| Carman, in his new book Raising the Standard, calls this nationback to its Christian foundations. A good idea---or is it? After all,are there any Christian foundations left" to go back to? Or, moreimportant, were there ever any? Yes, America began upon Christian foundations, according tomany Founding Fathers, early Congresses and Supreme Courts:~ The genera(principles on which the fathers achieved independence were.., the general principles of Christianity... Now I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God. (JOHN ADAMS, U.S. PRESIDENT)~ The rights essential to happiness.., we claim... from the King of Kings, and Lord of all the earth. (JOHN DICKINSON, SIGNER OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION)~ Let us enter [the American Revolution] under the idea that we are Christians on whom the eyes of the world are now turned... Let us... humbly and penitently implore the Aid of the Almighty God, whom we profess to serve--let us earnestly call and beseech him for Christ s sake to preside in our councils. (ELIAS BOUDINOT, PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS DURING THE AMERJCAN REVOLUTION) |
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