Consider these

words that Thomas Jefferson wrote on the front of his well-worn Bible:

"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."

Consider these

words from George Washington, the Father of our Nation, in his farewell

speech on September 19, 1796: "It is impossible to govern the world

without God and the Bible. Of all the dispositions and habits that lead

to political prosperity, our religion and morality are the indispensable

supporters. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality

can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid

us to expect that our national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious

principle."

Was George

Washington a Christian? Consider these words from his personal prayer

book: "Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words

and work. Wash away my sins in the emaculate 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."

Consider these

words by John Adams, our second president, who also served as chairman

of the American Bible Society. In an address to military leaders he said,

"We have no government armed with the power capable of contending

with human passions, unbridled by morality and true religion. Our Constitution

was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate

to the government of any other."

How about our

first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay? He stated that when we select our

national leaders, if we are to preserve our Nation, we must select Christians.

"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and

it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian

Nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."

John Quincy

Adams, son of John Adams, was the sixth U.S. President. He was also the

chairman of the American Bible Society, which he considered his highest

and most important role. On July 4, 1821, President Adams said, "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."

Calvin Coolidge,

our 30th President of the United States reaffirmed this truth when he

wrote, "The foundations of our society and our government rest so

much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support

them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal

in our country."

In 1782, the

United States Congress voted this resolution: "The Congress of the

United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools."

William Holmes

McGuffey, author of the McGuffey Reader, was used for over 100 years in

our public schools with over 125 million copies sold until it was stopped

in 1963. President Lincoln called him the "Schoolmaster of the Nation."

Listen to these

words of Mr. McGuffey: "The Christian religion is the religion of

our country. From it are derived our notions on the character of God,

on the great moral Governor of the universe. On its doctrines are founded

the peculiarities of our free institutions. From no source has the author

drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these

extracts from the Bible I make no apology."

Of the first

108 universities founded in America, 106 were distinctly Christian, including

the first, Harvard University, chartered in 1636. In the original Harvard

Student Handbook, rule number 1 was that students seeking entrance must

know Latin and Greek so that they could study the scriptures:

"Let every

student be plainly instructed and earnestly pressed to consider well,

the main end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ,

which is eternal life, John 17:3; and therefore to lay Jesus Christ as

the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning. And seeing the

Lord only giveth wisdom, let every one seriously set himself by prayer

in secret to seek it of him (Proverbs 2:3)."

For over 100

years, more than 50% of all Harvard graduates were pastors!

It is clear

from history that the Bible and the Christian faith, were foundational

to our educational and judicial system. However, in 1947, there was a

radical change of direction for the Supreme Court. It required ignoring

every precedent of Supreme Court ruling for the past 160 years. The Supreme

Court ruled in a limited way to affirm a wall of separation between church

and State in the public classroom.

In the coming

years, this led to removing prayer from public schools in 1962. Here is

the prayer that was banished:

"Almighty

God, we acknowledge our dependence on Thee. We beg Thy blessings upon

us and our parents and our teachers and our country. Amen."

In 1963, the

Supreme Court ruled that Bible reading was outlawed as unconstitutional

in the public school system. The court offered this justification: "If

portions of the New Testament were read without explanation, they could

and have been psychologically harmful to children."

Bible reading

was now unconstitutional, though the Bible was quoted 94 percent of the

time by those who wrote our Constitution and shaped our Nation and its

system of education and justice and government.

In 1965, the

Courts denied as unconstitutional the right of a student in the public

school cafeteria to bow his head and pray audibly for his food. In 1980,

Stone vs. Graham outlawed the Ten Commandments in our public schools.

The Supreme Court said this:

"If the

posted copies of the Ten Commandments were to have any effect at all,

it would be to induce schoolchildren to read them. And if they read them,

mediated upon them, and perhaps venerated and obeyed them, this is not

a permissible objective."

Is it not a

permissible objective to allow our children to follow the moral principles

of the Ten Commandments? James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution

of the United States, said this: "We have staked the whole future

of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have

staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity

of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles

of the Ten Commandments."

Today, we are

asking God to bless America. But, how can He bless a Nation that has departed

so far from Him? Prior to September 11, He was not welcome in America.

Most of what you read in this article has been erased from our textbooks.

Revisionists have rewritten history to remove the truth about our country's

Christian roots. You are encouraged to make copies, and share with others,

so that the truth of our nation's history will be told.

Keith Turner

Fayetteville,

Ga. 30215

[email protected]