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Lawyer. Read about Benedict here.WORKS The Beginning of America: A Discourse delivered before the New-York historical society on its fifth-ninth anniversary, Tuesday, November 17, 1863. New-York: Printed by J.F. Trow, 1864. 64 pp.; 25 cm. Religion in public schools, A Paper read before the American Association for the Advancement of Education at their third session, held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August, 1853. Newark, N.J.: A. Stephen Holbrook, printer, 1854. 26 pp.; 23 cm. Berman, Harold(1918-2007)Legal scholar. Learn more about Berman here. Our thanks to Dr. Berman for his permission to offer the items below.WORKSLove for Justice: The Influence of Christianity upon the Development of Law [PDF -- the Oklahoma Law Review grants permission for non-profits to reproduce this, provided the author and journal is named and notice of copyright is offered]Religious Foundations of Law in the West: An Historical Perspective," The Journal of Law And Religion, Volume 1 (1983), pp. 3-43.The Western Legal Tradition in a Millennial Perspective: Past and Future," The Edward Douglas White Lecture, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Law Review, Volume 60 (2000), pp. 739-763. Bethune, George W. (George Washington)(1805-1862)WORKS The Relation of the Sunday-school system to our Christian patriotism: Annual sermon in behalf of the American Sunday-School Union: delivered at Philadelphia, May 16, 1847. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1847. 25 pp. Bevier, Abraham Garret(1812-1861)A descendant of the Huguenots.WORKSThe Indians, or, Narratives of massacres and depredations on the frontier in Wawasink and its vicinity during the American Revolution interspersed with reflections on the providence of God: with an appendix containing brief notices of natural curiosities and objects of interest in Wawasink. Rondout, N.Y.: For sale at the Print. Office of Bradbury & Wells; New York: At the Office of the Christian intelligencer, (New York: John A. Gray, printer), 1846. 79 pp. Bingham, Caleb(1575-1817)Textbook writer. Read about Bingham here.WORKS The American Preceptor; being a new selection of lessons for reading and speaking: designed for the use of schools. By Caleb Bingham, A.M. Author of the Columbian orator, Child's companion, etc. The first New-York (from the fifth) edition, 1800.iv, [1] 6-228 p. 18 cm. (12mo) The Columbian Orator, containing a variety of original and selected pieces; together with rules; calculated to improve youth and others in the ornamental and useful art of eloquence. By Caleb Bingham, A.M. author of The American preceptor, Young lady's accidence, etc. [Three lines from Rollin] Published according to act of Congress. Third edition. 300 pp. 18 cm. (12mo) The Columbian Orator. 15th edition. Boston, 1812. 287 pp. Frederick Douglass: When I was about thirteen years old, and had succeeded in learning to read, every increase of knowledge, especially anything respecting the free states, was an additional weight to the almost intolerable burden of my thought--"I am a slave for life." To my bondage I could see no end. It was a terrible reality, and I shall never be able to tell how sadly that thought chafed my young spirit. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I had earned a little money in blacking boots for some gentlemen, with which I purchased of Mr. Knight, on Thames street, what was then a very popular school book, viz., "The Columbian Orator," for which I paid fifty cents. I was led to buy this book by hearing some little boys say they were going to learn some pieces out of it for the exhibition. This volume was indeed a rich treasure, and every opportunity afforded me, for a time, was spent in diligently perusing it. Among much other interesting matter, that which I read again and again with unflagging satisfaction was a short dialogue between a master and his slave. The slave is represented as having been recaptured in a second attempt to run away; and the master opens the dialogue with an upbraiding speech, charging the slave with ingratitude, and demanding to know what he has to say in his own defense. Thus upbraided and thus called upon to reply, the slave rejoins that he knows how little anything that he can say will avail, seeing that he is completely in the hands of his owner; and with noble resolution, calmly says, "I submit to my fate." Touched by the slave's answer, the master insists upon his further speaking, and recapitulates the many acts of kindness which he has performed toward the slave, and tells him he is permitted to speak for himself. Thus invited, the quondam slave made a spirited defense of himself, and thereafter the whole argument for and against slavery is brought out. The master was vanquished at every turn in the argument, and appreciating the fact he generously and meekly emancipates the slave, with his best wishes for his prosperity. It is unnecessary to say that a dialogue with such an origin and such an end, read by me when every nerve of my being was in revolt at my own condition as a slave, affected me most powerfully. I could not help feeling that the day might yet come, when the well-directed answers made by the slave to the master, in this instance, would find a counterpart in my own experience. This, however, was not all the fanaticism which I found in the Columbian Orator. I met there one of Sheridan's mighty speeches, on the subject of Catholic Emancipation, Lord Chatham's speech on the American War, and speeches by the great William Pitt, and by Fox. These were all choice documents to me, and I read them over and over again, with an interest ever increasing, because it was ever gaining in intelligence; for the more I read them the better I understood them. The reading of these speeches added much to my limited stock of language, and enabled me to give tongue to many interesting thoughts which had often flashed through my mind and died away for want of words in which to give them utterance. The mighty power and heart-searching directness of truth penetrating the heart of a slaveholder, compelling him to yield up his earthly interests to the claims of eternal justice, were finely illustrated in the dialogue, and from the speeches of Sheridan I got a bold and powerful denunciation of oppression and a most brilliant vindication of the rights of man. Here was indeed a noble acquisition. If I had ever wavered under the consideration that the Almighty, in some way, had ordained slavery and willed my enslavement for his own glory, I wavered no longer. I had now penetrated to the secret of all slavery and all oppression, and had ascertained their true foundation to be in the pride, the power, and the avarice of man. With a book in my hand so redolent of the principles of liberty, with a perception of my own human nature and the facts of my past and present experience, I was equal to a contest with the religious advocates of slavery, whether white or black, for blindness in this matter was not confined to the white people. I have met many good religious colored people at the south, who were under the delusion that God required them to submit to slavery and to wear their chains with meekness and humility. I could entertain no such nonsense as this, and I quite lost my patience when I found a colored man weak enough to believe such stuff.

American theologian. Son of Jonathan Edwards (1703-58). President of Union College at Schenectady, N.Y. Read more about Edwards here.WORKSFast Sermon of April 1771. Edwards-Chapin Collection, Box 1, Uncatalogued MS Vault 803, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.Fast Sermon of April 1772. Edwards-Chapin Collection, Box 1, Uncatalogued MS Vault 803, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.Submission to Rulers. Preached at a Freeman's meeting, 1775. Extracted from The Works of Jonathan Edwards, D.D., late president of Union College, Volume 2. Andover [Mass.], 1842, pp. 238-247. Also here.The Necessity of Atonement, and the consistency between that and free grace, in forgiveness, illustrated in three Sermons, preached before His Excellency the governor, and a large number of both houses of the legislature of the state of Connecticut, during their sessions at New-Haven, in October, A.D. M.DCC.LXXXV. By Jonathan Edwards, D.D. Pastor of a church in New-Haven. 63, [1] pp. 18 cm. (8vo) The Injustice and Impolicy of the slave trade, and of the slavery of the Africans: illustrated in a Sermon preached before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom, and for the Relief of Persons Unlawfully Holden in Bondage, at their annual meeting in New-Haven, September 15, 1791. / By Jonathan Edwards, D.D. Pastor of a church in New-Haven. [New Haven], Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1791. 39 pp.A Sermon delivered at the funeral of the Honorable Roger Shermon [sic] Esq. senator of the United States of America. Who deceased the 23 of July 1793. By Jonathan Edwards, D.D. 1793. 24 pp. 22 cm. (8vo) The Necessity of the Belief of Christianity. Hartford, 1794. Also here. From Ellis Sandoz (editor), Political Sermons of the American Founding Era. Vol. 2 (1789-1805) [1991] The Works of Jonathan Edwards, D.D., late president of Union College. Andover [Mass.], 1842. Volume 1 of 2. CCEL edition. The Works of Jonathan Edwards, D.D., late president of Union College. Andover [Mass.], 1842. 556 pp. Volume 1 of 2. CCEL edition. Eidsmoe, John A.(1945- )Legal Counsel for the Foundation for Moral Law and teacher of Professional Responsibility for the Oak Brook College of Law. Ordained pastor with the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations; teacher of Apologetics and other subjects for the Free Lutheran Seminary. Colonel, Alabama State Defense Force. Read more about Eidsmoe here. Website here."I am committed to the belief that the Bible is God's inspired and inerrant word, that the Bible is relevant to the issues of today, and that one of today's greatest needs is for the articulation of a comprehensive biblical view of current issues and a comprehensive biblical view of law. I am further committed to the belief that America's constitutional heritage is based on solid biblical principles and that an understanding of this constitutional heritage is essential to the preservation of American freedom. Christianity and the Constitution . . . [is] a detailed study of the religious beliefs of the founders of this nation and the role the United States of America plays in the plan of God. I urge writers in every field of academic discipline to think through their positions carefully, in the light of God's word, the Bible." --Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2007. WORKS Warrior, Statesman, Jurist for the South: The Life, Legacy and Law of Thomas Goode Jones. From Jones Law Review, v. 5, n. 1. 2001. Presented by permission of the author. A revised version in hardcover was published in 2003 by Sprinkle Publications. Buy this book here. A Call to Stand with Chief Justice Moore. PDF version. The Federalist Papers: The Key to Restoring Our Constitutional Republic.The Doctrine of Interposition in Christian Theology. January 29, 2006. What Congress Can Do for This American. January 21, 2008. Tripoli v. Paris: A Tale of Two Treaties. March 10, 2009. See also the response here by William R. Bowen: Tempest in a Treaty: Does the Treaty of Tripoli Support a Secular America?. Response to The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers. Who Were They Hiding It From?. January 6, 2012. Christianity and the Constitution: The Faith of Our Founding Fathers. Baker Publishing Group, August 1995. 473 pp. Foreword by D. James Kennedy. Buy this book here. Other works. Also here.Eisenhower, Dwight D.(1890-1969)34th President of the United States. See Eisenhower's entry here at the American Presidents webpage.Eliot, Andrew(1718-1778)Boston Clergyman. Read more about Eliot here. "In Election Sermon on May 29, 1765 (the same day Patrick Henry introduced his famous Resolutions in the Virginia legislature against the Stamp Act) delivered before the Royal Governor and the legislature of Massachusetts, he upheld the right of resistance against usurpers and tyranny."WORKSA Sermon Preached Before His Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq; Governor, the Honorable His Majesty's Council, and the Honorable House of Representatives, of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, May 29th 1765. Being the anniversary for the election of His Majesty's Council for the province. By Andrew Eliot, A.M. Pastor of a church in Boston. Boston, MDCCLXV. [1765]. 57 pp.Eliot, John(1604-1690)Clergyman. Read more about Eliot here.WORKSThe Harmony of the Gospels: in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. Boston; 1678. [4], 131, [1] pp.; 19 cm. Convers Francis (1795-1863). Life of John Eliot: The apostle to the Indians. New-York: Harper & Bros., 1844. xii, 357 pp., [1] leaf of plates: facsim; 18 cm. Nehemiah Adams. The Life of John Eliot: with an account of the early missionary efforts among the Indians of New England. Boston, 1847. 322 pp. Ellsworth, Oliver(1745-1807)American statesman and jurist. Read more about Ellsworth here.WORKSWilliam Garrott Brown. The Life of Oliver Ellsworth. New York: Macmillan, 1905. ix, 369 pp., [4] leaves of plates: ill.; 23 cm.To the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut. Published in The Courant, August 11, 1818, p. 2. Present on the committee: Oliver Ellsworth, David Daggett, Pliny Hillyer, Eliphalet Terry, Abraham Vanhorne DeWitt, Noah Webster, George Colfax, David F. Sill, David Burr, Lewis B. Sturges, Shubael Abbe, John Parish, James Morris, Elijah Sherman, Jonathan Law, Nathan Wilcox, John T. Peters, and Jonathan Burns. Report presented June 3, 1818.... "In the opinion of the committee, no legislative aid is necessary on any of the grounds of complaint specified in the Petition. This opinion however is formed on the principle recognized that every member of society should, in some way, contribute to the support of religious institutions. In illustration of this principle, it may be observed, that the primary objects of government, are the peace, order, and prosperity of society. By their preservation, individuals are secured in all their valuable interests. To the promotion of these objects, particularly in a republican government, good morals are essential. Institutions for the promotion of good morals, are therefore objects of legislative provision and support; and among these, in the opinion of the committee, religious institutions are eminently useful and important. It is not here intended that speculative opinions in theology and mere rites and modes of worship, are the subjects of legal coercion, or indeed the objects of legislation; but that the legislature, charged with the great interests of the community, may and ought to countenance, and protect religious institutions -- institutions wisely calculated to direct men to the performance of all the duties arising from their connection with each other, and to prevent or repress those evils which flow from unrestrained passion."Also on this page, Extract from "A series of Letters on the Establishment of the Worship of the Deity is Essential to National Happiness, Published in 1789," published from The Salem Gazette. "It is the influence of religion, and of Christianity above all other systems, which has raised the civilized nations of the earth from darkness to light, from brutes to men."Elwell, John L.(20th century)WORKS The Story of Byfield. Boston: George E. Littlefield, 1904. Also in Word, PDFEly, Ezra Stiles(1786-1861)Clergyman. Read more about Ely here.WORKSThe Duty of Christian Freemen to Elect Christian Rulers: A Discourse delivered on the Fourth of July, 1827, in the Seventh Presbyterian Church. Philadelphia, 1828. 32 pp. "With an appendix, designed to vindicate the liberty of Christians, and of the American Sunday School Union." Reprinted in Joseph Blau, ed., American Philosophic Addresses, 1700-1900 (New York, 1946), pp. 551-62, and Joseph Blau, "The 'Christian Party in Politics,'" Review of Religion, XI, no. 1, Sept. 1946. "We are a Christian nation; we have a right to demand that all our rulers in their conduct shall conform to Christian morality; and if they do not, it is the duty and privilege of Christian freemen to make a new and a better election." Extracted in The Reformer: A Religious Work, Volumes 7-8, Printed by J. Rakestraw, 1826, pp. 135-137. This extract includes critical commentary of Ely's position. The criticism does not take into account Ely's response in the 1828 edition with appendix. The criticism also ignores Ely's statement:"I would guard, however, against misunderstanding andmisrepresentation, when I state, that all our rulers ought intheir official stations to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. I do not wish any religious test to be prescribed by constitution,and proposed to a man on his acceptance of any public trust. Neither can any intelligent friend or his country and of true religion desire the establishment of anyone religious sect by civil law. Let the religion of the Bible rest on that everlasting rock, and on those spiritual laws, on which Jehovah has founded his kingdom: let Christianity by the spirit of Christ in her members support herself: let Church and State be for ever distinct: but, still, let the doctrines and precepts of Christ govern all men, in all their relations and employments. If a ruler is not a Christian he ought to be one, in this land of evangelical light, without delay; and he ought, being a follower of Jesus, to honour him even as he honours the FATHER. In this land of religious freedom, what should hinder a civil magistrate from believing the gospel, and professing faith in Christ, any more than any other man?"The Migration of the Pilgrims, and of their posterity: considered in an address, read before the New England Society of Philadelphia, on the 22d of December, 1817 / by Ezra Stiles Ely. Philadelphia: Printed at the office of the United States Gazette, 1818. 26 pp.Emerson, Joseph(1777-1833)Educator. Read about Emerson here.WORKSThe Evangelical primer, containing a minor doctrinal catechism, and a minor historical catechism to which is added the Westminster Assembly's Shorter catechism with short explanatory notes and copious Scripture proofs and illustrations by Joseph Emerson. Boston: 1831. 72 pp. ill.RECOMMENDATIONS.Having been informed by the Rev. Mr. Emerson of Beverly ofhis plan for publishing a book, called the Evangelical Primer, andseen a considerable part of the work, we cheerfully approve both ofthe design, and, so far as we are acquainted with it, of the manner,in which it has been executed; and do accordingly recommend the book for the use of Families and Schools.1809.Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College.Moses Stuart, Pastor of the First Congregational Church in New Haven.Noah Webster, jun. N. Haven.Samuel Merwin, Pastor of the United Congregational Church in New Haven.Benjamin Trumbull, Pastor of the Congregational Church in North Haven.Krastus Ripley, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Meriden. Nehemiah Prudden, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Enfield.Edward D. Griffin, Andover.Leonard Woods, Andover.Daniel Dana, Newburyport.William F. Rowland, Exeter. W. Hollinshead, one ot the Pastors of the Independent or Congregational churoh in Charleston, S. Carolina.Erskine, John(1721-1803)Scottish theologian.WORKSThe Influence of religion on national happiness. A Sermon preached before the Society for propagating Christian Knowledge, on January 5. 1756. By John Erskine, To which is annex'd, The present state of the said Society. Edinburgh: printed in the year, 1756. [2], 46 pp.; 80.Erskine, Thomas / 1st Baron Erskine(1750-1823)Lord Chancellor of England. Read about Erskine here.WORKSChristianity Vindicated: in the admirable speech of the Hon. Tho. Erskine, in the trial of J. [i.e., T.] Williams, for publishing Paine's "Age of Reason.": 24th June, 1797. From the twelfth London edition. Philadelphia: Printed by J. Carey, no. 83, N. Second-Street, for G. Douglas, no. 2, South Third-Street, 1797. 15, [1] pp.; (8vo)Extract from Snyder's Great Arguments and Speeches by Eminent Lawyers.Gilbert Clarke profile of Erskine.The Speeches of the Hon. Thomas Erskine, in the Court of King's Bench, June 28, 1797: before the Right Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon, and a special jury, on the trial the King versus Thomas Williams, for publishing The age of reason, written by Thomas Paine; together with Mr. Stewart Kyd's reply, and Lord Kenyon's charge to the jury. Philadelphia: Printed for, and sold by William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church, Nov. 1797.23, [1] pp.; 20 cm. (8vo)Everett, Alexander Hill(1790-1847)American author and diplomatist. Read about Everett here.WORKSAn Address delivered at Charlestown, Mass.: at the request of the young men, without distinction of party, in commemoration of the Battle of Bunker Hill . Boston: Beals & Greene.Critical and Miscellaneous Essays. Boston: J. Munroe & Co., 1845. 563 pp.; 21 cm. Religion expands the intellect, by familiarizing us withthe most interesting questions in the philosophy of matterand mind. It enlarges the heart, by repressing the selfish,and encouraging the social and benevolent feelings. Itchecks our pride in prosperity, and our depression inadversity, by impressing upon us the trifling importanceof our present interests, when compared with those thatbelong to us as candidates for a higher state of existence.It consoles us under the agony of parting from those welove, by the reflection, that we shall meet them again inscenes of permanent happiness. In a word, it changesthe universe from a chaos of confusion and misery, to agrand and beautiful creation, the fit residence and temple,of the High and Holy One that inhabiteth eternity.It is not in nature for those who believe these sublimetruths, to hear about them, and think about them, withoutthe strongest excitement. What is there in the most absorbingaffairs, the most exquisite entertainments, thatcan ever claim in any respect to come into competitionwith them? What is there, for example, in the fable ofthe most highly wrought and beautifully written romance,which can be compared for deep and absorbing interestwith the splendid history of creation and redemption, ofwhich the record is the Bible, the scene the universe, thetime eternity, God, superior beings, and ourselves thesubjects?Eyre, Francis(c.1732-1804)Roman Catholic apologist.WORKSA Short Essay on the Christian religion: descriptive of the advantages which have accrued to society by the establishment of it, as contrasted with the manners and customs of mankind before that happy period; to which are added a few occasional remarks on philosophers in general, as also on some of the objections started against the Chkistian [sic] religion by the fashionable writers of the present age; the whole proposed as a preservative against the pernicious doctrines which have overwhelmed France with misery and desolation. London: printed by J. P. Coghlan; and sold by Messrs. Booker; Keating; Lewis; Debrett; and Robinsons, 1795. vii, [1], 140 pp.Fairbanks, Charles Warren(1852-1918)American statesman. Vice President under Theodore Roosevelt. Read about Fairbanks here and here.WORKSFairbanks in Seattle: Addresses the Christian Endeavor Convention--Says Our country Stands for Peace. Galveston Daily News, July 13, 1907, p. 2. Column C."The strength and honor and perpetuity of American institutions depend more upon the influence and teachings of the great Christian churches than upon all other influences combined and many times multiplied. This is and is to be a Christian Nation. Its destiny is to be governed by Christian people. Our fathers walked by Christian faith, and we are guided by that same faith. We are carrying it into business and politics, and the more we put into both the nobler will be our ideals and the more thoroughly we will be inspired by that spirit of righteousness and justice which tends to the welfare of the home, the exaltation of the community and the glory of the State."We love and honor the flag, not because it is a symbol of mighty power, not because it is the emblem of victories in the right upon land and sea, but beyond all else because it stands for the justice and righteousness of a great Christian people."Take out of the Republic the Christian faith, blot out of the hearts of our people love of the Christian religion, tear down the sacred altars from sea to sea where the millions worship, uproot the Christian Endeavor Societies and their allied organizations engaged in promoting Christian work--and night would come. The splendid temple erected by our fathers would totter to its fall and the battle fields made immortal by the blood of our heroes would quicken no generous impulse, would awaken no patriotic sentiment."Our Nation's great leaders (we have no rulers) have been men of simple Christian faith, and whenever storm and stress have come, they have held to that faith as their sheet anchor."Fillmore, President Millard(1800-1874)See President Fillmore's entry here at the American Presidents webpage.Finney, Charles Grandison(1792-1875)Evangelist and preacher. Read The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney here and here. Disclaimer: Finney is said to hold Peleganist views.WORKS Lectures on Systematic Theology ; Embracing Moral government, the atonement, moral and physical depravity, natural, moral, and gracious ability, repentance, faith, justification, sanctification, &c. By the Rev. Charles G. Finney, Professor of Theology in the Oberlin Collegiate Institute, Ohio, America. The whole work revised, enlarged, and partly re-written by the author, during his late visit to England. Edited and revised, with an introduction, by the Rev. George Redford, D.D., L.L.D, of Worcester. London: William Tegg and Co., 85, Queen Street, Cheapside. 1851 edition. 1878 edition. Lectures on Revivals of Religion. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1868, Lecture XV, pp. 281-282. "But the time has come that Christians must vote for honest men and take consistent ground in politics, or the Lord will curse them. They must be honest men themselves, and instead of voting for a man because he belongs to their party, Bank or Anti-Bank, Jackson, or Anti-Jackson, they must find out whether he is honest and upright, and fit to be trusted. They must let the world see that the church will uphold no man in office, who is known to be a knave, or an adulterer, or a Sabbath-breaker, or a gambler, or a drunkard. Such is the spread of intelligence and the facility of communication in our country, that every man can know for whom he gives his vote. And if he will give his vote only for honest men, the country will be obliged to have upright rulers. All parties will be compelled to put up honest men as candidates. Christians have been exceedingly guilty in this matter. But the time has come when they must act differently, or God will curse the nation, and withdraw his spirit. As on the subject of slavery and temperance, so on this subject, the church must act right or the country will be ruined. God cannot sustain this free and blessed country, which we love and pray for, unless the church will take right ground. Politics are a part of religion in such a country as this, and Christians must do their duty to the country as a part of their duty to God. It seems sometimes as if the foundations of the nation were becoming rotten, and Christians seem to act as if they thought God did not see what they do in politics. But I tell you, he does see it - and He will bless or curse this nation according to the course they take." Memoirs of Rev. Charles G. Finney. New York, A.S. Barnes & Co. [1876] xii, 477 p. front. (port.) facsim. 20 cm.Fiske, John(1842-1901)American historical, philosophical and scientific writer. Read about Fiske here. Disclaimer: Fiske was a proponent of Darwinism.WORKS The Discovery of America, with some account of ancient America and the Spanish conquest. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin; Cambridge [Mass.]: Riverside Press, 1892. 2 vols: ill., facsims., maps, plans, port.; 21 cm. Recommended by President Woodrow Wilson. Volume 1 of 2. Volume 2 of 2. The beginnings of New England: or, The Puritan theocracy in its relations to civil and religious liberty. Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1889. 296 pp. The Historical Writings of John Fiske. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1902. Volume 1. The Discovery of America, with Some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest, Vol. 1 of 3. Volume 2. The Discovery of America, with Some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest, Vol. 2 of 3.Volume 3. The Discovery of America, with Some Account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest, Vol. 3 of 3. Volume 4. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours. Vol. 1. Volume 5. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours. Vol. 2. Volume 6. The Beginnings of New England, or the Puritan Theocracy in Its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty. Volume 7. The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America. Vol. 1. Volume 8. The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America. Vol. 2. Volume 9. New France and New England. Volume 10. The American Revolution, Vol. 1. Volume 11. The American Revolution, Vol. 2. Volume 12. The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789.Ford, President Gerald R.(1913-2006)See President Ford's entry here at the American Presidents webpage.Fordyce, David(c. 1711-1751)Scottish philosopher. Read about Fordyce here.WORKSThe Elements of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books with a Brief Account of the Nature, Progress, and Origin of Philosophy, Book II. London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pallmall, 1754. All three books in one volume here. 312 pp. "Of all the Relations which the human Mind sustains, that which subsists between the Creator and his Creatures, the supreme Lawgiver and his Subjects, is the highest and the best. This Relation arises from the Nature of a Creature in general, and the Constitution of the human Mind in particular; the noblest Powers and Affections of which point to an universal Mind, and would be imperfect and abortive without such a Direction. How lame then must that System of Morals be, which leaves a Deity out of the Question! How disconsolate, and how destitute of its firmest Support! "Therefore verbal Adoration, Prayer, Praise, Thanksgiving, and Confession, are admirable Aids to inward Devotion, fix our Attention, compose and enliven our Thoughts, impress us more deeply with a Sense of the awful Presence in which we are, and, by a natural and mechanical sort of Influence, tend to heighten those devout Feelings and Affections which we ought to entertain, and after this manner reduce into formal and explicit Act."This holds true in an higher Degree in the case of public Worship, where the Presence of our Fellow-creatures, and the powerful Contagion of the social Affections conspire to kindle and spread the devout Flame with greater Warmth and Energy. To conclude: As God is the Parent and Head of the social System, as he has formed us for a social State, as by one we find the best Security against the Ills of Life, and in the other enjoy its greatest Comforts, and as by means of both, our Nature attains its highest Improvement and Perfection; and moreover, as there are public Blessings and Crimes in which we all share in some degree, and public Wants and Dangers to which all are exposed, it is therefore evident, that the various and solemn Offices of public Religion, are Duties of indispensible moral Obligation, among the best Cements of Society, the firmest Prop of Government, and the fairest Ornament of both.Fortenberry, Bill(fl. 21st Century)Author from Birmingham, Alabama. WORKSIncreasing Learning. A research ministry which specializes in the public defense of the Bible and its application to American society. We the People. The Biblical precedent for popular sovereignity. Also here.Hiding the Faith of the Founders. A Refutation of Chris Pinto's book, The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers.Debating the Beliefs of the Founding Fathers.Thomas Jefferson Recognized Jesus as the Christ. Posted Janury 17, 2014.Gregg Frazer is Still Lying about the Founders. Posted April 11, 2014. On March 6th of this year, Gregg spoke at the Shepherds' Conference at Grace Community Church on the topic of "One Nation Under God: Today's Church and the Shocking Truth About the Founding of America." About half an hour into his presentation, Gregg said:Now, first of all, I want to point out "Jesus of Nazareth." That was a way of emphasizing the humanity of Jesus. They didn't talk about Jesus Christ. They didn?t talk about Christ. It was just Jesus or Jesus of Nazareth to emphasize His humanity.The men that Mr. Frazer is referring to here are the founding fathers whom he identifies as the key founders of our nation. This list includes Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, James Wilson and George Washington. These are the men who supposedly never referred to Jesus as Christ, and yet, when we put Frazer's claim to the test, we find that history records each of them using the name of Christ at least once and often more than once.Benjamin Franklin on the Government of Ancient Israel. "In 1788, Franklin wrote a letter to the Federal Gazette in which he used the example of the government of ancient Israel to defend the newly written Constitution of the United States. Franklin makes several observations in this piece which serve as unquestionable evidence of the fact that he was a sincere Christian. Here is the text of Franklin's letter."Christian76. Examining America's Christian Heritage.The Founding Fathers.We the People: The Biblical Precedent for Popular Sovereignity. Also here.Which Revolution?. A comparison between the French and American Revolutions.Rebellion or Revolution?. The Founders and the Myth of Theistic Rationalism. Denials of the Christian faith of various founders of America were circulated even during the lifetimes of these great men, and most of these denials have been proven false time and time again. Recently, however, a new accusation has been brought against those who played significant roles in the formation of our nation. It is said now that these men were neither Christians nor atheists or even Deists, but rather Theistic Rationalists. In this short booklet, Bill Fortenberry confronts the leader of this movement, Gregg Frazer, and aptly exposes the flaws inherent in Mr. Frazer's book, The Religious Beliefs of America's Founders. Hidden Facts of the Founding Era. Text available here. A full-length rebuttal to Chris Pinto's book, The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers.What is the Law of Nature's God? Posted April 6, 2014.Audio presentation. Fortenberry on the Deeper Waters Podcast. Interview by Nick Peters conducted July 5, 2014, posted online July 14, 2014.TIMELINE:Why study the founders? 4:00 Original intentWhat is a Deist? 10:00Was Jefferson a Deist? 10:45Was Jefferson a Christian? 11:40What about the Jefferson Bible? 12:30Did the founders believe in miracles? 14:00Was the God of the founders the Christian God? 17:00Was Franklin a Deist? 18:20What about Thomas Paine? 29:30Were the Founders orthodox? 35:00Religious tests and the importance of believing in God 37:00The basis of the Revolution 41:00Separation of Church and State 42:15 What is an establishment of religion? 43:00 The wall of separation 46:45 Baptist origins 55:00Enlightenment vs. Christian influences on the founders 56:45The Treaty of Tripoli 1:02:45The Laws of Nature and Nature's God 1:10:30The republican government of ancient Israel 1:15:00Did the founders follow the ideas of ancient Greece? 1:25:30Benjamin Franklin's view of Jesus Christ 1:32:00Difference between Fortenberry and Barton 1:35:00The Bible and education 1:37:30When did America start leaving her Christian foundations? 1:39:00Is America still the greatest nation on earth? 1:42:00How can we change America? 1:45:00What can one person do? 1:46:45Why should Christians run for public office? 1:50:00Should we be careful not to offend others with our beliefs? 1:53:00Why would God judge America? 1:54:15Is there hope that America could be great again? 1:55:15What advice would you give to American Christians? 1:57:00Foster, Daniel(c. 1750-1795)Pastor. WORKSA Sermon preached before His Excellency John Hancock, Esq. governour; His Honor Samuel Adams, Esq. lieutenant-governour; the Honourable the Council, Senate, and House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 26, 1790: Being the day of general election. Boston, Massachusetts: Thomas Adams, printer to the Honourable, the General Court, 1790: 35, [1] p.; 22 cm.Duty of Gospel MinistersSermon upon the ordination of Olivere Dodge Election Sermon (1790). Also here. Introduction by David Barton. A Brief reply to the grand enquiry, What must I do to be saved?: To which are added, some peculiar doctrines, and observations upon them, in which they are represented as unscriptural.: Also, the proceedings of the ecclesiastical council at the ordination of the Rev. Daniel Foster, in New-Braintree. Massachusetts-Bay: Worcester: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, 1779. 31, [1] pp.; 18 cm. Foster, John(1763-1829)Author and minister. Read more about Foster here.WORKS A Sermon, preached 6 November, 1817, in Chauncy-Place Church, Boston, before the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and Others. Cambridge, 1817. 44 pp. A Sermon preached before the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company, in Boston, June 5, 1809: being the anniversary of their election of officers. Boston: Munroe, Francis and Parker, 1809. 27, [1] pp. Artillery Sermon. Introduction by David Barton. Infidelity Exposed, and Christianity recommended: in a Sermon delivered to the First Society in Cambridge, on Lord's day, April 11, 1802. Published at the request of the hearers. Cambridge, Mass.: Printed by William Hilliard, 1802. 33 pp.; 22 cm.Franklin, Benjamin(1706-1790)A Founding Father of the United States of America. Author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. While he is considered to be a universalist, we include him here because he did promote Christian values. Read more about Franklin here, here, here, and in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.WORKS Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin. Volume 1, McCarty & Davis, Philadelphia, 1840. "You will see in this my notion of good works, that I am far from expecting to merit heaven by them. By heaven we understand a state of happiness, infinite in degree, and eternal in duration: I can do nothing to deserve such rewards. He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person, should expect to be paid with a good plantation, would be modest in his demands, compared with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good they do on earth. Even the mixt imperfect pleasures we enjoy in this world, are rather from God's goodness than our merit: how much more such happiness of heaven!" -- p. 236. "I shall only add respecting myself, that having experienced the goodness of that Being in conducting me prosperously through a long life, I have no doubt of its continuance in the next, though without the smallest conceit of meriting such goodness." -- p. 623. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin. Volume 2, McCarty & Davis, Philadelphia, 1834. "You express yourself as if you thought I was against Worshipping of God, and believed Good Works would merit Heaven; which are both Fancies of your own, I think, without Foundation. I am so far from thinking that God is not to be worshipped, that I have compos'd and wrote a whole Book of Devotions for my own Use: And I imagine there are few, if any, in the World, so weake as to imagine, that the little Good we can do here, can merit so vast a Reward hereafter. There are some Things in your New England Doctrines and Worship, which I do not agree with, but I do not therefore condemn them, or desire to shake your Belief or Practice of them. We may dislike things that are nevertheless right in themselves. I would only have you make me the same Allowances, and have a better Opinion both of Morality and your Brother. Read the Pages of Mr. Edward's late Book entitled Some Thoughts concerning the present Revival of Religion in NE. from 367 to 375; and when you judge of others, if you can perceive the Fruit to be good, don't terrify your self that the Tree may be evil, but be assur'd it is not so; for you know who has said, Men do not gather Grapes of Thorns or Figs of Thistles." -- p. 109."We do not pretend to merit any thing of God, for he is above our Services; and the Benefits he confers on us, are the Effects of his Goodness and Bounty." -- p. 471. Labaree, Leonard W., et al. The Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Vol. 2, Yale University Press, Connecticut, 1960."Christ gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all Iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar People zealous of Good-Works. And there is scarcely a Chapter in the whole Gospels or Epistles from which this Doctrine can't be prov'd ? I would ask these reverend Gentlemen, Does God regard Man at all? The Answer I suppose will be, That he does, but that it is upon the Account of Christ's Merits; which I shall grant them, and allow it to be the Merits and Satisfaction of Christ that purchased such easy and plain Conditions of Happiness; but still it is our Compliance with these Conditions that I call inward Merit and Desert which God regards in us." -- p. 37."Christ by his Death and Sufferings has purchas'd for us those easy Terms and Conditions of our Acceptance with God, propos'd in the Gospel, to wit, Faith and Repentance." -- p. 90. Joseph Priestley. Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley to the year 1795. Volume 1 of 2. London, 1825. 499 pp. Extract. Henry D. Gilpin. The Papers of James Madison. Volume 3. Washington: Langtree & O'Sullivan, 1840). "We should remember the character which the Scripture requires in rulers, that they should be men hating covetousness." --p. 1284. With William Temple Franklin. The Posthumous and other writings of Benjamin Franklin. Volume 1 of 2. Second editon. London, H. Colburn, 1819. Published from the originals, by his grandson, William Temple Franklin. Extract. Two tracts:information to those who would remove to America, and remarks concerning the savages of North America. 2nd ed. London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1784. 39 pp.; 23 cm. "To this may be truly added, that serious Religion, under its various denominations, is not only tolerated, but respected and practised. Atheism is unknown there; Infidelity rare and secret; so that persons my live to a great age in that country without having their piety shocked by meeting with either an Atheist or an Infidel. And the Divine Being seems to have manifested his approbation of the mutual forbearance and kindness with which the different sects treat each other, by the remarkable prosperity with which he has been pleased to favour the whole country."--p. 18. The Life of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, written by himself; with essays, humorous, moral and literary. Boston: I. Thomas, Jun.: J.T. Buckingham, (Boston: J.T. Buckingham), 1815. 169 pp.: port. Extracts: Preface. Franklin's epitaph. Franklin's will.The BodyOfBenjamin Franklin, printer,(Like the cover of an old bookIts contents torn outAnd stript of its lettering and gilding)Lies here food for worms;Yet the work itself shall not be lost,For it will (as he believed) appear once moreIn a newAnd more beautiful edition,Corrected and amendedByThe Author Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, in Two Parts. Jared Sparks, editor. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters official. Vol. 1 of 10. Boston, 1840. Extracts: Preface. Contents. Chapter XV, which discusses Franklin's religious beliefs. Jared Sparks, editor. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters official. Vol. 2 of 10. Boston: Hilliard, Gray and Co., 1836. Extracts from "Essays on Religious and Moral Subjects and the Economy of Life," "A Comparison of the Conduct of the Ancient Jews and of the Anti-federalists in the United States of America," "Queries and Remarks Respecting Alterations in the Constitution of Pennsylvania." Jared Sparks, editor. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters official. Vol. 5 of 10. Boston, 1837. Extracts: "Motion for Prayers in the Convention," "Speech in the Convention." Jared Sparks, editor. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters official. Vol. 7 of 10. Boston, Hillard Gray, 1838. Extracts.Letter to Mrs. Jane Mecom: "I am so far from thinking that God is not to be worshipped, that I have composed and wrote a whole book of devotions for my own use; and I imagine there are few if any in the world so weak as to imagine, that the little good we can do here can merit so vast a reward hereafter."Letter to George Whitefield, June 6, 1753: "Even the mixed, imperfect pleasures we enjoy in this world, are rather from God's goodness than our merit; how much more such happiness of heaven! For my part I have not the vanity to think I deserve it, the folly to expect it, nor the ambition to desire it; but content myself in submitting to the will and disposal of that God who made me, who has hitherto preserved and blessed me, and in whose fatherly goodness I may well confide, that he will never make me miserable; and that even the afflictions I may at any time suffer shall tend to my benefit." ... "The worship of God is a duty; the hearing and reading of Sermons may be useful; but, if men rest in hearing and praying, as too many do, it is as if a tree should value itself on being watered and putting forth leaves, though it never produced any fruit."Letter to George Whitefield, June 19, 1764: "That Being, who gave me existence, and through almost threescore years has been continually showing his favors upon me, whose very chastisements have been blessings to me; can I doubt that he loves me? And, if he loves me, can I doubt that he will go on to take care of me, not only here but hereafter?Letter to Sarah Franklin, November 8, 1764: "Go constantly to church, whoever preaches. The act of devotion in the Common Prayer Book is your principal business there, and if properly attended to, will do more towards amending the heart than Sermons generally can do. For they were composed by men of much greater piety and wisdom, than our common composers of Sermons can pretend to be; and therefore I wish you would never miss the prayer days; yet I do not mean you should despise Sermons, even of the preachers you dislike, for the discourse is often much better than the man, as sweet and clear waters come through very dirty earth." "Arator"On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor. The London Chronicle, November 29, 1766. ( -13-02-0194, ver. 2014-05-09). Source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 13, January 1 through December 31, 1766, ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1969, pp. 510?516.I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. There is no country in the world where so many provisions are established for them; so many hospitals to receive them when they are sick or lame, founded and maintained by voluntary charities; so many alms-houses for the aged of both sexes, together with a solemn general law made by the rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor. Under all these obligations, are our poor modest, humble, and thankful; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burthen? On the contrary, I affirm that there is no country in the world in which the poor are more idle, dissolute, drunken, and insolent. The day you passed that act, you took away from before their eyes the greatest of all inducements to industry, frugality, and sobriety, by giving them a dependance on somewhat else than a careful accumulation during youth and health, for support in age or sickness. In short, you offered a premium for the encouragement of idleness, and you should not now wonder that it has had its effect in the increase of poverty. Repeal that law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. St. Monday, and St. Tuesday, will cease to be holidays.8 Six days shalt thou labour, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.8. In describing his life as a young man among the London printers in 1724?26 in his Autobiography, BF used the expression ?making a St. Monday? for a printer?s absence from work on that day because of week-end dissipation. Autobiog. (APS-Yale), p. 101. Here he extends it to include Tuesday as well. "Arator": On the Price of Corn, and Management of the Poor. Franklin identified: [Benjamin Vaughan, ed.,] Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces; . . . Written by Benj. Franklin. LL.D. and F.R.S. (London, 1779), pp. 57-63. Appeal for the Hospital. Extracts from The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 8 and 15, 1751. Appeal for the Hospital. From The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 8, 1751, n. 1182, p. 1. The great Author of our Faith, whose Life should be the constant Object of our Imitation, as far as it is not inimitable, always shew'd the greatest Compassion and Regard for the Sick; he disdain?d not to visit and minister Comfort and Health to the meanest of the People; and he frequently inculcated the same Disposition in his Doctrine and Precepts to his Disciples. For this one Thing, (in that beautiful Parable of the Traveller wounded by Thieves) the Samaritan (who was esteemed no better than a Heretick, or an Infidel by the Orthodox of those Times) is preferred to the Priest and the Levite; because he did not, like them, pass by, regardless of the Distress of his Brother Mortal; but when he came to the Place where the half-dead Traveller lay, he had Compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his Wounds, pouring in Oil and Wine, and set him on his own Beast, and brought him to an Inn, and took Care of him. Dives, also, the rich Man, is represented as being excluded from the Happiness of Heaven, because he fared sumptuously every Day, and had Plenty of all Things, and yet neglected to comfort and assist his poor Neighbour, who was helpless and full of Sores, and might perhaps have been revived and restored with small care, by the Crumbs that fell from his Table, or, as we say, with his loose Corns. --I was Sick, and ye Visited me, is one of the Terms of Admission into Bliss, and the Contrary, a Cause of Exclusion: That is, as our Saviour himself explains it, Ye have visited, or ye have not visited, assisted and comforted those who stood in need of it, even tho' they were the least, or meanest of Mankind. This Branch of Charity seems essential to the true Spirit of Christianity; and should be extended to all in general, whether Deserving or Undeserving, as far as our Power reaches. Of the ten Lepers who were cleansed, nine seem to have been much more unworthy than the tenth, yet in respect to the Cure of their Disease, they equally shared the Goodness of God. And the great Physician in sending forth his Disciples, always gave them a particular Charge, that into whatsoever City they entered, they should heal All the Sick, without Distinction. Appeal for the Hospital. From The Pennsylvania Gazette, August 15, 1751, n. 1183. Homines ad Deos, nulla re propius accedunt, quam Salutem Hominibus dando. Cicer. Orat.This Motto, taken from a Pagan Author, expresses the general Sense of Mankind, even in the earliest Ages, concerning that great Duty and extensive Charity, the administring Comfort and Relief to the Sick. If Men without any other Assistance than the Dictates of natural Reason, had so high an Opinion of it, what may be expected from Christians, to whom it has been so warmly recommended by the best Example of human Conduct. To visit the Sick, to feed the Hungry, to clothe the Naked, and comfort the Afflicted, are the inseparable Duties of a christian Life.Accordingly 'tis observable, that the Christian Doctrine hath had a real Effect on the Conduct of Mankind, which the mere Knowledge of Duty without the Sanctions Revelation affords, never produc'd among the Heathens: For History shows, that from the earliest Times of Christianity, in all well-regulated States where Christians obtain'd sufficient Influence, publick Funds and private Charities have been appropriated to the building of Hospitals, for receiving, supporting and curing those unhappy Creatures, whose Poverty is aggravated by the additional Load of bodily Pain. But of these Kind of Institutions among the Pagans, there is no Trace in the History of their Times.That good Prince Edward VI. was so affected at the Miseries of his poor diseas'd Subjects, represented in a charity Sermon preach?d to him on the Occasion, that he soon after laid the Foundation of four of the largest Hospitals now in London, which the Citizens finished, and have ever since maintain'd.In Hidepark, at Bath, in Edinburgh, Liverpool, Winchester, and in the County of Devon, and sundry other Places in Great-Britain, large and commodious Infirmaries have been lately erected, from trifling Beginnings of private Charities: And so wonderfully does Providence favour these pious Institutions, that there is not an Instance of any One's failing for want of necessary charitable Contributions. Jared Sparks, editor. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition, and many letters official. Vol. 10 of 10. . Boston, 1836-1840. 558 pp. Extract, pp. 281-282.Letter to Thomas Paine:DEAR SIR, I have read your manuscript with some attention. By the argument it contains against a particular Providence, though you allow a general Providence, you strike at the foundations of all religion. For without the belief of a Providence, that takes cognizance of, guards, and guides, and may favor particular persons, there is no motive to worship a Deity, to fear his displeasure, or to pray for his protection. I will not enter into any discussion of your principles, though you seem to desire it. At present I shall only give you my opinion, that, though your reasonings are subtile and may prevail with some readers, you will not succeed so as to change the general sentiments of mankind on that subject, and the consequence of printing this piece will be, a great deal of odium drawn upon yourself, mischief to you, and no benefit to others. He that spits against the wind, spits in his own face. But, were you to succeed, do you imagine any good would be done by it? You yourself may find it easy to live a virtuous life, without the assistance afforded by religion; you having a clear perception of the advantages of virtue, and the disadvantages of vice, and possessing a strength of resolution sufficient to enable you to resist common temptations. But think how great a portion of mankind consists of weak and ignorant men and women, and of inexperienced, inconsiderate youth of both sexes, who have need of the motives of religion to restrain them from vice, to support their virtue, and retain them in the practice of it till it becomes habitual, which is the great point for its security. And perhaps you are indebted to her originally, that is, to your religious education, for the habits of virtue upon which you now justly value yourself. You might easily display your excellent talents of reasoning upon a less hazardous subject, and thereby obtain a rank with our most distinguished authors. For among us it is not necessary, as among the Hottentots, that a youth, to be raised into the company of men, should prove his manhood by beating his mother. I would advise you, therefore, not to attempt unchaining the tiger, but to burn this piece before it is seen by any other person; whereby you will save yourself a great deal of mortification by the enemies it may raise against you, and perhaps a good deal of regret and repentance. If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it. I intend this letter itself as a proof of my friendship, and therefore add no professions to it; but subscribe simply yours,B. Franklin David Barton. Benjamin Franklin's Letter to Thomas Paine. With William Temple Franklin. The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in philosophy, politics, and morals: containing, beside all the writings published in former collections, his diplomatic correspondence, as minister of the United States, at the court of Versailles, a variety of articles, and epistolary correspondence, never before published: with memoirs and anecdotes of his life. Vol. 6 of 6. Philadelphia: William Duane, 1809. ill., map; 22 cm. Extracts. Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790. Some Observations on the proceedings against the Rev. Mr. Hemphill; with a vindication of his sermons. The second edition. 1735. 32 pp. 18 cm. (8vo) Anonymous. A Vindication of the Reverend Commission of the Synod: in answer to some observations on their proceedings against the Reverend Mr. Hemphill. [Eleven lines of Scripture texts] 1735. [4], 63, [1] pp. (12mo) Anonymous. A Defence of the Rev. Mr. Hemphill's observations: or, An answer to the vindication of the reverend Commission. [Eleven lines of quotations] 1735.47, [1] pp. (8vo) Obadiah Jenkins. Remarks upon the Defence of the Reverend Mr. Hemphill's observations: in a letter to a friend. Wherein the orthodoxy of his principles, the excellency and meekness of his temper, and the justice of his complaints against the rev. Commission, are briefly considered; and humbly proposed to the view of his admirers. By Obadiah Jenkins. [Three lines from II. Timothy] 1735. [2], 22 pp. Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790. A Letter to a friend in the country, containing the substance of a sermon preach'd at Philadelphia, in the congregation of the Rev. Mr. Hemphill, concerning the terms of Christian and ministerial communion. [Three lines of Scripture texts] 1735. v, 6-40 pp. 18 cm. (8vo) Jonathan Dickinson, 1688-1747. Remarks upon a Pamphlet, entitled, A Letter to a friend in the country, containing the substance of a sermon preached in Philadelphia, in the congregation of the Rev. Mr. Hemphill. Wherein the terms of both Christian and ministerial communion are so stated, that all impositions in religious concerns are exploded, a proper enclosure proposed for the security of each religious society, and the commission of the synod justified in their conduct toward Mr. Hemphill. [Five lines of quotations] 1735. [2], 32 pp. (8vo) Fransioli, Joseph(1817-1890)Catholic clergyman. Read more about Fransioli here.WORKS Infidelity Exposed, and Christianity recommended: in a Sermon delivered to the First Society in Cambridge, on Lord's day, April 11, 1802. Published at the request of the hearers. Cambridge, Mass.: Printed by William Hilliard, 1802. 33 pp.; 22 cm. Fraser, Donald(1755?-1820)Apologist.WORKSA collection of select biography: or, The bulwark of truthbeing a sketch of the lives and testimonies of many eminent laymen, in different countries, who have professed their belief in, and attachment to the Christian religion --whether distinguished as statesmen, patriots, philosophers, &c. : --to which are prefixed two letters to Thomas Paine, containing some important queries and remarks relative to the probable tendency of his Age of reason Frelinghuysen, Theodore(1787-1862)Attorney-general of New Jersey from 1817 to 1829, was a United States senator from New Jersey in 1829-1835, was the Whig candidate for vice-president on the Clay ticket in 1844, and was Chancellor of the university of New York in 1839-1850 and President of Rutgers College in 1850-1862. President of the American Bible Society, 1845-1862. Read more about Frelinghuysen here, here and here.WORKS Speech of Mr. Frelinghuysen, on the Subject of Sunday Mails. In the Senate of the United States -- May 8, 1830. From Register of debates in Congress: comprising the leading debates and incidents of the first session of the Twenty-first Congress: together with an appendix, containing important state papers and public documents, and the laws enacted during the session: with a copious index to the whole. Vol. VI. United States Congress (21st, 1st session: 1829-1830); Washington [D.C.]: Printed and published by Gales and Seaton, 1830. 2 vol.; 26 cm. Half-title: Debates in Congress./ Running title: Gales & Seaton's register of debates in Congress./ Printed in two columns./ Part I: [4], 664, xiv p.; part II: [4], 665-1148, 18 p., 144 columns, ix-li, [i], 4, xiv pp. Extract, Appendix, pp. 1-4. Speeches of Messrs. Webster, Frelinghuysen and others at the Sunday School Meeting in the city of Washington, February 16, 1831. Philadelphia, 1831. 24 pp. Speech of Mr. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 6, 1830, on the bill for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi. Washington: Office of the National journal, 1830, 44 pp. French, Jonathan(1740-1809)Pastor at South Church, Andover, 1772-1809, and was a trustee of Phillips Academy. Read more about French here.WORKS A Sermon Preached before His Excellency Samuel Adams, esq., governour: His Honor Moses Gill, esq., lieutenant-governor: the honourable the Council, Senate, and House of Representatives, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 25, 1796. Being the day of general election. By Jonathan French, A.M. Pastor of a church in Andover. Printed in Boston, Massachusetts: At the State Press, by Adams & Larkin, printers to the Honourable the General Court, M,DCC,XCVI. [1796], 22 pp. A Sermon, delivered on the anniversary thanksgiving November 29, 1798: With some additions in the historical part. / By Jonathan French, A.M. Pastor of the South Church in Andover; Published by request. Andover [Mass.] : Printed by Ames and Parker, 1799. 31, [1] pp. ; 21 cm. (8vo) Frothingham, N. L. (Nathaniel Langdon)(1793-1870)Disclaimer: American Unitarian clergyman.WORKS Christian Patriotism: a Sermon, on occasion of the death of John Adams, preached in Chauncy-place, Boston, July 9th, 1826. Boston, 1826. 18 pp.Gage, Thomas(1721-1787)British governor and general. Read more about Gage here.WORKS The History of Rowley. Boston: Ferdinand Andrews, 1840. Also in Word, PDFGalloway, Charles B. (Betts)(1849-1909)Bishop. Read about Galloway here.WORKS Christianity and the American Commonwealth; or, The Influence of Christianity in making this nation. Nashville, Tenn., Pub. House Methodist Episcopal church, South, Barbee & Smith, agents,1898. 213 pp. 19 cm. Delivered in the chapel at Emory college, Oxford, Ga., March, 1898.Gannett, Ezra S. (Ezra Stiles)(1801-1871)Minister. Disclaimer: Reputed to be Unitarian. Read more about Gannett here.WORKSThanksgiving for the Union. A Discourse delivered in the Federal-Street Meetinghouse in Boston, on Thanksgiving-day, November 28, 1850. Boston, 1850. 22 pp.The State of the Country. A Discourse preached in the Federal Street Meetinghouse in Boston, Sunday, June 8, 1856. Boston, 1856. 20 pp.Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (1829-1902)English historian. Read about Gardiner here. WORKS History of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate, 1649-1656. 1903. London: Longmans. Volume 1 of 4. 1649-1651. Second edition. Volume 2 of 4. 1651-1654. Volume 3 of 4. 1654-1656 . Volume 4 of 4. 1655-1656. It was the author's intention to write the history of England from 1649 to 1660, but his death occurred before the work was completed. cf. v. 1, pref., p. vi.Garfield, President James(1831-1881)See President Garfield's entry here at the American Presidents webpage.Gentz, Friedrich von(1764-1832)WORKS With John Quincy Adams. The Origin and principles of the American Revolution, compared with the origin and principles of the French Revolution. Philadelphia: Published by Asbury Dickins, opposite Christ-Church. H. Maxwell, printer, Columbia-House, 1800. 73, [1] pp.; 21 cm. (8vo)Gest, John Marshall(1859-1934)WORKS The Influence of Biblical texts upon English law: address before the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi societies, June fourteenth 1910. Philadelphia: 1910. 32 pp.Gill, John(1697-1771)Bible expositor. Read about Gill here.WORKSThe Law established by the gospel. A Sermon preached March the 22d, 1738-9. at a monthly exercise of prayer, at the Reverend Mr. Wilson's ... The second edition. London, 1756. 37 pp.The Law in the hand of Christ. A Sermon preached at Broad-Mead, in Bristol, May 24, 1761. By John Gill, ... London, 1761. 39 pp.The Prophecies of the Old Testament, respecting the Messiah, consider'd; and prov'd to be literally fulfill'd in Jesus. Containing an answer to ... London, 1728. 235 pp.The Scriptures the only guide in matters of religion. A Sermon preached at the baptism of several persons in Barbican, November 2, 1750. By John ... The third edition. London, 1751. 43 pp.The Doctrine of the trinity, stated and vindicated. Being the substance of several discourses on that important subject; reduc'd into the form of ... London, 1731. 207 pp.The Doctrine of the resurrection. Stated and defended; in two Sermons, preached at a lecture in Lime-Street, and published at request. The second edition. London, 1750. 80 pp.The Agreement of the Old and the New Testament. A Farewell Sermon preached to the society that support the Wednesday's evening lecture in Great ... London, 1756. 38 pp.An Exposition of the New Testament, in three volumes. London, 1746-48. 802 pp. Volume 1 of 3.An Exposition of the New Testament, in three volumes . London, 1746-48. 800 pp. Volume 2 of 3.An Exposition of the New Testament, in three volumes. London, 1746-48. 819 pp. Volume 3 of 3.An Exposition of the Old Testament. Volume I. Containing, I. Genesis. II. Exodus. III. Leviticus. IV. Numbers.. London, 1763-65. 828 pp. Volume 1 of 4.An Exposition of the Old Testament, ... Volume II. Containing, I. Deuteronomy. II. Joshua. III. Judges. IV. Ruth. V. I.. London, 1763-65. 794 pp. Volume 2 of 4.An Exposition of the Old Testament, ... Volume III. Containing, I. I Chronicles. II. II Chronicles. III. Ezra. IV. Nehemiah. V. .... London, 1763-65. 776 pp. Volume 3 of 4.An Exposition of the Old Testament, ... Volume IV. Containing, Psalms, the latter part, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon. By John Gill, D.D. . London, 1763-65. 648 pp. Volume 4 of 4.Exposition of the entire Bible.John Gill's Archive.Gleason, Joseph(d. 1820)Compositor of the Independent Chronicle in Boston. Read about Gleason here.WORKSAn Oration, pronounced on the thirtieth anniversary of American independence, before the Young Democratic Republicans of the town of Boston: July 4, 1806. Boston: Printed by Oliver & Munroe, 1806. 24 pp.; 24 cm. Goddard, Edwin C.(1865-1942)Professor of law at the University of Michigan. Read about Goddard here.WORKSThe Law in the United States in its Relation to Religion. From Michigan Law Review, v. 10, n. 3. January 1912, pp. 161-177. Cited in Appellee's Brief, People of the State of Illinoi Ex Rel. Vashti McCollum v. Board of Education of Schooll District no. 71, Champaign County, Illinois (Appellees). "It has often been suggested that this provision of the Constitution [Article VI, Section 3] grew out of the influence of French atheism, especially upon Franklin and Jefferson, and through them upon the whole Constitutional Convention. But Jefferson was not a member of that convention, being in Europe as Ambassador to France at that time. Every one of its members was a believer in God, and in future reward and punishment, and most of them, including the presiding officer, Washington, were church members." Gooch, G. P. (George Peabody) (1873-1968)British journalist, historian and Liberal Party politician. He became a Companion of Honour in 1939, and a member of the Order of Merit in 1963. Read about Gooch here.WORKSEnglish Democratic Ideas in the Seventeenth Century. 1898. 363 pp.Goodman, Christopher(1520?-1603)Church of England clergyman and "radical Protestant thinker."WORKSHow Superior Powers Ought To Be Obeyed By Their Subjects: And Wherein They May Lawfully By God's Word Be Disobeyed And Resisted. Wherin also is declared the cause of all this present miserie in England, and the onely way to remedy the same. By Christopher Goodman. Printed at Geneua: By Iohn Crispin, 1558. 234, [6] pp. Also here.Goodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)(1793-1860)American author and Congregational minister. Read about Goodrich here and here.WORKSA History of the United States of America: on a plan adapted to the capacity of youth . J. I. Cutler and co., 1828. 316 pp.Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence: with a sketch of the life of Washington. Hartford, 1849. 502 pp.Goodrich, Elizur (1734-1797)Pastor of the Church of Christ in Durham, Connecticut.WORKSThe Principles of civil union and happiness considered and recommended. A Sermon, preached before His Excellency Samuel Huntington, Esq. L.L.D. governor and commander in chief, and the Honorable the General Assembly of the state of Connecticut. Convened at Hartford, on the day of the anniversary election, May 10th, 1787. Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1787. 58, [2] pp.; 21 cm. (12mo)Goodwin, Henry Martyn(1820-1893)Editor. Read about Goodwin here.WORKSThe Pilgrim Fathers: A Glance at their history, character and principles, in two memorial discourses, delivered in the First Congregational Church, Rockford, Ill., 1870. 37 pp. "I propose to speak of our obligations to the Pilgrim Fathers, and to show these by considering I. Who the Pilgrims were, and what they did and suffered inthis world, for the cause of God and humanity.II. Their character, faith and polity, and the influence of these upon the character of the Nation.III. The duty we owe to their memory and principles.... In this historical sketch I shall avail myself of such published documents and memorials as are at hand, and will best illustrate the subject before us."... "New England was settled by two classes of Englishmen, who founded distinct and separate colonies. The Pilgrim Fathers who founded the Plymouth Colony, and who planted and gave type to our institutions, were not Puritans, but Separatists, men of larger and freer and more catholic spirit, than the Puritans who came after, and settled in Salem and Boston. They were not persecutors either of the Baptists or Quakers. The Old Colony men, the men of Plymouth Rock were not Episcopalians or Presbyterians, but Congregationalists, as the Puritans afterwards became. They were not proselytes from the Church of England, but Congregationalists from the start, bringing their principles and their Church with them, and so were the true Fathers of our ecclesiastical and civil polity, as we shall see hereafter."Gordon, William(1728-1807)Independent minister. Read about Gordon in The Dictionary of National Biography by Stephen Leslie.WORKSThe History of the rise, progress, and establishment, of the independence of the United States of America; including an account of the late war, and of the thirteen colonies, from their origin to that period. New York: Printed by Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, 1789. 3 volumes: 2 folded maps. Volume One. Volume Two. Volume Three.The Separation of the Jewish tribes, after the death of Solomon, accounted for and applied to the present day in a Sermon preached before the General Court, on Friday, July the 4th, 1777. Being the anniversary of the declaration of independency. Boston: Printed by J. Gill, printer to the General Assembly, 1777. 37, [3] pp.; 23 cm. (8vo)A Sermon preached before the Honorable House of Representatives: on the day intended for the choice of counsellors, agreeable to the advice of the Continental Congress. / By William Gordon, Pastor of the Third Church in Roxbury. Watertown [Mass.]: Printed and sold by Benjamin Edes, MDCCLXXV. [1775]. 29, [1] pp.; 21 cm. (8vo)The Doctrine of final universal salvation examined and shewn to be unscriptural: in answer to a pamphlet entitled Salvation for all men illustrated and vindicated as a Scripture doctrine. / By William Gordon, Pastor of the Third Church in Roxbury. Boston: Printed and sold by T. and J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill, 1783. [2], ii, 96 pp.; 21 cm. (4to)Mr. Gordon's Thanksgiving Discourse. A Discourse Preached December 15th, 1774, Being the Day Recommended by the Provincial Congress; and Afterwards at the Boston Lecture. Boston: Printed for, and sold by Thomas Leverett, in Corn-Hill, 1784. 31 pp. Text: Lamentations 3:22. Gorham, Nathaniel(1738-1796)8th President of the U.S. in Congress Assembled. Read about Gorham here, here and here.WORKSPeter Thacher, 1752-1802. A Sermon, preached at Charlestown, June 19, 1796: and occasioned by the sudden death of the Honourable Nathaniel Gorham, Esquire, aet. 59. / By Peter Thacher, D.D. Minister of a church in Boston. [Boston]: Printed by Samuel Hall, in Cornhill, Boston, MDCCXCVI. [1796]. 25, [1], 15, [1] pp.; 21 cm. (4to)The Gospel Messenger, and Southern Episcopal Register(1827-1835)[Charleston, S.C.: A.E. Miller], Vol. 4, no. 37 (Jan. 1827)-v. 12, no. 133 (Jan. 1835).; 8 v. ; 23 cm. Other Titles: Gospel messenger, and Protestant Episcopal register; v. 12. Preceding Title: Gospel messenger, and Southern Christian register; (DLC)sf 88091485; (OCoLC)6168705. Succeeding Title: Gospel messenger, and Protestant Episcopal register; (DLC)sf 88091489; (OCoLC)6177663.WORKS"Signs of the Times" and "Sunday Schools." Extract from Gospel Messenger and Southern Episcopal Register, v. 10, n. 166, August 1833, p. 253."American Bible Society," "The Theatre" and "Ecclesiastical Statistics." Extract from Gospel Messenger and Southern Episcopal Register, v. 5, n. 55, July 1828; p. 216.Goucher, John Franklin (1845-1922)College president, Baltimore, MD. Read about Goucher here and here.WORKSChristianity and the United States. New York: Eaton & Mains; Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham, 1908. Electronic edition: Carlisle, Pa.: Dickinson College, 2003. Also here and here. John Franklin Goucher attends the Tokyo Conference of the World's Student Christian Federation in March 1907 and gives the keynote speech on the role of Christianity in the rise of the United States."Their Own Words is a digital collection of original monographs, essays, documents and letters from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century that reflect[s] the history of the United States of America in general and, specifically, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."/ "This project was supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in association with Dickinson College and the Dickinson Electronic Initiative in the Liberal Arts (deila)." Includes page images and OCR transcriptions of the original text, and an original biographical sketch of the author."The vital, uplifting, organizing, and expanding power of Christianity is the adequeate cause of these extraordinary results. A broad distinction is to be made between Christianity and the Church. Love is the spirit of Christianity, while the Church is its more or less immature, and at times distorted, body. Christianity is not a series of mandatory or prohibitive enactments, neither is it a form of worship, nor a system of doctrine. Christianity is a life, satisfying all essentially human relations by interpreting God, the Father of us all, in terms of human living. It is the embodiment of God in human personality--the extension of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. God is love, and he said, "If ye have love one to another all men shall know that ye are my disciples." So Christianity is the embodiment of the vital, transforming, uplighting power of love working toward righteousness, which inhibits cruelty, oppression, injustice, selfishness, ignorance, and all low-spirited activities. Liberty is a concomitant of its growth,and helpfulness is its normal manifestation.Christianity accounts for the discovery and settlement of America, it determined our governmental organization, and has been the dominating influence in our national development....Evangelical Christianity, so patient and persistently constructive, so essentially educative and uplifting, has been the potential cause of our growth and transformation. By the gentle persuasion of loving ministry, by the inherent energy of the simple truths concerning God and man as revealed in Christ Jesus, by the living force of consecrated lives, the wilderness has been made to blossom as the rose; a world power has developed where there were no people; loyalty to Christian principles has evolved an unprecedented wealth of resources, and the fundamental conviction of the American people is that "righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people."William V. Kelley, editor. Christianity and the United States. Methodist Review, v. 90, n. 6. November-December 1908, pp. 1004-1006. "THIS is a book of information, crammed with facts and figures bearing on its subject, in compact and orderly form. In less than fifty tightly packed pages it presents impressively a large and often-debated subject of intense interest and of immense practical importance. If anybody says that ours is not a Christian nation, there is enough here to correct his error and enlighten his ignorance. If anyone desires to show that the United States is a Christian nation and to set in battle array a compact column of facts for the discomfiture of the deniers, here is sufficient ammunition."Grant, Ulysses S.(1822-1855)See President Grant's entry here at the American Presidents webpage.Gray, Edward(1764-1810)WORKSAn Oration, delivered July 5, 1790: at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, in celebration of the anniversary of American Independence. Boston, 1790. 15 pp.Gray, John Chipman(1793-1881)WORKSAn Oration, pronounced on the Fourth of July, 1822, at the request of the inhabitants of the citizens of the city of Boston: in commemoration of the anniversary of national independence, by John C. Gray, Esq. Boston: Published by Charles Callender, 1822. Gray, Robert(1809-1872)Bishop. Learn more about Gray here.WORKS Discourses on various subjects, illustrative of the evidence, influence, and doctrines of Christianity. London, 1793. 378 pp. Gray, William Henry(1810-1889)WORKSA History of Oregon, 1792-1849: drawn from personal observation and authentic information. Portland, Or., 1870. 626 pp. Also here.Green, Ashbel(1762-1848)American Presbyterian minister and academic. Read about Green at the Pennsylvania Bible Society.WORKS A Sermon, delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church in the city of Philadelphia, on the 19th of February, 1795. Being the day of general thanksgiving throughout the United States. By Ashbel Green, D.D. one of the Pastors of the aforesaid church. Philadelphia, March, 1795. 48 pp. At his command empires rise and fall. He setteth up and pulleth down at his pleasure. He prospers or blasts a nation according to his sovereign will. In all respects we depend upon him as absolutely in this relation as in that of individuals. Shall we never, then, as a community, acknowledge our dependance and give him thanks for the distinguishing favours which he may have conferred on us? Is it not fit, is it not important, that in every relation which he hath instituted, which he sustains, and which he crowns with his kindness, we should confess his sovereignty, acknowledge his power, and praise his goodness? Yes, my brethren. We have a national character in support in our carriage and demeanour toward Almighty God, a character which he observes, and according to which he will treat us. The history of the whole world is a confirmation of this truth. The history of the nation which was governed by the author of our text illustrates it in a most striking manner: And it requires no gift of prophecy to foresee and foretell, that if we are not thankful to God as a people, he will withdraw his unnoticed benefits and teach us by adversity to enquire after him whom in our prosperity we had forgotten." Obedience to the laws of God, the sure and indispensable defence of nations. A Discourse, delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, in the city of Philadelphia, May 9th, 1798, being the day appointed by the president of the United States, to be observed as a season for solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer. / Philadelphia : Printed by John Ormrod, no. 41, Chesnut-Street, [1798] 51, [1] pp. ; 22 cm. (8vo)To explain my meaning, here, with reference to a christian nation, I would say, that--When the rulers of a christian country recommend Christianity by their practice and example: When they discover a reverence for it by faithfully enacting and executing laws for the suppression of vice and immorality: When, without infringing on the rights of conscience, they encourage true piety, by countenancing those who profess, practice and teach it: When, on suitable occasions, and in public acts, the Being and Providence of God, and our accountableness to him, are recognised, and the honour which is due to his Son is rendered: When the moral laws of God, relative to man, as well as to himself, are truly regarded, by those whose station gives influence and fashion to their conduct, and renders it in a sort the representation and expression of national sentiment on the subject of morals: And when, in addition to this, the great principles of piety and morality already recited, are so generally and effectually taught and inculcated on the people at large, as really to influence the public mind, and in some good degree to form the popular opinions and habits:--this I would say was a performance of duty,--this would secure to a christian nation the benefits of the divine promise. But when, among those who preside over the people, the very being, attributes, and providence of God are denied, or when there is a studied omission of every idea that refers to his government, or to our dependence on him: When, thro' a hatred of Christianity, it is disavowed, despised, laughed at, and in the most contemptuous manner trampled under foot; or when thro' pusillanimity or impious policy, a country conceals its attachment to the religion of Jesus; or when the profession of attachment is only a thin veil of hypocracy: When the leading men of a nation flagrantly and shamelessly violate every moral law; And when the people at large love to have it so, and are rapidly assimilating to the same corrupt standard; then they subject themselves to the divine denunciation, and are treading on the brink of destruction. An Address to the students and faculty of the College of New-Jersey. Delivered May 6th, 1802--the day on which the students commenced their studies, after the burning of the college edifice. / By one of the trustees, appointed by the Board for the purpose.Trenton: Printed by Sherman & Mershon., 1802. 16 pp.; 21 cm A Discourse, delivered at the opening, for public worship, of the Presbyterian Church, in the Northern Liberties of Philadelphia: April 7th, A.D. 1805. / by Ashbel Green, D.D. senior minister of said church. Published by request. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas and William Bradford, Booksellers and stationers, no. 8, South Front Street., 1805. 21, [1] pp.; 21 cm. A Report to the trustees of the College of New Jersey, relative to a revival of religion among the students of said college. Philadelphia: Printed for Benjamin B. Hopkins, 1815 (Philadelphia: William Fry)28 pp.; 21 cm. With Jones, J. H.; 1797-1868. The Life of Ashbel Green, V.D.M. begun to be written by himself in his eighty-second year and continued to his eighty-fourth. New York: R. Carter & Bros., 1849 628 pp. Also here and here.Greene, M. Louise(Fl. 20th Century)WORKS The Development Of Religious Liberty In Connecticut. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1905. xiii, 552 p. 20 cm. Project Gutenberg edition. Review. The American Historical Review, Volume 11, No. 3 (Apr., 1906), pp. 687-688.Greene, Richard Gleason(1829-1914)American editor and clergyman. Read about Greene here.WORKS Christianity a national law. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1874. Greenleaf, Simon(1783-1853)Legal apologist. Learn more about Greenleaf here. See the endorsement of Greenleaf's work by Abraham Lincoln here and by Henry Dawson here. Disclaimer: Greenleaf is known to have been associated with Freemasonry.WORKS A Discourse pronounced at the Inauguration of the author as Royall Professor of Law in Harvard University, August 29, 1834."Christianity founds its claim to our belief upon the weight of the evidence by which it is supported. This evidence is not peculiar to the department of theology; its rules are precisely those by which the law scans the conduct and language of men on all other subjects, even in their daily transactions. This branch of the law is one of our particular study. It is our constant employment to explore the mazes of falsehood, to detect its doublings, to pierce its thickest veils; to follow and expose its sophistries; to compare, with scrupulous exactness, the testimony of different witnesses to examine their motives and their interests; to discover truth and separate it from error. Our fellow-men know this to be our province; and perhaps this knowledge may have its influence to a greater extent than we or even they imagine. We are therefore required by the strongest motives, by personal interest, by the ties of kindred and friendship, by the claims of patriotism and philanthropy, to examine, and that not lightly, the evidences on which Christianity challenges our belief; and the degree of credit to which they are entitled."The Christian religion is part of our common law, with the very texture of which it is interwoven. Its authority is frequently admitted in our statute-books; and its holy things are there expressly guarded from blasphemy and desecration. If it be found, as indeed it is, a message of peace on earth and good will to men; exhibiting the most perfect code of morals for our government, the purest patterns of exalted virtue for our imitation, and the brightest hopes, which can cheer the heart of man; let it receive the just tribute of our admiring approval, our reverential obedience, and our cordial support. I would implore the American lawyer unhesitatingly to follow in this, as in the other elements of the law, the great masters and sages of his profession; and while with swelling bosom he surveys the countless benefits rendered to his country by this his favorite science, let him not withhold from the Fountain and Source of all Law the free service of undissembled homage." 2b1af7f3a8