Washington's Farewell Address 1796 (in defense of Christian America)

Avalon Project at Yale Law School ^ | 1796 | GEORGE WASHINGTON

[Liz]

"Christianity is part of the Common, or Natural Law. Therefore it is Christianity that is the basis of our government. Religion of any other type is not synonymous with the American experience of Liberty!" Justice James Wilson signer of the Declaration, the Constitution, Original Justice on the U. S. Supreme Court, and the father of the first organized legal training in America.

"It is the duty as well as the privilege and interest for our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians to be their representatives, as this is a Christian republic." Justice John Jay Supreme Court Justice

"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was not founded by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, 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." Patrick Henry

[mrs tiggywinkle]

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[thefactor]

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[RushCrush]

timely BTTT!

[farmer18th]

I have a degree in history from Stanford and I fail to see how anyone could question the orthodox Christian faith of most of the founding fathers, but I did want to let you know that that last quote attributed to Henry is not documented. Quite a few Christian scholars quoted that one without checking the source. Check David Barton's site, (wallbuilders) for more detail on the false quote, and a letter from Henry to his daughter disavowing Deism. Sorry, I don't have it in front of me.

[cvq3842]

Thanks for posting. I will bookmark.

[Liz]

Thanks for the note on Patrick Henry. Will check it out.

[Piranha]

I must have missed it. Where is Washington's defense of Christian America? Your headline suggests that it's in the letter, but I didn't see it in the excerpt that you posted.

[newsgatherer]

I have just posted an excerpt from this on todays update of this weeks issue of Christian-news-in-maine.com, with a link back here so that our readers and HomeSchool students can read the entire article and Freeper comments, thank you,
Jake

[Liz]

Washington's Farewell Address 1796 (in defense of Christian America).

[Liz]

Great........pass the word far and wide.

[Liz]

Well, honey, if you didn't "get it" by now, you will never get it. You have my sincere sympathy.

[Just mythoughts]

Thanks Liz, I had just finished reading through this and decided to keep my thoughts to myself. Yesterday's supremes dancing around the Ten Commandments pretty much tells those who are watching what 'season' we are in.

Deception abounds just as was foretold.

[Spirited]

Time to be grateful for the life of this man.

[Liz]

BLOGGER The Patrick Henry quote has been gnawing on me. "Gospel of Jesus Christ" was the phrase that triggered my sketchy meter. It wafts of the 20th Century religious right, not the 18th Century Henry. Tracking the quote, one finds it ends with David Barton's The Myth of Separation. Barton acknowledges no original source. Indeed, when the book was re-released under the title, Original Intent, Will's quote, along with a host of other dubious quotes attributed to the Founders, was not included.

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First of all, the quote was written by Governor Henry. Here is the full writing: "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 this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here"

If Barton wanted to source the quote, all he had to do check William J. Federer's, America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations. Furthermore, of the "sketchyness" Barton feels about 6 or 7 additional quotations, they are also bearing themselves out. I guess he just had to read a little more.

Here are some more ditties from Governor Henry:

On November 20, 1798, in his Last Will and Testament, Patrick Henry wrote: "This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed."

While Patrick Henry was dying, he spoke: "Doctor, I wish you to observe how real and beneficial the religion of Christ is to a man about to die....I am, however, much consoled by reflecting that the religion of Christ, has from its first appearance in the world, been attacked in vain by all wits, philosophers, and wise ones, aided by every powers of man, and its triumphs have been complete."


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[Liz]

While Patrick Henry was dying, he spoke: "Doctor, I wish you to observe how real and beneficial the religion of Christ is to a man about to die... I am, however, much consoled by reflecting that the religion of Christ, has from its first appearance in the world, been attacked in vain by all wits, philosophers, and wise ones, aided by every powers of man, and its triumphs have been complete."

[Just mythoughts]

Ah remember Christ told His disciples to take the 'Gospel' to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.... These people, most of our founders, knew who they were.

[Piranha]

Ooh, good answer! How could I have been so blind. Your compelling argument has shown me the error of my ways.

Can I still show to bigotry no sanction?

[Piranha]

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[foreverfree]

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