The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson Princeton University Press, 10.11.2009 - 288 Seiten What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of quotations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. |
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... , as he lay dying from Burr's bul- let.6 Roger Sherman wrote and published a sermon to give theological guidance to the members of his congregation.7 John Dickinson composed a catechism for Christian youth.8 Other Founders. xii Preface.
... give, and which I am sure you have long ceased to enjoy. Ibid.,April 12, 1821, reel 3. [Charles Carroll, Jr., died, April 3, 1825—Ed.]. I presume that he expressed anguish and repentance for the life he led; the course of which both of ...
... give Us any positive Assurance of such a felicity. My reasons for believing, it, as I do, most undoubtedly, are all moral and divine. I believe in God and in his Wisdom and Benevolence; and I cannot conceive that such a Being could make ...
... give and to take away, and be contented in the enjoiment of those who are still permitted to be with us. We shall only be lookers on, from the clouds above, as we now look down on the labors, the hurry, the bustle of the ants and bees ...
... give me fear on that subject. I am weak indeed in body, able scarcely to walk into my garden without too much fatigue, but a ride of 6, 8, or 10 miles a. Stream of life, though fallen low, to run clear to the last drop. February 1765 ...