Posted on 06/28/2002 10:45:33 AM PDT by glorygirl
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:34:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
ALEXANDRIA, Pa. -- He was a Scotsman come to America, just 3 1/2 years removed from his homeland. So, unlike his schoolboy son, George Docherty didn't have The Pledge of Allegiance stamped deep in memory.
"What did you do in school today?"
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Glad to see that the Knights were mentioned before the article ended.
God willing, the pledge that we now recite before K of C meetings will some day be the pledge that we all say:
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all,
born and unborn.
God is God.
Yes. And God is GOOD.
But this was the Rev. George Macpherson Docherty. And the Rev. George Macpherson Docherty was three years into his pastorate of Washington, D.C.'s New York Avenue Presbyterian Church -- two blocks from the White House, the church attended by President Lincoln and frequented by his successors.
FWIW, my wife and I attended New York Avenue Presbyterian Church for several years when we lived in the area. We both taught Sunday school, were involved with the junior high youth group programs and...we were married there!
"under God" - we have a form of government that is pleasing to God
"under God" - we strive to meet with God's favor
"under God" - we were founded by men who believed that our rights come from the Creator, not the govermnment
The two words give the Pledge a higher purpose. Without them, the Pledge is simply a pep-rally cheer.
God is God.
The Christian God -- the God of the Holy Bible -- is absolutely NOT the Judeo god or the Buddhan god or the Muslim god.
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