This is the first, Lord willing, of monthly posts on certain interesting facts illuminating themselves through perusal of books and various writings. These facts might be a story, a quote, a picture, a motivating piece of literature, or personal thoughts. The first purpose for these posts is to inspire the Christian patriot to be dedicated foremost to Christ then also to Country. Love of Country should never overpower love for Christ but rather be a means of strengthening it and encouraging it. This is why we must show Christian Patriotism.

The second purpose is to remember. In an age where History is being rewritten we must take the time to remember true history and be prepared to pass it on to the generations of the future…

“Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.” (2 Sam 10:12)

“Let Divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age, by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, of inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the deity and universal philanthropy and , in subordination to these great principles, the love of their country of instructing them in the art of self-government, without which they never can act a wise part in the government of societies, great or small: in short, of leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system…” (Samuel Adams, 1790) 

  “The rapidity of our population is surprising. Had our new-Plymouth settlers been told, that the British North American Colonies would contain several millions of people, before their grand-Children should all of them be laid in their graves, could they have believed the information?…As the country has been growing more populous, godliness and friendship have decayed…We trust in the God of all grace, that, on the contrary, all Christian and moral accomplishments, will for the future increase with our growing numbers…” (Excerpt from a sermon by Charles Turner, 1773)

A trial involving some Baptist Preachers under accusation from the Established Church of Virginia (1760′s):

Ever the friend of freedom, (Patrick) Henry responded to the itinerate preachers: appeals for help. On one occasion, he rode fifty miles out of his way to defend-free of charge-the jailed itinerants in Spotsylvania. Arriving on the day of trial, he entered the courtroom just as the charge of “disturbing the peace” was being read aloud. He asked to see the indictment. then looking toward the bench, he said: “Did I hear it distinctly, or was it a mistake of my own?” he queried. “Did I hear an expression, as of a crime, that these men whom your worships are about to try for misdemeanor, are charged with-with-what?, preaching the Gospel of the Son of God!”

Then after a long pause, Henry held the indictment paper high in the air slowly waving them three times above his head. Then with his face and arms raised toward heaven, as if in reverential supplication, Henry bellowed, “Great God!” and again “Great God!” And once more, with the force of mixed disbelief and sarcasm: “Preaching the Gospel of the Son God-Great God!” The prosecution was shamed to silence, and the case dropped.(Excerpt taken from Give me Liberty or Give me death, biography of Patrick Henry by D.J. Vaughan)

“When we contemplate the coincidence of circumstance and wonderful combination of causes, which gradually prepared the people of this country for independence: when we contemplate the rise, progress and termination of the late war, which gave them a name among the nations of the earth, we are, with you, unavoidably led to acknowledge and adore the great arbiter of the universe, by whom empires rise and fall. A review of the many signal instances of divine interposition in favor of the country claims our most pious gratitude.” (A Senate committee response to a Speech of Washington, 1789)

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