Posted: 11/25/2010 2:43:42 AM EDT
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THANKSGIVING; an American holiday, the earliest American Holiday recognizing the bounty of the land; a land given those early Pilgrims by GOD.
A Holiday second only to the Fourth of July in its proclamation by Government (a holiday Adams wanted reserved as a religious one)and the only holiday consistently where Government recognizes God’s hand in her founding and creation. Thanksgiving; a celebration of the bounties that we find in the greatest country on the globe, the United States of America and a day of thanks, a day of remembrance. A holiday proposed and given to us by these supposed Godless Deists, Washington, Jefferson, Paine, Franklin, Hamilton (Godless per the common lessons of many of today’s schools). A holiday, announced far and wide throughout the colonies, in the name of GOD by their respective Governing bodies. Congress recommended [a day of] . . . thanksgiving and praise [so] that the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and join . . . their supplication that it may please God, through the merits of Jesus Christ to forgive [our sins] and . . .to enlarge [His] kingdom which consisteth in righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. (Continental Congress, 1777 - Written by Signers of the Declaration Samuel Adams and Richard Henry Lee) [I] appoint . . . a day of public Thanksgiving to Almighty God. . . to [ask] Him that He would . . . pour out His Holy Spirit on all ministers of the Gospel; that He would . . . spread the light of Christian knowledge through the remotest corners of the earth; . . . and that He would establish these United States upon the basis of religion and virtue. (Governor Thomas Jefferson, 1779) I appoint . . . a day of public thanksgiving and praise . . . to render to God the tribute of praise for His unmerited goodness towards us . . . [by giving to] us . . . the Holy Scriptures which are able to enlighten and make us wise to eternal salvation. And [to] present our supplications...that He would forgive our manifold sins and . . . cause the benign religion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to be known, understood, and practiced among all the inhabitants of the earth. (Governor John Hancock, 1790) A day of thanks announced as a day of God by countless presidents including Washington, Lincoln, Grant, Kennedy, and Reagan. YET: today we see people in government tell us there is no longer room for GOD in America, that there is no place for faith in our government actions. No need for God in the decisions made, in the spirit of the law or the hearts of Politicians. No prayer in school, no prayer in public meetings, no GOD on the wall of the post office, no God, as GOD has no place in Government. Yet, per Benjamin Franklin the very heart of the rebellion that bought us this grand and glorious country said; “Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.” "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religion but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We shall not fight alone. God presides over the destinies of nations." - Patrick Henry "That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." - Patrick Henry (Virginia Bill of Rights, June 12, 1776.) “I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our Creator and, I hope, to the pure doctrine of Jesus also.” Thomas Jefferson “Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of thee and thy son, Jesus Christ.” George Washington “The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.” John Quincy Adams 6th US President and son of John Adams "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.” The US Congress 1782 Preserving American liberty depends first upon our understanding the foundations on which this great country was built and then preserving the principles on which it was founded. Let's not let the purpose for which we were established be forgotten. The Founding Fathers have passed us a torch; let's not let it go out. As we approach our earliest AMERICAN Holiday this year, let us give thanks to our Creator Let us look to Almighty God and Praise his bounties and thank him, for allowing us to be living in the greatest, free country ever, America, Let us pray for our President, Let us pray for our elected leadership, pray they keep their hearts close to God, and remember a Free America is as He intended. |