[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Happy America's birthday weekend Canteen thread! Music, history, geography, art...civics, have yhou considered applying for federal ed. $$$$? (^:

John Peter Muhlenberg

(He was elected as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1774, and was a 30-year-old pastor who preached on the Christian's responsibility to be involved in securing freedom for America. He was the son of Henry Muhlenberg, one of the founders of the Lutheran Church in America.)

In 1775, after preaching a message on Ecclesiastes 3:1, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven," John Peter Muhlenberg closed his message by saying:

"In the language of the Holy Writ, there is a time for all things. There is a time to preach and a time to fight."

He then threw off his robes to reveal the uniform of a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. That afternoon, at the head of 300 men, he marched off to join General Washington's troops, becoming Colonel of the 8th Virginia Regiment. He served until the end of the war being promoted to the rank of Major-general. In 1785 he became the Vice-President of Pennsylvania and in 1790 was a member ofthe Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention. He then served as a U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania and in 1801 was elected to the U. S. Senate.

Chuck Baldwin Live.com

[Snow Bunny]

Hi Ragtime Cowgirl, thank you.hahahaa...federal money.

Thank you for your post my friend.

[HiJinx]

"There is a time to preach and a time to fight."

Oh, man, do we need to renew the way we teach History! How can anyone who knows of men such as John Peter Muhlenberg think for even a minute that this is not "One Country Under God"?