Our Country's REAL Christian Roots

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.  

  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 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 of 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 this:
 'It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often
that this great nation was founded not by religionists,
but by Christians; not on religion, 
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 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 and,
I hope, to the pure doctrine of Jesus also.'  

Consider these words from 
George Washington,
the Father of our Nation,
in his farewell speech on 
September 19, 1796:

'It is impossible to govern the world 
without God and the Bible.
Of all the dispositions and habits 
that lead to political prosperity,
our religion and morality 
are the indispensable supporters.
Let us with caution indulge the supposition 
that morality can be maintained without religion.
Reason and experience both forbid us to 
expect that our national morality
can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.'   

Was  George Washington a Christian? 
Consider these words from his personal prayer book:

'Oh, eternal and everlasting God, 
direct my thoughts, words and work.
Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood 
of the lamb and purge my heart by the Holy Spirit.
Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of thy son, 
Jesus Christ,
that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor,
I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection 
of the justified unto  eternal life.
Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and
let the world be filled with the knowledge 
of thy son, Jesus Christ.

Consider these  words by John Adams, our second president,
who also served as chairman of  the American Bible Society.

In  an address to military leaders he said,
'We have no government armed with the power 
capable of contending with human passions,
unbridled by morality and true religion.
Our constitution was made only for a 
moral and religious people.
It is wholly inadequate to the 
government of any other.'  

How about our first Court Justice, John Jay?

He  stated that when we select our national leaders,
if we are to preserve our Nation, 
we must  select Christians.
'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.'  

John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams, was the sixth U.S. President. 

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.'

William Holmes McGuffey is the author 
of the McGuffey Reader,
which was used for over 100 years in our public schools 

with over 125 million copies sold until it was stopped in 1963.
President Lincoln called him the 'Schoolmaster of the Nation.'

  Listen to these  words of Mr. McGuffey:
'The Christian religion is the religion of our country.
From it are derived our notions on character of God,
on the great moral Governor of the universe.
On its doctrines are founded the peculiarities 
of our free institutions.
From no source has the author drawn more 
conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures.
From all these extracts from the Bible I make no apology.'

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 one 
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;
and therefore to lay Jesus Christ as the only 

foundation of all sound knowledge and learning.
And seeing the Lord only giveth wisdom,
let everyone seriously set himself by prayer 

in secret to  seek it of him
(Proverbs 2:3).'
For over 100  years, more than 50% 

of all Harvard graduates were pastors! 

It is clear from history that the Bible 

and the Christian faith were foundational 

in our educational and judicial system.
 However in 1947, there was a radical 

change of direction in the Supreme Court. 

Here is the prayer that was banished:
'Almighty God, we acknowledge 
our dependence on Thee.
We beg Thy blessings upon us and our parents 

and our teachers and our country.  Amen.'

    In 1963, the Supreme Court 
ruled that Bible reading
was outlawed as unconstitutional 
in the public school system.
The court offered this justification:
'If portions of the New Testament 
were read without explanation,
they could and have been 
psychologically harmful to  children.'

Bible reading was now unconstitutional,
though the Bible was quoted 94% of the time 

by those who wrote our constitution
and shaped our Nation and its system of education 

and justice and government.

In 1965, the Courts denied as unconstitutional 

the rights of a student in the public school cafeteria 

to bow his head and pray audibly for his food.
 In 1980, Stone vs. Graham outlawed 

the Ten Commandments in our public schools.  

  The Supreme Court said this:
'If the posted copies of the Ten Commandments 

were to have any effect at all,
it would be to induce school children to read them.
And if they read them, meditated upon them, 

and perhaps venerated and observed them,
this is not a permissible objective.'
 Is it not a permissible objective to allow our children
to follow the moral principles of the Ten Commandments?

James Madison,  the primary author of the 

Constitution of the United States, said this:
'We have staked the whole future of our new nation,
not upon the power of government; far from it.
We have staked the future of all our political constitutions
upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves
according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.'
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.
I, Mary Jones, the designer of this web page,  

encourage all who read and agree with the words herein, 

to share it with others, so that the truth 

of our nation's history may be told.

The original web site that this came from 

is no longer available.

But we know it was done by:

Mary Jones.


May 2008

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July 2008

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Memories of Summer Reading . . .

The Sweetest Reading Season
PAT CONROY 
 JULY 10, 2011

The phrase “lake lure” has magical connotations in my family’s history. When I was young, my mother, brothers, sisters, and I would stay in my grandmother’s small cottage in North Carolina, located on beautiful acreage on a hill above the lake. There was a long, curling staircase that led down to a boathouse and dock, where we’d fish. We started our mornings with a swim, then were free to do whatever we enjoyed.

The summer I was 15, I’d spend the rest of each day reading one of the seven books that Joseph Monte, my gifted English teacher and a Jesuit, had recommended. Mr. Monte was not a frivolous man, but one who thought that literature itself was a form of holy orders and that reading could shape and exalt anyone. “Mr. Conroy, this is a large assignment,” he said when he gave me his list. “But if you read assiduously and seriously, you can easily complete it by the end of the summer.”

12 Great Summer Books

After hours of pleasurable reading, I’d walk down the long staircase again and dive into the cold, healthy waters of Lure for another hour of swimming and goofing off with my brothers and sisters. Sometimes Mom, my younger sister Carol Ann, and I would read on the dock as we watched the littler kids. I felt I traveled the world that summer through Mr. Monte’s novels. Thanks to Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, I went to 19th-century Russia to witness the senseless murder of an elderly woman by my first Dostoyevskian psychopath. Next, I was in Victorian England for Dickens’s Great Expectations. When I finished a book, I’d give it to Mom, who’d read it and pass it on to Carol Ann. We shared George Eliot’s Middlemarch, Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, and Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls. Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby finished off those heady months.

I remember the way the pages collected the smells of summer. Many times, the paperbacks would end up stained by the suntan lotion we made out of Mercurochrome and baby oil. Wet towels and swimsuits were sometimes tossed on our books, so they’d often be falling apart by the time Carol Ann got to them. Because my sister was a competitive reader of extraordinary gifts, she’d take a novel along with her whenever we went to the local catfish restaurant. That summer, I learned that a book could smell like fried fish.

When my mother, sister, and I gathered on the dock to watch the sun go down, we discussed the books we’d finished. Mom wished she could have been a close friend of Madame Bovary’s, thinking she could’ve prevented her suicide. Carol Ann became a rather fanatical devotee of George Eliot. Both Carol and Mom showed a preference for the women they met in literature; I loved it all.

See What Your Favorite Stars Are Reading

My vacation reading pattern was set in stone that year. To this day, I always carry five or so carefully selected books with me, and I still like to go away with smart, well-read friends who enjoy talking about the books they’ve brought. Time slows down in the summer, and the pleasures of reading are intensified by the rhythms of a rising surf or the pebbled antics of a mountain stream. It is my firm belief that the music of water helps connect me to the rhythms of a writer’s voice.

Since I moved to South Carolina’s Fripp Island in 1993, my days have taken on the dimensions of a lifelong vacation. I swim in the Atlantic twice a day and go for long walks on the beach. I especially like seeing which books the visitors are enjoying. One year, they were all reading Anne Rivers Siddons’s Colony; John Grisham and Stephen King are perennially popular.

These days, my summer reading schedule suffers from the annual invasion of my daughters and their offspring, my frisky and rambunctious grandchildren. But when they’ve ridden off on golf carts to the beach, I retreat to my bedroom to read the stacks of books I’ve saved for those moments. All during the year I hoard volumes that promise intense, fulfilling reading as an escape from the visiting families.

Summer is always a great time to read novels, and my first one this season was The Tragedy of Arthur, by Arthur Phillips. I had no idea what to expect, but shortly after I began reading it on Memorial Day, I realized I’d hit a vein of pure gold. I found myself falling in love with a scoundrelly, untrustworthy father and a sister whom I now think of as one of the greatest in literary history. It looks like it’s going to be a terrific summer.

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Friendship Poem - I L U

Dear God:

This is my friend, whom I love 

and this is my prayer for her: 

Help her live her life to the fullest. 

Please promote her and cause her 

to excel above her expectations. 

Help her to shine in the darkest places 

where it is impossible to love. 

Protect her at all times, lift her up

when she needs you the most, 

and 

Let her know when she walks with you, 

She will always be safe. 

Love you Girl!

Now you're on the clock . . .

GET GOING GIRL

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps. 

if you are not willing 

to move your feet. 

October 2011

The Schulz Philosophy

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz,
the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip.


You don't have to actually answer the questions.
Just ponder on them. Just read the e-mail straight
through, and you'll get the point..


1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America pageant.
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress....
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.
These are no second rate achievers.
They are the best in their fields.
But the applause dies. Awards tarnish.
Achievements are forgotten.
Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school..
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special!
5.. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Easier? 

The lesson:
The people who make a difference in your life 

are not the ones with the most credentials, 

the most money, or the most awards.

They simply are the ones who care the most!

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. 

It's already tomorrow in Australia !"

"Be Yourself,

Everyone Else Is Taken!"

June 2011

Have A Beautiful Day . . .

God determines who walks into your life.
it's up to you to decide who you let walk away,
who you let stay, and who you refuse to let go.
When there is nothing left but God,
that is when you find out that God is all you need.

Father, God bless all my friends
in whatever it is that you know                                       they may need this day! 

And may their life be full of your peace,                   prosperity, and power as they seeks to have a closer relationship with thee.

Love you, Sis!!

She can deal with stress and carry heavy burdens. 

She smiles when she feels like screaming, 

and she sings when she feels like crying. 

She cries when she's happy 

and laughs when she's afraid. 

Her love is unconditional. 

There's only one thing wrong.

Women can forget what they're worth!  

I LOVE YOU, Sis. 

Girlfriends Motto for 2012

 A Poem about our girlfriends. 

Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Some of their houses will be bigger.
Some will drive a better car.
Their children will do better in school.
And their husband will fix more things around the house.
So let it go, and love you and your circumstances.

Think about it… 

The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart. 

The most highly favored woman on your job may be unable to have children. 

The richest woman you know, she's got the car, the house, the clothes ~ might be lonely. 

And the Word says, 'If I have not Love, I am nothing.' 

So, again, love you.  Love WHO you are. 

Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say:

'Winners make things happen 

Losers let things happen.' 

Be 'Blessed' Ladies 

'To the world you might be one person, to me you are special!