As
we today remember the tragic events of 911 and mourn yesterday's assassination of
Charlie Kirk, let us also remember where we came from as a nation. This is vital for
as the noted historian Carl Sandburg said, "When a nation goes down or a
society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they
came from."
No one is better qualified to remind us of where we came from than the famous senator from Massachusetts, Daniel Webster
(1782–1852), who was born when the nation was still in her infancy. Speaking in 1820 at
the 200-year anniversary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims at
Plymouth, Webster said,
Finally, let us not
forget the religious character of our origin. Our fathers were brought hither
by their high veneration for the Christian religion. They journeyed by its
light and labored in its hope. They sought to incorporate its principles with
the elements of their society, and to diffuse its influence through all their
institutions, civil, political, or literary. Let us cherish these sentiments
and extend this influence still more widely; in the full conviction, that that
is the happiest society which partakes in the highest degree of the mild
peaceful spirit of Christianity (Hyatt, 1726: The Year that Defined America, 43).
Webster made it plain where the principles and ideals for the founding of America originated. They did not come Marxism, secularism, or Islamism. It was Bible-believing Christians who founded America and made her into the freest and most prosperous nation in history. May we prayerfully reflect on this reality and pray for another Great Awakening that will return the nation to her roots of Faith and Freedom.
During an interview on Newsmax about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Dana Loesch said, "America needs Jesus!" She is so right! He is our only hope. Yesterday, just before I heard the news of his assassination, an old hymn came to mind that I remembered singing as a child. The chorus says,
Stand up, stand up for Jesus;
Ye soldiers of the Cross.
Lift high the royal banner;
It must not suffer loss.
Eddie Hyatt's many books, including 1726:The Year that Defined America and The Book that Made America Great, are available from Amazon and his website at http://www.eddiehyatt.com.
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