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| Thoughts Across the Garden Gate
Another Inspirational - from Parson Don Ca�on City, Colorado - U.S.A |
| Updated: 7-December 2006
� 2006 -"Thoughts Across the Garden Gate from Parson Don" Donald R. "Don" Brown, Ca�on City, Colorado - U.S.A This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without permission Each devotional was written by Parson Don Website design by Marv |
| Blessed Is The Nation.. Part 1 of 3
Our great nation, the United States, is a mighty witness to the truth and power of God's Word. When Andrew Jackson lay on his deathbed, he pointed to the family Bible and said to his physician, "That book, sir, is the rock on which our Republic rests." But it is more than just that. It is the explanation of America, -- the impetus of her discovery, the inspiration for her colonization, the strength of her founding fathers, the cradle of her infancy, the dynamic of her development, the teacher of her childhood, the strength and glory of her youth, the lode star of her achievement, the source of her power, the warp and woof of her life -- and, yes, the hope of her future. Except for the Bible there would be no United States today. Theodore Roosevelt once said, "Every thinking man, when he thinks, realizes that the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally -- I do not mean figuratively, but literally -- impossible for us to figure ourselves what life would be if these teachings were removed." Later Eisenhower affirmed, "You can't explain a free government in other terms than religious." The president of Brazil asked Roger Babson why the United States, with no greater resources than those of Brazil, has gone so far ahead of Brazil and the other South American countries in development. Babson replied, "The reason is probably this: North America was largely founded by people seeking God. South America was founded by men seeking gold." The Brazilian president responded, "I believe you are right." The great French statesman, Alexis de Tocqueville, after an official visit to the United States in 1831, wrote of his impression: "I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbours and her ample rivers, and it was not there; in the fertile fields and boundless prairies, and it was not there; in her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America, and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness, did I understand the secret of her genius and power." Biblical influence was in large measure responsible for the discover of the New World by Columbus. Translation of the Bible into the vernacular tongues of Europe and the invention of the printing press made the Bible much more available to the masses. According to some of his own written statements, his interpretations of certain passages in Isaiah was the incentive that pushed him on. Where he landed he named San Salvador (Holy Saviour) and dedicated the new world to Christianity. The first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, was not established primarily for religious reasons, but a highly influential Puritan element was in it from the beginning and insured its success. The first charter provided expressly for religious worship and authorized the propagation of the gospel among the Indians. Completed December 7, 2006 (click here to continue reading) Just a thought from Parson Don across the Garden Gate. Donald R. "Don" Brown-Ca�on City, Colorado-U.S.A. |
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