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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 2015
Page
5
John Quincy Adams asserts that America's birthday and the Savior’s birth are inseparably linked, arguing the Declaration of Independence organized the social compact on Christian principles and laid the cornerstone of government on Christian precepts.
A collection of historical excerpts featuring Patrick Henry demanding liberty or death, Jedediah Morse praising Christianity as the source of civil liberty, and Benjamin Franklin arguing that God guides nations. The passages emphasize faith, providence, and resolute resistance to tyranny.
Senate Judiciary Committee notes on January 19, 1853 affirm a universal Christian obligation guiding law and education under a Christian nation. A House Judiciary Committee report from March 27, 1854 adds that contemporaries believed Christianity should be encouraged as the religion of the republic’s founders and descendants.
A collection of early American judges’ reflections linking religion with law and governance. John Jay James Wilson and James Wilson argue that Christianity underpins divine authority and civil society, urging voters to favor Christian rulers and to ground law in divine precepts.
Excerpts from Harvard 1636 and Yale 1787 student guidelines emphasize training toward knowing God and Jesus Christ as the eternal life through scripture. Students are urged to base knowledge on Christ, seek wisdom via prayer, read scriptures twice daily, and live religiously blamelessly in accordance with God’s Word.
The text cites Church of the Holy Trinity v. U S 1892 asserting a Christian nation ethos and contrasts Vidal v. Girard's Executors 1844 praising Bible use in government schools. It notes 1962 Supreme Court prayer ruling lacking such precedents.
Alexis de Tocqueville notes Americans fuse Christianity with liberty, making it hard to separate the two. He observes widespread religious societies for Bible distribution, tract sharing, journaling, education, welfare, preaching, chapels, and social reform across the United States. Achille Murat, a French observer, adds context from 1832.
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