Today's American Minute

John Eliot, "Praying Indians," King Philip's War, & a Wampanoag preacher, Rev. "Blind" Joe Amos - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 09, 2023 • " King Philip's War • "Praying Indians • & a Wampanoag preacher • John Eliot • Rev. "Blind" Joe Amos

A legend is that in 1646, Richard Bourne came upon a few hundred natives dancing and offering sacrifices, one of which was human. Bourne lifted his arms and raised his voice, declaring “if you do not stop your horrible work I will call upon my God to visit his wrath upon you!” Suddenly, a flash of lightning split the rock into pieces. Immediately following this, hundreds of Indians converted. The rock, located near Bournedale, Massachusetts, is referred to as Sacrifice Rock or Chamber Rock

Helen Keller "Self-pity is our worst enemy" - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 05, 2023 • Helen Keller "Self-pity is our worst enemy

Helen Keller stated: "Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly."

Ancient Hebrew education, Noah Webster's Dictionary, & Public School Code, 1915 "The Holy Bible shall be read ... at the opening of each and every school day" - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 05, 2023 • & Public School Code • 1915 "The Holy Bible shall be read ... at the opening of each and every school day • Ancient Hebrew education • Noah Webster's Dictionary

Noah Webster wrote in The History of the United States, 1832: "All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible."

“Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are” - Booker T. Washington's famous Racial Reconciliation Speech, & his warning against that era's Critical Race Theory - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 04, 2023 • & his warning against that era's Critical Race Theory • “Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are” - Booker T. Washington's famous Racial Reconciliation Speech

Booker T. Washington wrote

"The man is unwise who does not cultivate in every manly way the friendship and goodwill of his next-door neighbor, whether he be black or white."

BTW, MLK, Jr., & Manning Johnson vs. W.E.B. Du Bois & Communist Agitators - American Minute with Bill Federer

August 04, 2023 • BTW & Manning Johnson vs. W.E.B. Du Bois & Communist Agitators • Jr. • MLK

Booker T. Washington wrote in My Larger Education-Being Chapters from My Experience (1911): "There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who do not want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public."