American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Continental Congress (July 6, 1775) passed the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms, composed by Thomas Jefferson, to explain to the British why militiamen from several Colonies began to gather near Boston: <But a reverence for our great Creator, principles of humanity, and the dictates of common sense, must convince all those who reflect upon the subject, that government was instituted to promote the welfare of mankind, and ought to be administered for the attainment of that end.... Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and if necessary, foreign assistance...

Georgia Provincial Congress (July 5, 1775) in its request for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, stated: <A motion was made and seconded, that this Congress apply to his Excellency the Governour, by message, requesting him to appoint a day of Fasting and Prayer throughout this Province, on account of the disputes subsisting between America and the Parent State; which being unanimously passed in the affirmative.> 1775GP002 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1775GP002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Georgia Provincial Congress. July 5, 1775. Verna M. Hall and Rosalie...

Georgia Provincial Congress (July 4, 1775) stated: <The Congress being returned, a motion was made and seconded, that the thanks of this Congress be given to the Rev. Doctor Zubly, for the excellent Sermon he preached this day to the Members; which was unanimously agreed to.> 1775GP001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1775GP001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Georgia Provincial Congress, July 4, 1775. Verna M. Hall and Rosalie J. Slater, The Christian History of the American Revolution (San Francisco: Foundation for American Christian Education, 1976),...

Continental Congress (June 12, 1775) less than two months after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, where "the shot heard 'round the world" was fired, declared Thursday, July 20, 1775, as a Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer: <As the Great Governor of the World, by his supreme and universal Providence, not only conducts the course of nature with unerring wisdom and rectitude, but frequently influences the minds of men to serve the wise and gracious purposes of His indispensable duty, devoutly to acknowledge His superintending Providence, especially in times of impending danger, and public calamity, to reverence and...

Massachusetts Provincial Congress (May 31, 1775) just three weeks after the victory of Fort Ticonderoga, invited Samuel Langdon, President of Harvard College, to address them. He declared: <We have rebelled against God. We have lost the true spirit of Christianity, though we retain the outward profession and form of it....By many, the Gospel is corrupted into a superficial system of moral philosophy, little better than ancient Platonism.... My brethren, let us repent and implore the divine mercy. Let us amend our ways and our doings, reform everything that has been provoking the Most High, and thus endeavor to obtain the gracious...