Did you know that 52 of the 55 signers of the Declaration of
Independence were orthodox, deeply committed Christians? The other
three all believed in the Bible as the divine truth, 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.0
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 deleted. 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:
"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 on 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."
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"
Today, we are asking God to bless America. But, how can He bless a
Nation that has departed so far from Him?... Most of what you read
in this article has been erased from our textbooks. Revisionists have
rewritten history to remove the truth about our country's Christian roots.
By Cliff Hodnett.
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