| A lot of Americans really think that there is a clause | | | | may be conceded to the influence of refined |
| in either the Declaration of Independence or the | | | | education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and |
| Constitution that says that there is a "separation of | | | | experience both forbid us to expect, that national |
| church and state". Larry King on CNN was | | | | morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." |
| flabbergasted one evening when a preacher told him | | | | Here the Father of our Country plainly states that |
| that it was not there. | | | | religion and morality are not only necessary for |
| So what does the Declaration of Independence | | | | America's success, but that you cannot separate one |
| actually state? It says the following: | | | | from the other. A lot of people today are trying to |
| "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men | | | | do just that. But once you slice morality away from |
| are created equal, that they are endowed by their | | | | the basic tenets of the Bible, then anything goes, |
| Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among | | | | based on the charisma of the person espousing the |
| these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." | | | | latest craze, or the amount of advertising and |
| In other words, in America, our rights come from | | | | propaganda being spewed forth on TV, or by how |
| God, our Creator, and not from a political party or | | | | good it sounds on the surface, without taking into |
| the government. The Founding Fathers put this in | | | | account the long range effects of it. |
| there to differentiate the American model from the | | | | And then there is Honest Abe Lincoln and the civil |
| European model of government. In Europe, they had | | | | war. His credo and that of the entire abolitionist |
| something called "the divine right of kings", which | | | | movement was summed up in their battle anthem, |
| meant that God bestowed his blessings and rights on | | | | "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", which is a truly |
| the King, who then doled them out to the populace | | | | Christian Hymn if there ever was one. |
| as he saw fit. In America, however, the people were | | | | Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the |
| bestowed rights from God, and they in turned gave | | | | Lord; |
| them to the government as they saw fit. In other | | | | He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of |
| words, the European model of governance was | | | | wrath are stored; |
| turned on its head. | | | | He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible |
| The Declaration of Independence closes with these | | | | swift sword; |
| words: | | | | His truth is marching on. |
| "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! |
| reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. |
| mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes | | | | I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred |
| and our sacred Honor." | | | | circling camps |
| The Founding Fathers knew that things would be | | | | They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews |
| tough, so they invoked God and His divine | | | | and damps; |
| providence. The atheists in this country who go | | | | I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and |
| around saying that all of the Founding Fathers were | | | | flaring lamps; |
| more like them than religious people are dead wrong. | | | | His day is marching on. |
| And what about the US Constitution, what does it | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! |
| say about religion? The First Amendment in the Bill of | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His day is marching on. |
| Rights to it says the following: | | | | I have read a fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of |
| "Congress shall make no law respecting an | | | | steel; |
| establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free | | | | "As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My |
| exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of | | | | grace shall deal"; |
| speech, or of the press; or the right of the people | | | | Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with |
| peaceably to assemble, and to petition the | | | | His heel, |
| Government for a redress of grievances." | | | | Since God is marching on. |
| What it plainly says is that Congress shall not pass a | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! |
| law mandating the establishment of a national religion. | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Since God is marching on. |
| The framers were very cognizant of the laws of | | | | He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never |
| England, and how the Church of England (The | | | | call retreat; |
| Anglican Church) was the national Church, with the | | | | He is sifting out the hearts of men before His |
| King of England being its head. It had been started by | | | | judgment seat; |
| Henry VIII, when the Pope refused to grant him an | | | | Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my |
| annulment from Catherine of Aragon. The murderous | | | | feet; |
| reign of Henry VIII and his successors who killed | | | | Our God is marching on. |
| Catholics by the thousands in the name of God was | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! |
| something that the Founding Fathers did not want | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on. |
| for America. | | | | In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the |
| However, years later, the so-called "Supreme" Court | | | | sea, |
| twisted its meaning and reinterpreted it to mean | | | | With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and |
| there shall be no religious displays or religious speech | | | | me: |
| in or around government buildings, including the 10 | | | | As He died to make men holy, let us live to make |
| Commandments on state property, prayer in public | | | | men free; |
| schools, or pastors/preacher endorsing political | | | | [originally ...let us die to make men free] |
| candidates. This bastardization of the religion clause | | | | While God is marching on. |
| of the First Amendment, which is grouped with the | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! |
| freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! While God is marching on. |
| freedom to peaceable assembly, and the right to | | | | He is coming like the glory of the morning on the |
| petition the government, has led to the most | | | | wave, |
| hypocritical government stance ever. Why? Well, the | | | | He is wisdom to the mighty, He is honor to the |
| 10 Commandments are on the wall of the Supreme | | | | brave; |
| Court, but evidently cannot be in a STATE | | | | So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of |
| courtroom in Alabama. Vocal prayer in public schools | | | | wrong His slave, |
| is forbidden, but Congress opens every session with | | | | Our God is marching on. |
| a prayer by a federally supported CHAPLAIN. No | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! |
| religious symbols of any kind are allowed in public | | | | Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our God is marching on. |
| schools or courthouses, but there are crosses and | | | | Hallelujah means "Praise the Lord. It mentions " a |
| stars of David on many tombstones, paid for with | | | | fiery gospel" and grace. "In the beauty of the lilies |
| your tax dollars, in Veterans Administration | | | | Christ was born across the sea". "Crush the serpent" |
| cemeteries across the country. Additionally, every | | | | is a reference to Genesis 3:15. The final judgement. |
| Army Post and Air Force Base has a federally funded | | | | Anyone who doesn't recognize the US government |
| chapel, with federally funded chaplains, that use | | | | invoking Jesus in the battle to free the slaves is |
| federally funded bibles, candles, and communion hosts | | | | clearly blind. |
| for their services. | | | | In our time, a Baptist preacher, The Reverend Martin |
| The loud atheists among us would have you really | | | | Luther King, led the battle for civil rights. This is all |
| believe that most of the founding fathers were | | | | seen as right and good by just about everyone in |
| something called "Deists", which are people who | | | | America, and the fact that he invoked Jesus Christ |
| acknowledged some kind of deity, but not Jesus | | | | from the pulpit to fulfill his mission for governmental |
| Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of us all. But, the | | | | civil rights is never even seen as a conflict of the |
| last line of the Constitution reads as follows: | | | | "separation of church and state". But let preachers or |
| Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of | | | | priests today mention the candidates today who |
| the States present the Seventeenth Day of | | | | support the evils of abortion and 48 million innocent |
| September in the Year of our Lord one thousand | | | | deaths from the pulpit, and a group calling itself the |
| seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the | | | | "Americans United for the Separation of Church and |
| Independence of the United States of America the | | | | State" will try to haul them into court. It is indeed a |
| Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto | | | | hypocritical stance by the radical left in our country. |
| subscribed our Names... | | | | And then there are the official US government |
| The phrase, "The Year of our Lord" can only refer to | | | | holidays of CHRISTmas and Thanksgiving, two |
| Jesus Christ, so the Deist argument is clearly | | | | religious holidays officially sanctioned by the US |
| erroneous. | | | | government. Millions of dollars of leave time are paid |
| In George Washington's farewell address, he states | | | | to government employees to not work on those |
| the following: | | | | days. |
| "Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to | | | | AND....The US Motto is "In GOD We Trust". It is on |
| political prosperity, Religion and Morality are | | | | our money. In US courtrooms across the land, |
| indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim | | | | witnesses are sworn in with their hand on the Bible, |
| the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert | | | | taking an oath to tell the truth, followed by the |
| these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest | | | | words, "So Help Me GOD". The President of the USA |
| props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere | | | | takes the Oath of Office with his hand on the Bible, |
| Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to | | | | and swears on it to uphold the Constitution. |
| respect and to cherish them. A volume could not | | | | In summary, the alleged separation of church and |
| trace all their connexions with private and public | | | | state, a phrase used by Thomas Jefferson in a |
| felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security | | | | PRIVATE letter to the Danbury Baptist Church, is |
| for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of | | | | found no place in official government documents, |
| religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the | | | | except in a tortured reinterpretation of the |
| instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice? And | | | | Constitution by the courts. |
| let us with caution indulge the supposition, that | | | | Would that America trust in the Supreme Being more |
| morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever | | | | than in the Supreme Court! |