FUTURE OF FREEDOM
PILGRIMS, JAMESTOWN
1607
"We do hereby Dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with these generations take the Kingdom of God to all the earth. May this Covenant of Dedication remain to all generations, as long as this earth remains, and may this Land, along with England, be Evangelist to the World."
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT
1620
“Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith… a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia.”
WILLIAM BRADFORD
July 1, 1620
“all profits and benefits that are got by trade, traffic, trucking, working, fishing… at the end of the seven years, the capital and profits... be equally divided betwixt the Adventurers and Planters…” The colonists were to “have their meat, drink, apparel, and all provisions out of the common stock and goods of the said colony.”The experiment “was found to breed much confusion and discontent and retard much employment... For the young men, that were most able and fit for labour and service, did repine that they should spend their time and strength to work for other men’s wives and children without any recompense….”After two years, they contemplated upon “how they might raise as much corn as they could, and obtain a better crop than they had done, that they might not ... languish in misery.”They “assigned to every family a parcel of land, according to the proportion of their number, for that end…” “This had very good success, for it made all hands very industrious... The women now went willingly into the field,
and took their little ones with them to set corn; which before... to be compelled would have been thought great tyranny and oppression.” “Instead of famine now God gave them plenty and the face of things was changed, to the rejoicing of the hearts of many,
for which they blessed God…. Any general want or famine hath not been amongst them since to this day.”
WILLIAM PENN
“Those who will not be governed by God
will be ruled by tyrants."
WILLIAM PENN
Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad… That… which makes a good constitution, must keep it: men of wisdom and virtue, qualities, that… must be carefully propagated by a virtuous education of youth."
VIRGINIA, COMMONWEALTH OF (1668):
"The 27th of August appointed for a day of
humiliation, fasting, and prayer,
to implore God's mercy..."
JONATHAN EDWARDS
"There is no leveler like Christianity,
but it levels by lifting all who receive it
to the lofty table-land of a true character
and of undying hope both for this world
and the next.”
JONATHAN EDWARDS
1735
Let us pray with all prayer and supplication. Let us live prayerful lives, continuing instant in prayer, watching thereunto with all perseverance. Praying always, without ceasing, earnestly, and not fainting.
JOHN LOCKE
"...Laws Human must be made
according to the general Laws of Nature,
and without contradiction
to any positive Law of Scripture,
otherwise they are ill made."
JOHN LOCKE
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings
bestowed by God on the children
of men. - It has God for its author; salvation
for its end, and truth without any mixture for
its matter. - It is all pure, all sincere; nothing
too much; nothing wanting.
GEORGE MASON
All men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
GEORGE MASON
"The laws of nature are the laws of God,
whose authority can be superseded
by no power on earth."
GEORGE MASON
"My soul, I resign into the hands of my Almighty Creator... through the merits of my blessed Savior, a remission of my sins."
GEORGE WASHINGTON
“Government… is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
GEORGE WASHINGTON
23 Years Old- General Braddock Invites Him
April, 1755
He said to his Mother:
“The God to whom you commended me when I set out upon a more perilous errand, defended me from all harm, and I trust He will do so now.
Do not you?”
GEORGE WASHINGTON
21 Years Old- Enlisting in Military
October 31, 1753
Mother said
“Remember that God’s our only sure trust.
To Him I commend you.
Neglect not the secret duty of prayer.”
BATTLE OF MONONGOHELA
Letter to Brother John, July 18, 1755
“…I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me! …by the All-Powerful Dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation…”
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
May 31, 1776- Philadephia
Knowing his army was not prepared for what awaited…
“If our cause is just, as I most religiously believe it to be, the same Providence, which has in so many instances appeared for us, will still go on to afford it’s aid.”
FIRST PRESIDENCY
Mother’s Bedside, 1789
“As soon as the public business can be disposed of, I shall hasten to Virginia and…”
George’s Mother
“And you will see me no more. I know I will not be long in this world. I trust in God that I may be somewhat prepared for a better. But go, George, fulfill the high destinies which Heaven appears to have intended for you…”
FIRST PRESIDENCY
Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789
"It would be improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplication to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations... "
" ...no people can be bound to acknowledge
and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people
of the United States."