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God has ndeed blessed Ameca. ver e ast yeas-underHs gidncAmerca has sen to eves and achievemensataed by ew or naons n he hsoy of e word. Ye nocehow we have resnded o Hm n ecen years. Ioncay, n anaon once dstgshed or s ah and made grea by s ope o ah pub expressn o ha tradon a now vwed as atha o goveen Ths s nowhe more evden han n ourcou. For exmpe n he case Warsaw v. Tehachi a edera

cour ed a was unconsuona or a pubc cemeery to havea paer n e sha o a css oras he cou expaed smeone we o vew a css, coud cause "emoona dsssand hus conse njuynac.

he case Robets v. Mdign, a edera cou rs ed ha aacher schoo cod no seen pubcy wh hs ow rsonacopy o he Bbe ad hen ed ha a cassrm brary conanng237 os ms move he wo os whch dea wh Chrisay

om he bray. he case Alexder v. Nacghes Schoo Dstrct, an andg saker on e cy ad o he naona dg czar's ocewas prohbd by a edera co m deverng hs adrgmessage he sdens n Nacogdoches Texas sch dsrc. Thereason? The dge poned ou a e saer was as own as aChrsa mser ad us was dsquaed m deveg aer dg message ha he had aeady devered o over

sdens a ousds o pubc schoos. he ce Commonweath v Chambrs, a man was convcedad senenced by a ury or ang a axe hade ad braycbbng o deah a 71yeaod woman n order o sea her scecury check. e ha s senence ws oveued becase heproecung aoey-n a saemen whch ased ess a vesecondsad mentoned a Bbe vere n e couoom ormeiong seven words rom e be in he courom e y

senence o a man convicd o a bra muder was se asde!s hs how goveen s o oae? Does te decson o

ove ha ury senence acay consue good goveen? one examnes Tmohy Peer 2 Romns 1 or a numr o oher Scpues G maes cear hat e purpose o goveens o rewad h ighteous d punish he wced. et n is cashe wcd was poecd nd e ghteos ws pushe cs vis ee ic g m



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Such decisions as this e the outcy for good goveen.However, he means of securing good goveen has en dbated

in Amerca fo over hree cenurswth diffeng concusions onhow o achieve i

For exampe in the 660s when he ope of Caoa weredraing teir r state consiuion, they sought hep om poicaphiosopher Joh Locke ocke subseueny auhod eir 669consiuon n he ef ha gd goveent woud securdhough e enacen of good awsocke asoned ha if gheousaws we n he constuon, ten no mar who w paced no

ofce he wod aways be d by hose igheous aws.Wiam Pe appied a drmacay different phiophy at au

he same tme when he esaished goveen of Pesyvaia.Whe Pe did eve tha gd aws were necessa he did no ieve a a ong state couon ed wih righeous aws woud e meas of securing good goveen

Pe dersood ta somehg mor a good aws w necessay. e epined:

Goveent ike cocks go fom he moon men givehem Whefor goveens rher dend un men,than men un goveens. e men gd ad hegoveen caot bad Bu if men bad tegoveen [w] never gd

en derstood ha e quaity of goveet dended no un the goodess foud n aws but aher un he goodness foundin eaderse continued

I kow some say "Le us have good aws and no mate for he men ha execute hem Bu e hem consider tha hough good aws do we, good men do er fo goodaws may [ack] good men . bu good men wi never [ack]good aws nor ow bad] ones

Indeed wicked peope simpy do no obey gheous aws; t is no heir natre o do so, ese Amerca woud have no murder or heffor we have aws which prohb boh. Conversey good ope inofce no ony obey good aws hey w not ow bad ones

e's appoach is pven e no ony y hisory bu by heSciprs as weNotice Proverbs God decares

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The key to good goveen is foud i he quay of ople whoe, o he aliy of laws whch a passd.

Ou Fondng aes-by and argedestood ths Coseently, i s no sising a he fs goveens eleced eProvebs 29:2 appoach e day hey sied e Declaaion of Indedence, he odig ahers ndewen an immediae asfoaon cause he day fo every oe of hem had en aBsh cze ving n a Bsh coony wi hien cownapied Bsh sae govees Howeve, when hey signedha docmen and sepaed fom Ga Ban ey los al of heir

sae goveensConseey, ey ed home o ei saes ad gan o ceae

ew sae onsions. Samel Adms held wie he Massachs coson; Benjmn Rsh and James Wilson held wriePensyvania's conso George Read d homs McKenheld wrie laws consion e sme was e i oer saesas well (By he way, he Spme Co foey ned o hesesae consiions as prcedens o demonsrae e onders ie.)

Noe, for exmpe wha homs McKea nd Geoge Readplaced i he aw consion:

Eve on, w shall chosen a memr of eihe hoseo apnd o ay oe o pae of s .. shal .. makeand ssc he followg declaon o w: do pfessfaih in God he fae, nd in Jess Cis hs only Son, adi e Holy Ghos one God essed fove more, and do

ackowege he Hoy ses of he Old ad New esamen o gven by divine ispaion"

Wile oday we wish hs we he qmen fo seminary, i washei men for ics! Ye noice heir emphass he focs son e y of indvidas paced ino oce, o o e y of laws

f yo we placed i he siion of wiing a new consiuon fo yo sae how long wod he docume yo aed? Pehaps migh simla o e orignal Oklahoma consuion when

Okahoma cme io e Uon n 06 is consio was over 1 pages i eng Howeve he average conso caed byhe odng Fahes was a me ve pages i lengh, a vey shodocmen, ca he emphasis was on he y of son placed inofce e an on e y of aws

Noe some oer sae cosios Fo exampe he Pensyna costution ahod by Beamn Rush nd Jmes Wilsondeclared:



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And eac membe [o e egisa) fo e tkes s

sea sa make and subsc e oowing decaaion viz:"I do beieve in one God e Cao and Goveo o eunivese e warde o e good and e punishe o ewicked and do acknowedge e cps o e Od andNew Tesamen o gven by Divne nspiaon."

e Massacuses consion auod by amue Adms-eFae of e Amec Revouon-saed:

[l sons eeced ms make nd sbsci e oowngdearion v. I do decr; a I ieve e Cisianigon; and ave fi rsuason o is .

No Caina's consiuion quid a

No son wo sa deny e being of God o e u of e [san igion o he divine aoy eihe of eOd o New esamen o wo sa od igios pnc

pes ncompae w e edom and safey of e saesa capabe of odg ny oc o pace o s o po in he civi depaen wihin s sae. 1

Wa a werfu decaraon! You ad o eve a God's principes appe o cvi goveen o ey wod' e you ne pbcoce-yo we a dangeros on o ave as a eade

s e of e imace of Godeing eades was so weudesood n Ameica a n 189 he pme Cou ined ou

a of he oyo saes a were en in te Uon eac adsme o Godeeed decaon in s cosiuon. 12

O Foundng Faes wen o gea engs t ensu a weeve ogo e pncipes of soud govee. As many of emgw ode ey aied a wen ey died Ameca wod asode and go o e grave wi hem-ness ey we ae o nsmio sbseqen geneaons e principes un wc ey ad buiAmeca's goveen. Fo is an many Fonding Faes

came inmaey nvoved wi educaon. n fac so iman waseducaon o e Fodng Faes a in e n yeas oowing eAmec Revoion moe coeges we esased in Amecan in e 150 years pcedng e Revouion! 13

Noa Webse was one o e mny Fonding Faers wo camen edcao. Webse no ony seed as a sodie dung e AmericanRevouon e aso seed as a egisao n wo saes ae eRevouon. Addiony e was e is Fonding Fae o ca o

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Aicle 1 Secn 8 f he Csituin. As an educatr, NahWebser hed esbish Amhers Cege and came ne f tems pc exbk wriers f ay f the Funding Faher

One f his exs ued in Ameic pubic sh assms fr generans was sHto ofthe Unted State. In i he d sudens:

When y cme ened eercise e gh f vingfr pbic ces e it impssd n yur mind haGd cmmads y ose fr s "js mn whw rue in he fear f Gd The pesean f [ur]gvee deds n he fai dischae f s duty;

f e itizes negect eir duty ad pace nprniped men ce he gveen w sn cupted aws wi made n fr he pubc gd s much s fr sh r ca pses cpt r incmnt men w apd eeut aws the pubic venues wi squaded n uwhy men and he ighs f e cizensw viaed r disgarded. 14

Whie s descripin f the s f gveent sunds ke ecept m yeserday's newspar is was n gig n in heir day; it ws smpy a wg f what wd hapn if nGy menwee paced in e Webster en cnuded

If [r] gveen fais t secure pbic psty andhppiess i mus cause he cizens negect hedivine mmads, d eec bad me make d dmisr e aws 15

Athugh Nah Websr taugh sudens ha ur f f gvemen cd n sive ness we ep Gdy Gd-fearing pef fah in ce, det he seurity f ur parcar f f gveen rey ded n the pe raher ha un eir pesenaves? Aer a in a demcracy aen the pe themst mn st

Ts is f ur pem ay we we a a demacywe a nt. Reca wen we pedge egance t he ag we pedgeaegance he rep f e Uted States n e demacy f he Uied Sates. Whe few day can dee he dieence bewenhe tw, here is a dierencea big difference Our FdingFahers had n puniy sabish a demcray nd hey chsen ey sciiay chse esabsh a repubc In heir mndswe we nand were never bcmea demacy. FundingFaher Fishe mes deed:



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A democracy is a volcao whch conceas he fie materalsof is own destcon. These wll produe an erption, ad

crry desolation in heir way. 16Fondng Faher Benjamin Rsh w equaly inted; he noted:

A simple democracy is the devil's ow goveent 17

Fondng Faer on Adams stated

Remember democracy never lsts long It oon wastesexasts and mrde itel There never was a democracyyet hat did not commit sicide. 1

stngly did te Founders opse a democracy at wen heycated e Constitton, they inclded a pvision to keep Amecam coming a democracy Atcle 4, Secon 4 of e Constutonis at "eac state mntn a repuban fo o govement-a pblicn om o goveent s opsed to ademocrc one, at is to a repblic not a democrcy

Wat, en, is e dence tween a democracy nd a public?No Webstr explained hat dience. He told stdent

[O]r cizens sold early deand hat he genunesoue of correct publican prnciples is he Bible priculay e New Tesament, or Chsan rligion.

The difernce ween a public and a democrcy s e soueof its auhoty

n a democracy whaever he ople dese is wat comeslicy. a maorty o he ople decide that mrder is no longer acrme in a democracy murder no onger a crme Howeverot so in our repubic in or public muer wil aways be acrme or murder is aways a crime in he Word of God. t is hsodaon wch as given or pblic sc endng stbility or since mn does not change e connues to need the sme restraints has always needed it is he rghts nd wngs veled in heBible wich ave pvided os guidelines or our public

Our early law os aght s For eample, consider Bak tne' ommentarie on the L ts principes foed he basisof Amecan law rom 7 uti 920 ad t was the mal auotyin he US Spme Cour. Baktoe was recommended ighlyby numeros famos Amecs including Jmes Madion Thomaseferon James Wlson ohn Mahal Chares Fney, andArhm Lincol. hs law boo tat hat or aws could no



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cntradict Gd's direct dcres; hwevr, if Gd had ! rld in anaa hn w wr r t s r wn icy. t gav an exam:

T isc n th cas uder !his is pssy rbiddnby h divine. any n law shd alw njn st ci t, w ar bnd t trsgress that han law.Bt wit egard t atters ta ae . n candd r bidden by [the Scris}sc, r instance asertng w int reign cnts-hre th legislae has sc and ity t ines

Since h bass rbic is Gd's sndads te ny way tresee te nans ndan is ace int c ndividas whdead that ndain t i this rasn hat a bic is ac diclt gvent antan, qresc re e the vtey st invsgat te views cndidaes lacng h int ceAs Jn Ads elaned:

We electr hav n iat cnsitina wr lacedn r ands we av a chck n w bnces hegslat t cs ncssay t evey cien] ten, in se degee a tatsan nd t an nd jdger sel h . . cal icles nd easesLes eain th wih a sr .Crisin sit22

A dcracy is sily he dtrain a reblic-it is a layans gveent eqrs n nd n resarch cndidas lngtr sss it is sly based n wat a aiy

e e e a tat given i A decracy is wat FndngFater Bn Rs caed a cracy.'

Benjain Rsh was n Aica s st inenal FndngFaes nt ny signing te Declaain Indndnce bt aseing n the Pesidntia adinstrains n Adas ThasJeen, and Jas Madisn tr, he was rcgnzed as ne Aeicas t edcatrs nding ive nveties athngnrs ttos and bing n h t nding athes t

ca r re nana bc schlsAnd Benain Rs ndstdthat i evr st tir wedge the Bible and itsigts nd wngs tn w wld lse r bicHe wed

e ny ean establishing and tang blican s gvnt ..s th ivrs dcatin r yt n incles Cristianiy by as he Bible.



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prvae lfe nd chacer o a leder. explned:

[]ublc chacte .. is no evdence o ue geaess o a

publc chce s oen n cl oneWe al ow s o ue; we know a we cn pu on a fon so

a who we e n pubc s no who we ly a

exok proved ths by asng he exple of BenedcAoldIn hs pbc capacy eedc Aod ws a Geel o merc Ay eay wa he n he mecan Revoluon anda eade n he momenous bae o Saoga n Howeve

dung e sme me ha eedc Aod ws publcy preseningsef n mec paro he ws pvaey emzzlng suppesdesned fo he sang dyng ops a Vley Foge ckeng epros mde om he leg saes nd ayng Wes Pon o eenemy w a ro o hs naon Cosde en ws hs pubclfe o hs pva e a mo acuae dao o e chcer?Obvously hs pvae lfeThe exok conued

I s no, hen n e glar o publc bu n he shade o prvae

fe a we a o ook for e mn rvae lfe s ways llfeehnd he cun whe he eyes of e mlon a no un hm ... The he w ways sure o ac hmconsequeny f he a grey [n pvae he mus geandd Hence has en jsy sad ha "Ou pvae deds nobe re nobles o ou lves I s e pvae vesa lay he ondaon of hun excelence

Ou exoks ugh us o exne he pva lfe bu whee ddey deve hs eacng? Fom Foundg Fahe lke John Werson Wheson ws a sgne of he Declaon nd seed on over 1 dere ommees n CongressFureno he was hesden of nceon Unvey s rghy consded eeducaon ahe of many Foundng Faes for he sonayaned 87 of hem ncudng one esden one Vce-Psdehe Supme Cou Juscs en Cabne Mem weve

Goveors weny-one Senaos nd hynne Congessmenndhs s does no ncde he numeous ndvduls a he ranedo sae ocal d mucp oces.

What did hs pmnen Fondng Fahe each whch caused somany o se o hgh eves of eadershp nd saesmnhp? Joh Wheo tgh hee basc componens of Amec paosme augh



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Accrding Jh Adms t was te pesence f mora ad reigius efs which disingshd a statesmaf which we seem t

have few-frm a icif whch we seem t hve tmay. his dia entr Febra 9 12 Adams dend acian as smene wh wud cmrmse his prncies in rder t advance-wheher wih hs ary, his cnstuent a wercmmtee head etc. Hweve a statesm wud nt cmmiserinces regardess f what t mght cst hat made hediec btween the tw?

Accrding Adms a taesman embraced he Bibica cnc

t the reaity t rewrds d unsents That s hezd that he mst std e Gd and accnt t Him f hishair whie in ce The awaness ths unescaabe t eed as a rstraint n ra msha-smehing escymnt r n cehde fr athgh we ca hem "ubccs mst what they d in ter ci caacies acayc n iate I the is n semsed stain n a bcc's ivat hai hen that bic ca is a danger t

gd geent cas the cmmses he w mae whiemd m the watch eye e ctizenry

Ws Jhn Adams a iCian r a statesman Was he wng tcmmi ncies; ws he wing t stad een i itmight cst hm he next eectn Adams was denitey astaten as he eained The duratin f ture nishmenttees me 33 Bca he unded at he wud answer tGd Jhn Adms grded hs ivate bhair and carely

weighed his ubc icy decsins.The mance maintang a ie in e wards d

nhmen was a truh exaned nt ny by civic eader ike JhnAdams but as by egus eader as we Fr exame heRevered Mas et made e sme nt in n 180 smnreached in the nneccut cait buidng bre Ger Jnan Tmbu and the ectict egsature-a sermnreached at ei qestHe eaned:

Fbe wd b he st fm f gveent wthuta sense f eigin and the tes e wd t cme Baish a sense reigin nd the terrs the wrd t cmem sietyad y ..ave every mn t d a which isright in his wn eyes [)he man wh . is nt acuatedby the ear ad awe f Gd has in many cases n bod r rstrain u his cndt nd heefre s t b trusted



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wth a naons' wea [wea] . Tn not that men wo

acknowlege not e provience of Go no egad his awswl ncopt n ofice

So clea ws is t hat wen e ssbilty arose at a manmigt be eect to natonal oce wo was not Go-feang tactaly tere e patotc-mne. For example on ebay 801 Abgal Aams wote a ette to e sste scssng epcomng Pesent eecton tween Aaon Bur known to an egous man an Tomas Jefeson wo at tat tme was

ng poaye n some pmphets not only as a noneve bteven as n ahest an nel35 Altoug hat cage aganstJeffeon was ater prove erroneos t wa noneheess a gtcage fo t meant that Ameca appany wo makng aecson tween wo men wo wee not Goly o Gofeang Of hs Abga to e sste:

Never wee a people pace n more fct ccumstances

an he vuos pa of o countmen ae a te psentcssI ave te an e an ovee n my mnat vos mes te mets an emets of the two canates Long acqntance pvate enp an te lef that te prvate caracte of Jeffeon s muc pur an B . ncnes me o Jeeon Have we anyclam to e favo o pocton of Povence when we haveaganst wg amonon an avce chosen as o cef

Magstate [Psent a mn wo makes no ptensons toe ef of al wse spme Goveo of e Woloeng o ctng o ovelng te even wc taeplac n t? If we eve saw a ay of ess nAmeca I fer s s one

Havng Goly eaesp was essenta to our ealy eaesConseqently Noa Webste nstcted stuen

In ectng men fo ofce et pncpe yo gue.Rega not he pacula sect o enomnaton o e caateloo to s cactet s aege by men of loosepncples o efectve vews of he sbject hat relgon anmoaty a not necessary o mt afcaons o pblic statons37

Wbste note hat those who avoca � gon j moaty

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eite tey theseves have lse pincipes, or tey have defectvevews of he sbject Webste conned:

[T)he Sciptres teach a dent doctrie They dect tatle shold men "who e n he fear of God able ensch as fear God,en of hhatng covetosness 3

Tat may seem like a strng set of qalicaions fo oceholdebut oe qalications dd nt cme m Noh Webser-tey cae

m God. Webser smpy qoted at secon verbaim m heBibe; hose wee e qcations set fo ae Moses was

vsid by hs faternawJehr ehro comended at Mosesshod not conne to te ony rler and jdge ove the assivenmr of ope Moses agred d tod te ople chse outm aong em "es of tosands les of hndreds, les of es,d le of tens oer words hey wee to have eeconsfor he federate "osads, e satete hndds tecoty-the es, nd he oche "tens They wee nscted lect es who wod rule n t fea of Godabe men sch as

fea G,men of hhatng covesness Eectd ocials ke Noa Webse einded he ople of ter Godgven des,and nsters of te Gos we faihl to do tesme For example, the Reveend Maas Bet ized e saetext his 18 seon at the Connectct capto bidng

[Look we o e charactes and quiicatons of ose yoelect and aise to oce and paces of st[Let he wseconse of Je yor gde Choos ye ot fomamong yo able en sch as fer G en of t andhaing covetosness and set tem t le ove yo4

Siay,he Reverend Chndler Robbs sed te se Scrptein a 179 seon delvered he Massachsets captol bdngfo Goveo on Hancock Lieutenant Gover SameAdams and he Massachses legislarea seon devered athei eqeste said:

ow consanly do we nd t nccated n he sacedwigs hat es jt en-feares of Godhats of covetosess at hey shake thei hands f holdingbis cause, "a gi lindeh the eyes of e wse andere he words of e righteos

Noa Weste hen suaried w we sold eed te reqie



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mens for ofce-holders which God had set fot; he noted:

[I]t is to he negect of this ue of conduct n ou citizens [tatis, not seecting Gly men fo oce s dicted by te Scptus that we must scri he mulipied auds, baches of st, cuations ad emzzlements of ublic pywhich asoish even orselves which sh te chaacer of ou county which disgace a repubcan goveent

Ten notce how stongly Webster concluded e said

When a citizen gves h s surage s vote to a ma of own mmoalty he abuses hs st civc esnsbityhe sacrces not ony hs own neest but hat of isneghr he ays he nteest of hs counry. 43

his s srongWebster sad if we kowigy held pace immora on no oce we were a trto to our counyWhy?Because by nsaing immoray n oc, we have instaed thevery hg hat w desroy not only that oce t g govemet n gener

Our Founding Fahes our textoks, nd the Bible al tught usve to parte the pv ife fm he pubic fe Yet when Ameca g to embace the teachng that the pivate shoud seprad we sad movng away om the princpes of soudgovee which ou Fouding Fathes had tnsmed to us

Te second destcve teachng whch moved us away fm teFouders' prnciples was at eligon should compentzedthat s nfuence ad its activtes shold lmited solely tothe se of the fou was of the chuchRo ngesol was so aeader in ths teachng he caimed

Our goveent shold ept entiey and purely secaSo our fathes sad "We sh fo a secular govement. The Declton of ndendence denied heauhoity of ny and gods[They ageed at e

shoud oy one lgon d that was he ligion of patiotism Ou fathes fouded st secua goveentthat was eve fouded this wold

ealy, te Declation of dendence seas wel as thenmerous wrings of te Founding ahepve ngesols claimto totlly false Neveheess he had eectively intoduced theconpt that regious pople and iious pricipes wee to havenothing to do wi goveent Head may othersbegan to



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teach the compartmealzatio of rgio, hat i placng god ope o ah o compame eparate om publc, edca

oal, ad goveeal aeas.Sowly the church accepted he eachig of compatmetaliatio

and ga to extac ielf fom he io of mora cociecead ethcal fuece that it had exercied for decade. We bega toecorage or cildre to eer o-caed "pua aea ike hemt or mioary wor but we dcoged hem frometerg o-called ecua profeo ch a cece edcaoaw ad lc.

T chuch ad ope o fah have ow o emovedemeve m hee dciple ha taic how hat ot olyha voter uot fale dramacaly over ece decade bt cclly at oy haf of e Chri ommty eve voed recet Predeia eleco. We eem o ve o heocept of dvda civc tewadhp we oce o rogy fe

Bejam Rh had explaed:

He [evey ctze of a epbc] mt watch for he Sae a i e depeded vgce aloe

H ateme accuately decrd he reibie hat Amec oce elt for mataig gd govet Not oy we wewe ioed voe we were actve vote well. For example,whe Dael Webter for e U.S oue 824, e wa aoehuded percen voter uou i a eecto; and of 5 egble voter De Webter ceved 990 voe

Removig ouelve from e civc ltical aa ot olyvoate htoical pecede t alo gore what Amerca' earlypua eade taugt u Charle Feya mier d eader Ameica Secod Grea Awakeg he ealy 8waed

Chra mut vote for oe me ad take cotet grou ltc God caot uta i fee d leedcoty which we ove ad pray or, e the Church wil

ake rght grou. e Godfearig gou commiy ha ot pheld re

ble voer. Whee we curely fd ourelve expeedby Preide Jame A. Gareld imef a Cr miter, whoo he ceeal ceebraon of Aeca-xplaied

Now, more th eve fo he peope rpoble for e character of heir Cog. at body igo,



6 KES TO GOO GOVERET

recess, nd corpt, it s cause he peope toerae gnoance, rcessnss, ad coon.

9If w don' k wha w hav n Congess hen s smply a

recon of ou own acor ac of acon.hough wha s caed he S Ab U S,

w can now demonsae sascay efecs of mrcng h woad eachngs o compaenazaon and of ong a candda'spvae fe. Th S Ab-pushd nnuy y hefdea goveen or decade-ses o sascs from he

varous caet eve depaensThe apaance of a new caegoyn e S Ab ways hds emrgnc of a newaon pm

Fo exampe wa no un 1976 ha e caegoy on uaause of cden rs apad mny ce res on scme ga o apa n ce depens across e naon aous ffo was made asceran he sco o e prom In1976 e ae of sexua ause of chdren was one case for ach

( chden, u wn oy one decade, he prem hadcd y os 2( rcn 50 h S Abhrded e emegence o hs naon proem.

may e recodng of ID cases dd no gn 1981 ha m 99 caes of ID had een reednough o consded a srous pomHowever e curen numr of IDcs has ncreased y 68, peent e S Abrecods h mgnce of ID as a nw naona pem

Inrestngy fedr poecutons of puc corupon dd noapar as a caegoy n he S Ab un 93 am 244 cass o agd puc crpon were erd-enougho ndcae a serous naona poem and a erre rend mongpuc ocas Howvr wn ony wo dcads h num hadcaed y ove 50 en o a whoppng 1400 caes

Tis rapd ncras shoud com as no suse howeveRememr our Foundeas we as he crpure-augh us hawe woud no g good f om ad rots.ndrndng hs hFoundng Far Es Boudno a prsden of h onnenaongess once decared:

If he mora chrac of a op onc degeneae, thr characr mus soon oow These consdaons shod ead aentv socud ..o rgousy care n our choce of a puc oce and

judg of he y s rs.



S TO OOD OVERNMNT

But oday, too oen we have gored tat teaching d have disegarded he pvae life. Noneheles, he tr rmain nchnged:

a ndvdal i corrpt n hs private dealing, he w be corpt nhis pblic dealngs; tatc now pove atFrtheore dvorcng he private fom te pbic, cped wth

dicging e nvolvement of peple of ath n pbc arnas notonly cased a cge n he qlity of our leades, it also rsued a change n her phoophy Ad logcay so or whn God-feangdivdas rmove hemselve m an arena their vale deparwih them and when unGody indvida enr n aena, her

vaue enter with emer decades of extracon of Godly ndividualsd thusGody principlem pblc fairs, he change n phiosophycme apparent in our naion eaders ecly t the USSprme Cor Consider or exampe, he ise o schoo prayernd pbc acnowledgment o God Sch prayer had enpracticed in Ameca's public choos for t-hdredpu years,d i had en csiutional for 171 concuive yers under e

Conution Why? Because chol prayer had n contiuonl inhe sonal iefs of te Fonding Fathers nd in he lef ofsubseqen jutice wo to phOld te Consttion

However, in the 1960s, a new grup apad on the Cort wth adien st o on vale They ncovered a staement whichsuted their liefsa msleadng phae ound neher in the Consto the Frst Amendment nor ny oer ocil oundngdocument That phrae? "Sepaation of chuch nd stte Under the

new appicaon of hi phre in 962, n he cae Eg v Vital 54school prayer was sddenly d who prcedent 55 ued t ncosuional

Then the ve net year, the Cou srck dow oher logtndng pracice of publc cho 5_a prcce mpemented byFoundig Fahe ie Benamn Rh Noah Webter, Smue Adms,Joh Adms, ededah Mose, Wim Same Johon, nd Thomaseeron What wa that practc? The se o he Bible in chools

n what gd did te Cou move Bble? For e econdme in two yea hos utce cied neither hitry nor legl pceden; hey nvoed not one Fonding Faer nor one prevo Codeco. Tey dd however ivoke te aid of a psychoogst andfoowig hi teimony, he US. Spme Cort nonced a reasowhy the Bbe ust now e ae ot of choolsolowng earlytwo-cenries of it e oos Wha wa hat reaon? heSpme ou eplaine that



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[I]f ios of he New Testmen we read wihou expa

aio, they could d . had e psychoogicyhamu o e [sde].

ha mzig proouceme by he Cou: he New esae causes psychoogica dmageit causes bai damage! Noiceha s saee was eher a reectio of law o of histoy; itwas simpy a ectio of he beiefs of he ajoiy o hose whocomsed he Cou Cosider is it ikey a ie God-feagidividuals woud decare ha e Bie causes psychoogic ham?

Hrdly Why? Because Godfeig idividuals kow tha is ot herth he basis for he decisio i he 963 Bible-adig case iseidece ha a eader wil aways e by wha he rsoayieves o coc he co seaate he pubic icy a heeacs fo that whch he rsoay ieves

he cse ton v Gaham te Court eve ed that i wascostiuto fo sdets a public schoo to see a sed copy ofte e Comdes his lig ws azig fo a picre of

Moses holdig he e Commads is acly eched i soeiside te Supreme Cour Furheroe he Te Commdesapr i umerous civic buidigs courhouses d egisauresacross the atio Why is i tat he Te Comdmes hag i soay civic goveel buidigs ye i so few chuches? iscause a fo ove two housd yeas e Wese ord heTe Codmets have bee rogized as e basis of civllawfrm the we derive such hings as "Do't urder Do

se Do ure yourse etc. Why, e did e Cou reha sdes cod ot see he ery ws which o e asis of ourcurre civi aws he Cou expid ha:

f e sed copies of te e Comades a o haey effect a , it wi o iduce he schoo cdre ad, diate u phaps o vra d ob, Comades . his is ot issibe

Aaig! Sudes ca owed o see he e Comdes for hey igh oy religous teacigs a schooigs ikeDot se d Do muder

his same iogic bias was recey demosrated i a couom he Soeast whee a ma was o a accsed of he b sdegre muder of is fouryear-od sep-daghr I ta corhouseas y oerse e Codes hg o hew. However h jdge rded he Te Comds o be



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oved during the tral for fa a the jur would pjudicedagains the dfnan by sing h command which said, " no

murde. If uos an' t se the law whch forbids mudr, henwhy was the man evn on ial?he onal ideas nd iefs mbraced by ou eades evntally

com pubic licy nd ose plicies hav cosqunces no olyon us s individus bu on th naon as wel. As surly s Godholds individus conble fo wha thy do, H lso holds naiosaccounable As he Revend Chander Robbins eminded eMassachuss lgisla in 191

T Supm Govor of e Wold rewas or pnishsnions nd civi comus ony in his life . [Policldies) have no xisenc as such bu in pset se;cnsqueny ey ae capab of puishmen owas in a re We conceive no way in wich tdivi Big sh rfo mnifes he puy of is nature owrds such sociees by warding o punshingem he, accodig t ti pubic conduc. 6

"Public conduc for a lic dy is noig bu t publclicis passed by ou public ocials. Geoge sohe Fae ofe Bil of Righs-simiarly drsood tha G judgd nations foreir public snds. On he oo of t Consuional Convenion in18 h minded h dlegaes a:

As naions cnno wrdd or punishd in nex

word, so hy mus in ts. By an inviable chan ofcauses d ffecs, Povidnce pishes naon sns bynional cmiies 6

Undending s reaiy xpas why i was so vil o pace ae elm of govn individuls who would ke snds whichGod culd honor nd blessfo by ose sds, h nt naioncoud blssd Psidn George Washngon, in his inaugrladdrss mindd naon:

T)he popiiou favorabl) smiles of Havn can neve xced on a naon tha disgs e eel rues of odd rgh whch Heaven isef hs odined 63

Y in h las hee decades banches of our govn, fomfedel o loca, have been led w pblic offciswit poiicians, no stesen-wos sonal lif sysms hav no ony



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disgarded, but even pohibited he eteal es of orde ad rghtwhch Heaven itself has ordaned.

We now kow hat he mov of eigious principes fom pbclife was accompned by a nationa loss of intea se-staintNoce fo exmple hat violen cmefollowing extende yes oflow numhas now incased neay 8 rcent since the Couroded hose pcpes be sepaated om sdens in 962-63 We a cognize hat today Amec hs a seious crme pobemcoed by the fct that snding on pisons hs incsed oversihndd rcent jst since 199; we simpy canot bildpsons fast enough Ye statsics now eve ht siicatentge of al he cmes commied in he nation ar commiedby schoo-age yothe ve grop pohibited fom eing igios techngs like n't stel d Dont me

Futher evidence of the ac of te sef-conol is seen inmora mesmens of youh For eampe pegncies amongeenage gilsfolowing extended yea of low ateshave syceted d pgnancies among gils ye-od have inceasedneay six-hunded rcent since he removl of eigios prnciplesfm schoos 67 Fuher he rate of seuallyrsmied diseasesamong hgh-schoo students has expoded 6 as has seaysmited diseses among unior high sudents 6 and pe-matasexl cvity mong IS-yerod grs hs incresed over onethosnd e sinc that time Each of hese incases occedae yea of low stable evels

iscs pove tht he efs licies of publc ocias wiaways have conqence on a of usthe fo good o badOfcials which enac icies violang or pohbitng what PesidentGeoge Wshingon cled he ete res of order nd ight whichheven itself has ordaned ae dageos to he enie naion fo asPrsident Joh Adams so wisey obseved:

We hve no goveent rmed wih wer cpble ofconendig wih huma pssions bdled by mority and

ligon Our Consuon ws made oly for a moral anda eigios ople t is whoy indeqte to he goveentof y ohe 7

The ey to a self-goveg naion is segoveng individus andrson selfgoveent is aci fom he picipes of moralityad self-cono aught by eligion. f inivis caot o wil notgove themselves hen eir goveent is nble o cono hem



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Despite e obvious negave eecs foowing he Cou'sdecisions, he Co cnnot hed toay at fa for what has

cred he nation. Who hen is a fa? Peaps he answer isst given n a parable in which Jesus descrs a sitaon wheein amn had a gd ed gwing good it. He awakened one mongt nd it ed with tes nd wds nd bad it. How did it hapnat it wet from good to bad? Mahew 3:25 Jess expained whie e good men sept, h nmy cme i d pted eas. Jess never fauted the enemy for doing what he did; theprobem was that e good men went to seep.

ohn Dicinson, a Fondg Father and signer of e Costuon, ndetood he imace of citizens sayig awake, and hemied the ope:

[Poica] savey is ever preceded by seep.

Much of he bame for he codion of Amerca rests on he shoude of the "good men-the chrch ad ope of faih who went toslp and aowed he enemy o ente d sow his tas.

Wha then, is he sotion to veng he ends of recent yea?Jemiah 6 6 teches hat if on wans he ways of ace, he shoudgo bck to he od aths What wee some of he "od paths'?Consider wha we were tght by men ike John ay he orgnCef Jstice of he US Sureme Co d one of theeFouding Fathe mos ressibe for the raticaon and adoponof the Constuton. He dictd s

Pvidence has given o or ope e choice of their

e, d it is the dy as wel as the piviege adnterest of our Chis naton to seect and pfer Chsns for their re. 73

Tht saemen is concise n succinct, but even more sicantthn he statement is he reason why John Jay ieved that it wasimt to eep Gody, Godfeng ope of fih in oceDr ededih MOee of Americas op educao and he mn

cad he "Faer of Ameca Geogphyhad one wren heChef Jsce and ased him if i were issibe for a Gody ono voe for n Gy cndidat Jon Jay repied to him

Ts is a quesion which eris more consideration iems ye o have geney received, eihr fom he cergyor he aity It apa to e a wha he prophet sad oJehosapha aot is tacmen o Ahab affords asaay esson



YS TO G GOVEET

Joh ay's efene was o a acot foud i 2 Cniles 1whh volved Kng Ahab of Israel ad Kng Jehoshapha of Jda.Wked Kg Aab orresded with ghtes Kng Jehoshaphaand quesed hs hep o fgh an eemy Rgheos Kg Jehoshaphaageed and made an alliae wth wked Kng Ahab. Togeher, teywen o o gh Ahabs enemy a Ramo-Gilead. Ae the bateKg Jehoshapha ued hom wee God se a pphe o bkehim fo making an ale wi e wked Tat poes saementn verse 2 of ha hape was no ony Gods resse to Kg ehosh

aphat, i was al Jo Jays aswe to the qeson of whee teGody old voe fo te unGody; that verse staed:

And Jehu seer [e pophet) e son of Haa wen oo meet and sad to ng Jeoshaphat, "Should you hepte wk ad ove ose who hate the Lo? Beause oftis e wh of the od is you

aswer of e ChefJustie ws ve songad ey

sghl He ndeood ha f yo held plae e nGody ioofe ten yo had plaed Gody prnipes o oe; God oudno bess uGodly pnples; hefoe how old God ble you foheping pae ose uGody prinpes no ofe? Howeve f youpaed he Gody to oe yo w pag Gody pnples nofe God ou bless Gody prnpes eefore God co bessyou for helpng pae Gody pnples ino ofe

The Fondig Fahes udersood somehg ha we just gi

nng o detand no nsuton has insi ierent valeonson is of itself eihe good o bad We hear muh ay atte ston of the media ad how bad t s Ye he is absoueynothg wng wit te sto of he media If the mda s bad iis ause he ope involved n e meda have e wng vaues.Smay f govee is bad i ause te ope volved noveen have the wrog vaes. Insuos smpy e hevales of ose involved em; stuions mh lke as

hey take on he nae of whoeve s behnd e wheel Ths s whyhe Fondes pu an emphas on he o people plaed no ofe.

Moeover ohn Jays statemet eeg Godly idivdalsleay imples ita volveme Yet over the las ha eyhe hurh has ome o diske lta dislke wh aay ptss n gd ompany. Many of the oudg Fahes thmseves dot e ts esially pasa po Code for exampeGoge Wasgon saeme i hs Farwell Addss _

odeed to he mos sa poal eh ee eee



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by a U. S Presden I th adds, no only doe Wahigo offeearly a doze wag o keep Ameca o rck b he alo dees wh he condes o be Amerc's "wo eemy (By he wayf Georg Wshg say he h spoed a eemy pay aeno ohm or he cn ecognze eemy; he spe oy-ve yers of hslfe fghg Amecas eeme ad Geoge Washgo kew aneemy whe he sw oe!) So wh dd Wahgo code to he "wos eemy o Ameic? He ad w he odae love o lcl py As he explae:

Le me w you e mos soem me gs he

bael eecs of he sp of pary I exss n govees ad ly er wors eemy The eaedomo of oe [pay over oer shpeed by e spof evege tl pary dsseso se fghldessm T]he comon d col msces o espr o py re sce o mae he es ad dy o awse ople dcorage ad res T

Whgo was o sayg o sh c pes for paresaT ecessry hey re he mechsms by whch cddes oered o e pblc Godeag ope o h sho b acveyivolved n ica pay so th ey may help seec caddess ht hey my voe pry prmares o help Godly caddes er pary dvce d o t hey my ece their pry'splafo Wshgo ws o syig o lh polcl pesmpy o lsh e pay spr Udersd a pay s mply

so has o vale of ow.e vog do exe he py regrdles of e py

wch yo wokg Tere my wel someone he oerpry who my moe Godly th e cdidae ofeed y yopy d us e for he commy he se or e toAwys exme e vlues o each of e cddes rgregrdes of er py o A orde oyly o pry s dscorged b loyal o por pCpleo maer

whch pry ey prs o srogly ecgedThs s llsraed by Beji Rsh Rec he seed the

Presdel dsro o Joh Adams Thomas effero des Mdso Wa maes is ccompshe mg s those ree Prsdets ech cme dere polcl pryEve ough he Fouder hd mny paes a ha tme (he Asocrs he Democa he ederais he Aiedea he Whigs



24 KS T GD GNMT

e Toes etc.), how cold Benjamin Rus serve or e Psdnsfom dieren poltcal paes? at was s own party alatonHe once expaned:

I ave been aleaely clled an arsocra and a deocraI a neer a Cstocr

e cntue

I ee a wer wll always a o prodcng orderad appness n e ds o e one wo creaedand redeeed n s qaled to gove

Very sply Benjan Rs d't care wat e pay caedtse Wen e od soeone wo stood or Gods pncpes, ewod sad w no aer wat e pay e oe o coecprncpes-d no e oe o a pay-st e ey o or tcal noleent

Despte or strong ertge n s naon any Cstans and

Godearng peope o a expan ta tey dont need to get potcy noed becase ey ee at or gts tatey coero God nd not ro te goeent. Sc a sateen ndcaestat ey ae aed cognze te t tat we or rgts Bbaygen tey tcay protected

Wat as ade Aerca so derent or so long s at we aeawys ad e tcl potectn exercse r Godgen rgs.For exape a a receny went to Sad Aba o exercse s

Godgen rgt o preac e Gospe e ws asted placed nprson and sentenced to deat Bt w! He was oy exercsng sGodgven rgt e b pracng te Gosl ws not tclyprotected g n tat cont

Aecans e always ad potca potecton exercse orGodgen gts becase we kept peope n oce w ew watese gts were ad wo protected e Many ctzens oday renot en awae n recent yeas cases ae reaced e USSpree Co calengng weer Crsas cold een stbeGos terare n pbc 0 ese cases were won or e crc;oweer s aazng a ey d to go e way to te SpreeCo. It spy conrs tat og we wl aways ae teGodgen g to exercse or Bbc gts we wt to do sowto penalty, we st a poca ptecton

Ts act s lsaed by wo ots drng e AercnRevouon Jon tr Menbrg d redec Agss Mlen



ES TO GOOD GORT

u Boh wee odned minier d po o conionPee poed in Vini nd Fredeick pored in New Yo OnJnu 2 6, Pee preched o hi Vni coneionconce he cii hen cn meic He ecouned o hem heho o how mec hd en oded n pi o elo ndcivi e nd h hey wee now in dne o loi hoe ie He hen concded wih hee wod:

[I]n he ne of hoy wr ccee 3j hee ime o ll h me pech nd ime o py uhoe me hve pd wy

nd hen in lod voice he oed om vere 8 yin:

here i ime o hd h ime h now come

H eon nihed he ofeed he nedicion d hen deliey did in n o he conion elin he uo o mili oce which he w wein neh hi ceric oHe decended om he pp mche o ck doo o he

chch nd oee he dm o o ecr hee hdedmen oine hm d hey cme he Ehh Viini Reimen Po Joh Pee Muhlen wen on o come one o he hihekin oice in the meicn Revoluion nhin MoGenea unde Geoe Whnon I w no nu o mnieo invoved in hi wy mny eiio lede cme invovedin he mecn Revolon imply o poec hei reliiou lire

Howeve Pee ohe Fedeck rony ope wh Pee

hd done He old himYou would hve cted o he i you hd kep ou o huine om he nnn I now ive yo myhouh n ieI hink you re won in yin o e hdie nd peche oehe

Howeve Pee hd ome on houh o hi own; he dmied

I m cleymn i rue I m mem o ocey well he poore lymn nd my liy der o me o ny mn hl I hen i il ? Heven od I m ced y my couny in i deence-he ce i nd noe d o m m hkn h I c wnI m cnvnced my duy do nd duy ow o odd my Cuny



26 KES GD GVENE

Peter uestd that if he did not get involved, then he coud notpotect what was imnt to hm. Evideny his ogic evenally

had an eect on his bothe or Federck, too, cme invoved.Fredec Augustus Mhenbug-an odaned mnste nd pstocme the ognal Sker o he House o Repsentaves, and itis his signatr at the tom o he Bi o Rights; he ws siving toguantee to us our eligous edom

Founders made evey eo to help us undestnd hat govement wi ways elect he values o thos who invoved in it.Whehe it is execuve icy congessiona egislaon or judiciadecisions e ac o each o he te anches wil ways reectthe personal ies o tho invoved in those bnches For thsson, Chrstians nd Godeaing pe o th must get invovedin goveent nd-s l othe dowe must cay our vlueswith us. Furthe, we must eect individuas who embce osemeess Biblical values s imt not ony to ou Founde but vit t ou own t s a nation

As Chaes Finney so wel explained:

The chuh must ake right gound in egad t ics . . . .olitics a a part o a eigion in such a count as s andChrstians must do teir duty to he country s pat o heiduty t God . [God) wll bless o curse is natonaccoding to te coue [Chstns) te [in lics .

The Revend Mahias Buet o Conectcut simiarly chaged

the ople:Finay ye . . whose high preogative it is to . investwth oce and authority o to withhold em nd in whosewer it is to save o desty you count conside wel theimpoant tust which God [has pt into you handsTo God sterty you a accountabe o em . Letnot you chiden have reson to cue you or giving uphose gh nd prosttng tose instiutions which you

ahes deived to you

We must invoved the goveet o tis nation cn be blessedony in so a as we pace Godeng nd mol individuals intooce What wil be the legacy hat we eave to the next geneton?The choce is ous



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Ede

1 Warsaw Tehachap Ud as Dsc Cort East Disict of

Cafoa, No CV F9040 ad CV F·-40 EDP (1 990

2. Robers . Madgan, 702 F Supp 505 (D Coo 989 92 2d 0 10hCir. 1990)

3 Aandr Naogdoches Schoo DsrcUt States Disc Cou for eEaste Disct of «s, Lkn iision, Cil Acon 9 9 ICVI (199.

4 Comneah v Chambers 599 2d 30 (Sup Ct Pa 199, 43·4.5 om Lke A Colon of eeral Pieces o Mr Jon ndon J

Beenm o R nckl, 1720, p 6. oms Clrso, Memors o h Prvae a Pubc Le o am Penn

(London: ongma Hun, Rees Oe d Brown 183, Vo p 3037. Ckson Vol p 3038. Bn, Myh p uong om he Consuios o he eera /ndepeen

es o Amerca Pubshed by Order o Congress (Bosn: om d

Bowen, 1785, 991

9 Btn Myh, p 23, quotg om he Consuo p 810 Bton Myh p 2, quotg om he Couos p 3

11 Bron, Myh p quog om he Couos p 3812 Church o he Hoy rny ned aes 143 S 5, 8 892

3 Bejmn Rush A Ler by Dr Bejamn Rush Descrbng he Coecraon ohe German Coege a1 Lacaser (Lcaste A ubished by Ode of eColege 195 pp 910

14 Noah Webste he Hsory o e ned aes (ew aven: Drie & ec1832 33·33 49

5 Ibd sher Ames oces on he Le Characer o Fsher Ames Boston B

Wa & Co, 18 p. ary 15, 788. Bem Rs e Leers o Benamn Rush, L H Butteied

Picen Priceton Unversiy Press fo e Americ hlosophcal Sociey1951 Vol. I p 454, uotig Jo Joachm Zubly Pesbyteia Pasr addelege o Congess i a lee t Davd Rmsay i rc o Apl 788

18. o Adams e ork o ohn A ecod Presde" he ned Saes(Boson Chles C Litle and James Bown 1851 Vo V 484

19. Webt, Hsoy o h ned as 0 i W Bne Coeares on Laws o[ Englad (Oxford

Clrendon Pess 179

21. Bon, Myh p 198, oting om Backstone Vol p 42 Jo Adms, he Paers o ohn Ads, Rot J ayo ed Camidge

Belap ess 9 Vo p 8 1 Agu 29 1323 Rs Leers Vo. p 24 i a leer o Chles Lc on Octo 24, 79 Benjmin Rus ays Lerar Mora Phosophca Phladelpia

homas d Wiliam Badford 180, 12 Colone Robet ngeo ngesoa: e o Though rom he Leues

peeches ad Coraon o Coonl Robr ngrol Chcgo BodCle, Co. 1882 43



8 KEYS O OO OVEE

6. Ibid., p 497. Abm Lincon Coected Work of Abrahm ncoln oy P Basler

(ew Brwik J: utgers Uivesity Press 953) p 35, from s addressto e ew esey Seae o Febr 1 1861

8 M Weems The fe of George Whngton (hiladelpia: osep Ale18), p 6

9. Ibd. p

30. Bo, Myth p 8, qog om o Weso, e Wor of the

Revere John Witherspoon iadelpa Wli W Woodd 80 Volm p 46.

3 Abiga Adams e/er of Mr Adam he We of John Adam Bosto:

Cres C. ite d Jes Brown 1840) Vol I p. 63 oh Adms spa oe 18 at Vo pp 93-94

33 bid Vo p 9434 Maias Be . asor o te Frs C i orwa An Eectn

Sermn Preached at Hartford n the Day of he Annerary ELection May

8 (Hod id by Hdso oodw, 803) pp 9 16, 7.35 Bo Myth pp 35-36 qotg om William Seriou Conderation

on the Eecton of a Preden ew Yo: Fman 180 p 8,

36Abgail Adams

New eer of Abigai Ad 888Stewa iell

Bosto: Hogto Mf Compny 94) 65-6637. oa Webste etter to a Yong Geneman Commencing Hi Education to

which i ubjoined a Brief Htory of the United State (ew Hae: S.Covse 183 p 18, I .

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