"Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the Foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?"

Abraham Lincoln:

"Unless the great God who assisted (President Washington), shall be with me and aid me, I must fail. But if the same omniscient mind, and Almighty arm, that directed and protected him, shall guide and support me, I shall not fail ... Let us pray that the God of our fathers may not forsake us now."

Grover Cleveland:

"All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and in the best type of citizenship."


Teddy Roosevelt:

"In this actual world, a churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at, or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the rapid down-grade."

Woodrow Wilson:

"America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture."

Calvin Coolidge

(speaking of the founding fathers)

"They were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired body of men. It has been said that God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the wilderness ... Who can fail to see it in the hand of Destiny? Who can doubt that it has been guided by a Divine Providence?"

Benjamin Franklin

"Whoever will introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity will change the face of the world."

Gerald Ford:

(quoted a speech made by Dwight Eisenhower in 1955:)

"Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first--the most basic--expression of Americanism. Thus, the founding fathers of America saw it, and thus with God's help, it will continue to be."



Thomas Jefferson:

"Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever."

Andrew Jackson:

"Go to the Scriptures...the joyful promises it contains will be a balsam to all your troubles."

President Abraham Lincoln:

(Proclamation for a National Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, April 30, 1863)

"We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown.


The Supreme Court Decision 1892-

(Church of the Holy Trinity Vs. The United States)

"Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of The Redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise; and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian....This is a religious people. This is historically true."



Patrick Henry:

"It cannot be emphasized too often or too strongly that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians; not on religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ....It is for this reason that people of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity and freedom of worship here."

John Quincy Adams:

"The greatest glory of the American Revolution was this: It connected in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."

Benjamin Franklin:
(June 28, 1787 Constitutional Convention)

Except the Lord build the house, They labor in vain who build it." "I firmly believe this."



James Wilson:
(a signer of the Constitution and an original Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court)

"Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is divine....Far from being rivals or enemies, religion and law are twin sisters, friends, and mutual assistants. Indeed, these two sciences run into each other."

William Samuel Johnson, Episcopalian, son of Anglican (Episcopalian) minister Samuel and president of Columbia University from 1787-1800. In his remarks to the first graduating class at Columbia after the War for Independence he said:

"Your first great duties, you are sensible, are those you owe to Heaven, to your Creator and Redeemer...

William Livingston, a Presbyterian, was a delegate to both Continental Congresses, the first Governor of New Jersey, and a Brigadier General in the militia. He offered this resolution in Congress on March 16, 1776, passed without objection:

"We earnestly recommend that Friday, the 17th day of May next, be observed by the colonies as a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer, that we may with united hearts confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and by a sincere repentance and amendment of life appease God's righteous displeasure, and through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ obtain His pardon and forgiveness."

Benjamin Franklin:

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety".


Thomas Jefferson:

"When all government, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the Center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated"

Thomas Jefferson:

"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.

Thomas Jefferson:

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them".

Ronald Reagan:

While never willing to bow to a tyrant, our forefathers were always willing to get to their knees before God. When catastrophe threatened, they turned to God for deliverance. When the harvest was bountiful the first thought was thanksgiving to God.

(Proclamation 4826 – National Day of Prayer, March, 1981)

Abraham Lincoln:

"...I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side."

Benjamin Franklin:

“In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered… do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?”

(Constitutional Convention, Thursday June 28, 1787)

Abraham Lincoln:

"...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

(Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863)


Thomas Jefferson

“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 a gift from 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, and that His justice cannot sleep forever.”

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