American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

West Virginia (June 20, 1863) was separated from the State of Virginia and was admitted as the 35th State to the Union. The Constitution of the State of West Virginia, adopted 1872, stated: <Preamble. Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia, in and through the provisions of this Constitution, reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God.> 1863WV001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1863WV001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). West Virginia, 1872, Constitution,...

United States Congress (March 3, 1863) passed a resolution in the U.S. Senate calling upon the President to proclaim a National Day of Prayer and Humiliation: <Resolved, That devoutly recognizing the supreme authority and just government of Almighty God in all the affairs of men and nations, and sincerely believing that no people, however great in numbers and resources, or however strong in the justness of their cause, can prosper without His favor, and at the same time deploring the national offenses which have provoked His righteous judgment, yet encouraged in this day of trouble by the assurance of His Word,...

William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862-November 6, 1935) was an American evangelist, noted for flamboyance and dramatic style. He was a famed professional baseball player, 1883-91, before his conversion. After working with the Y.M.C.A. from 1891-95, he became a nationally renowned evangelist, 1896-1935. Billy Sunday declared: <Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.> 1862BS001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1862BS001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). William Ashley "Billy" Sunday. Tryon Edwards, D.D., The New...

Arthur Christopher Benson (April 24, 1862-June 17, 1925) was an English author and educator, whose works include: The Upton Letters; From a College Window; and Walter Pater. In 1902, he wrote Land of Hope and Glory: <Land of hope and glory, mother of the free, How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet.> 1862AB001 1862AB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Arthur Christopher Benson, 1902, in his work titled, Land of Hope and Glory. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little,...

Georgia Constitution (1861): <ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2: God has ordained that men shall live under government; but as the forms and administration of civil government are in human, and therefore, fallible hands, they may be altered, or modified whenever the safety or happiness of the governed requires it. No government should be changed for light or transient causes; nor unless upon reasonable assurance that a better will be established. ARTICLE 1, SECTION 7: No religious test shall be required for the tenure of any office, and no religion shall be established by law, and no citizen shall be deprived of any...