Archive for Providence in history
FFQF: America Was NOT Self-Made
If there is one thing America could use now, it’s an attitude of gratitude. Maybe a major factor in America’s straying is the thinking that we have entertained for several decades, is that we made ourselves great, and that therefore, America’s destiny and purpose was ours to carve. Contrary to what our humanist history books [...]
FFQF: John Adams on Moral Authority
Today we will hear from an address which President John Adams gave to the officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Massachusetts Militia, on October 11, 1798: While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she [...]
FFQF: John Jay
Today’s Favorite Founders’ Quote Friday is the third of the series (scroll down for the previous two). Today’s quote comes from John Jay of New York. Among the many distinguished positions he holds in American history, his role as one of the chief framers of New York State’s first constitution (1777), as one of the [...]
The First Prayer in the United States Congress
The first prayer in Congress was offered in the early days of the First Continental Congress, on September 7, 1774, after this body had heard that the British had laid laid siege to the town of Boston Massachusetts to repay the “rebels” for the Boston Tea Party. Below are presented excerpts from the Journals of [...]
Re: George Washington — Christian or Deist?
I have never gotten a comment on the Founders posts of this blog, but I did get a response on my latest post: George Washington: Christian or Deist? It is a very controversial question. Perhaps none of the Founders’ faith is so disputed than Washington’s, understandably, since he is the “father of our country.” The [...]
George Washington: Christian or Deist?
The debate continues. One side of it claims that George Washington was a Christian believer while the other side zealously asserts that Washington was a deist. The argument has gone back and forth over the years, and because of a lack of knowledge of the most important components of the question, the common belief of [...]
July 4, 1826, and the Dream of Benjamin Rush
American history is filled with stories not just of American heroes and heroines, but also is enshrined in mystery and wonder. There are, for instance, many unsolved mysteries of the American Revolution, especially concerning telling predictions which can never be explained from a human perspective. But perhaps the most captivating and most well-known of these [...]