American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Sir David Brewster (December 11, 1781-February 10, 1868) was a Scottish physicist. In 1817, he patented his invention of the kaleidoscope. He founded the science of optical mineralogy, involving light polarization, and was a founder and President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Sir David Brewster stated: <I shall see Jesus, and that will be grand!...Oh, is it not sad that all are not contented with the beautiful simple plan of salvation-Jesus Christ only-who has done so much for us. "Notwithstanding his talents!" That disgusts me: merit for a man to bow his intellect to the Cross!...

John MacPherson Berrien (August 23, 1781-January 1, 1856) was a U.S. Senator, 1824-29, 1841-52; served in the War of 1812; was a Georgia State Senator, 1822-23; and was attorney general under President Jackson, 1829-31. He stated: <I have an abiding confidence that the God of our fathers will be the God of their children-that He will be our God; that He will graciously enable us to preserve that glorious fabric, which His mercy and His goodness, not the might of and strength of our ancestors, enabled them to construct; and that countless generations, enjoying the rich heritage which they have...

Congress of the Confederation (March 1, 1781) formally began operating under the Articles of Confederation, as the thirteenth state, Maryland, finally granted ratification. The Articles of Confederation, which were proposed in the Continental Congress, November 15, 1777; and signed July 9, 1778; constituted the government in America prior to the writing of the United States Constitution, 1787: <Preamble. Whereas the delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and in the second year of the independence of America...

John Bannister Gibson (November 8, 1780-May 3, 1853) was a jurist and the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and jurist. He stated: <Give Christianity a common law trial; submit the evidence pro and con to an impartial jury under the direction of a competent court, and the verdict will assuredly be in its favor.> 1780JB001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1780JB001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). John Bannister Gibson, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. Tryon Edwards, D.D., The New Dictionary of Thoughts-A Cyclopedia of Quotations (Garden City, NY:...

Continental Congress (October 18, 1780) issued a Proclamation for a Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer. This came after the revealing and subsequent deliverance from Benedict Arnold's plot to betray General George Washington and his troops to the British: <Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God, the Father of all mercies, amidst the vicissitudes and calamities of war, to bestow blessings on the people of these states, which call for their devout and thankful acknowledgements, more especially in the late remarkable interposition of his watchful providence, in the rescuing the person of our Commander-in-Chief and the army from imminent dangers, at the...