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1. Columbus, Christopher, Book of Prophecies, (as found in: Irving, Washington, Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus,  (NY: The Cooperative Publication Society, Inc.) 1892, p. 41. see also: Gary deMar, God and Government Vol.1 (Atlanta, Ga: American Press 1982) p.126

2. Cecil Jane, translation & ed., The Voyages of Christopher Columbus, (London: Argonaut Press) 1930, p.146

3. Jamestown 350th Anniversary Commission, The Founding of Jamestown and the Church (Jamestown, VA: Jamestown Commission, 1957) p.3.

4. DeMar, op cit. p. 126

5. Francis W. Coker ed. Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political Tradition (NY: the Macmillian Co.) 1942, pp. 18-20

6. Henry Steele Commager ed. Documents of American History, 2 Vol. (NY: F.S.Crofts and Company, 1934, Appleton Century Crofts Inc.,1948, 6th edition; Englewood Clifts, NJ; Prentice Hall, Inc. 9th edition, 1973) Vol. I p.21

7. Morris, Benjamin Franklin, The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States, (Philadelphia: George W. Childs) 1864, p. 67-68.

8. ibid, p.56, see also; Commager, H.S. ed. Documents of American History, 2 Vol. (NY. F.S. Croft & Company, 1934, Apple – Century Crofts, Inc. 1948 6th ed, Englewood Cliff, NJ. Prentice Hall, Inc. 9th ed., 1973) Vol.1, pp. 26-27

9. Lefler, Talmage, ed North Carolina History, (Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press), 1934, 1956, p.16,

10. Brewer, David Joshua, The United States – A Christian Nation, (Philadelphia, PA, The John C. Winston Co), 1905, as quoted in Millard, Catherine, The Rewriting of America’s History, p. 389 (Camp Hill, PA, Horizon House Publishers) 1991

11. Morris, op.cit. p. 88

12. Francis Newton Thorpe ed. Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories and Colonies now or heretofore forming the United States, 7 Vol. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1905; 1909; St. Clair Shores MI: Scholarly Press, 1968) Vol.V, p.2743

12a. Rhode Island Colonial Records, Vol II, pp.3-20 as found in Hazard, Ebenezer, Historical Collections: Sonsisting of State Papers and other Authentic Documents – Intended as Materials for an History of the United States of America (Philadelphia: T. Dobson), Vol. II, p.612 see also Flood, Robert, The Rebirth of America (St Davids, PA: The Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation 1986) p. 31

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13. Millard, Catherine, The Rewriting of America’s History, (Camp Hill, PA: Horizon House Publishers) 1991, p. 62

14. D. James Kennedy - The Spiritual State of the Union, 1987, (Ft Lauderdale, FL: Coral Ridge Ministries, 1987) p. 4.

15. Marshall Foster & Mary E. Swanson, The American Covenant (Santa Barbara, CA: The Mayflower Institute) p. 19.

16. Shipton, Clifford, K., Sibley’s Harvard Graduates (Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society) 1965, Vol. Xiii, p. 475-476

17. William Johnson, George Washington, (Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1977) pp. 69-70.

18. Eidsmoe, John – Christianity and The Constitution – The Faith of Our Founding Fathers, (Grand Rapids, MI – Baker Book House, A Mott Media Book 6th printing) 1993, p.120-121.

19. Vera Hall, Christian History of the Constitution of the United States of America (San Francisco, CA: Foundation for American Christian Education, 1975) p. 343.

20. Adams Family Correspondence, ed. by L.H. Butterfield, (Cambridge, MA. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press) 1963, Vol. II p.16

21. Kennedy, op cit. p. 5

22. Johnson, op cit. p. 112

23. World Book Encyclopedia, Vol 13, p. 28 (1985 ed); also Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol 17, p. 284 (1910 Ed)

24. Hall, op cit. p. XIII

25. Barton, David. The Myth of Separation: What Is the Correct Relationship Between Church and State? A Revealing Look at What the Founders and Early Courts Really Said. (Aldeo, TX: Wallbuilders, 1992), p. 25.

26. Robert Flood, The Rebirth of America (St Davids, PA: The Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation 1986) p. 31, see also John Whitehead. The Separation Illusion (Millford, MI: Mott Media 1977) p.19.

27. Robert Rutlend ed. The Papers of James Madison, (Chicago; University of Chicago Press) 1973, Vol. VIII p.299.

28. Diffine, D.P., One Nation Under God – How Close a Separation? (Searcy, AR, Arkansas Harding University, Bolden Center For Private Enterprise Education 6th Edition) 1992, p.9

29. The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay, Henry P. Johnston, ed (NY: Burt Franklin) 1970, Vol. IV p. 393

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30. Barton, David, The Myth of Separation (Aledo, TX: Wallbuilder Press) 1991, p.128

31. Kennedy, op cit. p. 6

32. Buzzard, Lynn, R. and Ericsson, Samuel. The Battle for Religious Liberty (Elgin, IL; David C. Cook, 1982) p. 30.

33. DeMar, op cit. p. 127

34. Kennedy, D. James. What If Jesus Had Never Been Born. (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1994) p. 69

35. ibid p. 164

36. ibid p. 164

37. ibid p. 164

38. ibid p. 165

39. Millard, op. cit. p. 390

40. David Josiah Brewer Justice U.S. Supreme Court – Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States 143 U.S. 471,457-458 (1892)

41. Time, February 15, 1954, p. 49

42. Jefferson’s Letters, Wilson Whitman, ed. (Eau Claire, WI; E.M. Hale & Co.) 1900, p.338

43. Jefferson Writings, Merril D. Peterson ed. (NY; Literary Classics of the United States, Inc.) 1984, p. 1475

44. Wallace v. Jafree, 472 U.S. 38, 99 (1985)

45. Drisbach, Daniel L., Real Threat and Mere Shadow: Religious Liberty and the First Amendment, (Westchester, IL; Crossway Books) 1967, p.127

46. 8 Johns 545-547 (1811) cited approvingly in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States 143 U.S. 457, 458, 465-471(1892)

47. Robert Cord. Separation of Church and State, Historical Fact and Current Fiction. (New York, Lambeth Press, 1982) p. 13.

48. Morris, Benjamin Franklin, The Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States, (Philadelphia, PA, George W. Childs), 1864, pp.324-327

49. ibid

50. ibid p.328.

51. 37th Congress, Congressional Globe, 3rd Session pp. 1148-1501 see also Northrop, Stephen Abbott, A Cloud of Witnesses, (Portland, OR, American Heritage Ministries), 1987, p.453

52. Flood, op cit. p. 32

53. U.S. Marine Corp, How To Respect and Display Our Flag, (Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office) 1977, p.31.

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54. Whitehead, op cit. p. 21

55. DeMar, op cit. pp. 128-129

56. Flood, op cit. p. 150

57. Washington’s Farwell Address, September 19,1796 - Diffine, op. cit. p. 9

58. Butterfield, L.H. ed, Adams Family Correspondence, (Cambridge, MA, The Belknap Press of Harvard University), 1963,  Vol. I, p. 2,

59. Flood, op.cit. pp. 29 & 21

60. de Tocqueville, Alexis, The Republic of the United States and Its Political Institutions Reviewed and Examined, Henry Reeves translator, (Garden City, NY, A.S. Barnes & Co.) 1851, Vol. I p.335.

61 Parker, George F. ed., The Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland, p. 182-183 as found in Peter Marshall & David Manuel, The Glory of America, (Bloomington, MN, Garborg’s Heart’N Home, Inc), 1991 p.319

62. DeMar, Gary, America’s Christian History: The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision Publishers, Inc), 1993, p.60

63. The Plymouth Rock Foundation, ‘Our Christian Heritage’ Letter From Plymouth Rock (Marlborough, NH, the Plymouth Rock Foundation) p. 7.

64. Edwards, Tryon, The New Dictionary of Thoughts – A Cyclopedia of Quotations, (Garden City, NY, Hanover House, 1852; revised and enlarged by C.H. Catrevas, et al. 1891, The Standard Book Company 1963), p.91.

65.Jefferson, Thomas, Writings, Vol. XIII, p. 377, as found in  Bourton Stevenson, The Home Book of Quotations – Classical & Modern, (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company) 1967, p. 266

66. de Tocqueville, op.cit.  Vol. I, p.334.

67.Flood, op. cit. p.39

68. Lacy, op cit. p. 9

69. Richardson, James D. ed. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 , (Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office) 1899 Vol. 4, pp.6-20

70. ibid, Vol. 5, pp.197-203

71. as quoted in, Northrop, op.cot.

72. Savage, John, The Life and Public Services of Andrew Johnson, p. 274 as quoted in, Northrop, op.cit.

73. Richardson, op. cit. Vol. 7 p446-447

74. Northrop, op. cit.p. 223

75. Linn, S.P. Golden Gleams of Thought, p.154 as quoted in Northrop, op.cit. p.164

76. Richardson, op. cit. Vol. 8 p300

77. as quoted in Northrop, op. cit. Introduction

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78. Grant, George, The Third Time Around (Brentwood, TN:, Wolgemuth & Hyatt Inc.) 1991, p.118

79. Edwards, Tryon, The New Dictionary of Thoughts – A Cyclopedia of Quotations, (Garden City, NY, Hanover House, 1852; revised and enlarged by C.H. Catrevas, et al. 1891, The Standard Book Company 1963), p.47

80. De Mar, op cit. p. 4

81. Edwards, Tryon, The New Dictionary of Thoughts – A Cyclopedia of Quotations, (Garden City, NY, Hanover House, 1852; revised and enlarged by C.H. Catrevas, et al. 1891, The Standard Book Company 1963), p.46

82. Butterfield, L.H. ed, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, Vol. III, p.9 (Cambridge, MA, The Belknap Press of Harvard University), 1961,

83. Flood op cit. p. 21

84. ibid. p. 37

85. A Speech to the Committee of Colored People from Baltimore, September 5, 1864, as reported in the Washington Chronicle. Johnson, William, Abraham Lincoln – the Christian, (NY: Abington Press) 1913, p. 157

86. as found in, Halley, Henry, Halley’s Bible Handbook, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan), 1927, 1965 p. 18

87. Greeley, Horace, Autobiography of Horace Greeley p. 70 as quoted in Northrop, op. cit p. 197.

88. ibid p.93

89. ibid p.93

90. A remark from Wilson at a rally in Denver in 1911, as recorded in Flood, op. cit. p.12, see also Dawson, Steve. C., God’s Providence in America, (Rancho Cordova, CA: Steve Dawson) 1988, p. 11:7

91. Flood, op cit. p. 37; also Sterling Lacy - Valley of Decision, (Texarkana, TX: Dayspring Productions, 1988) p. 8.

92. Focus Magazine, Vol. IV, # 1, Winter 1981, p. .34 (CBN University publication, now Regent University)

93. Annals of the Congress of the United States – First Congress, (Washington, D.C., Gales & Seaton), 1834,Vol. I, pp. 729, 731

94. Ames, Fisher, The Mercury and New England Palladium, Vol. XVII No 8, Tuesday, January 27, 1801, p. 1 see also Kubicek, Frederick C. Evolution - Guilty As Charged. (Shippensburg, PA; Treasure House, 1993) p. 125

95. Wilson, J.O., Public Schools in Washington, (Washington, D.C., Columbia Historical Society) 1897, Vol. I, p.5, Whitehead, John W., The Second American Revolution, (Elgin, IL. David C. Cook Publishing) 1982, p. 100, see also D. James Kennedy, - The Great Deception - a speech delivered December 1 1992, Ottawa, IL.

96. The Constitutions of the United States with Latest Amendments (Trenton: Moore & Lake) 1813, p. 364

97. Hefley, James C. America - One Nation Under God, (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 19975) p. 78.

98. Hall, op cit. pp. 401-402

99.Foster, op cit. p. XIV

100. Lacy, op cit. p. 37

101 Jared Sparks ed. The Life of Gouverneur Morris, with selections from His Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers 3 Vol. (Boston: Gray and Bowen) 1832, Vol. III 483.

102. Vidal v .Girard’s Executors, 43 U.S. 126, 132 (1844)

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103. de Tocqueville, op.cit.  Vol. I p.331-332.

104. Hefley, op cit. p. 74

105. As quoted in Northrop, op. cit., p. 310

106. Flood, op cit. p. 122

107. Jones, Charles E., The Books Your Read, (Harrisburg, PA, Executive Books), 1985, p. 132,

108. (Nov 19, 1924 – address to Women’s Board of Domestic Missions, Marble Collegiate Church, NYC) as found in: Edwards, Ethel, Carver of Tuskegee, p.142, (Cincinnati, OH, Ethel Edwards & James T. Hardwick) 1971, available from Carver Memorial in Locust Grove, Diamond, MO

109.CBN University Master Plan (Now 'Regent University') (Virginia Beach, VA: Regent University, 1983), p. 6.

110. ibid p. 4

111. ibid p. 4

112. ibid p. 4

113. McDowell, Stephen K. and  Beliles, Mark A., America’s Providential History, (Charlottesville, VA: Providence Press) 1988, p.93

114. CBN University, op cit. p. 4 (now Regent University)

115. Anderson v. Salt Lake City Corp, 475 F. 2d. 29, 33, 34 (10th Cir. 1973) cert, denied, 414 U.S. 879

116. Flood, op cit. p.82

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On NOVEMBER 1, 1800, John Adams became the first U.S. President to move into the White House. The following day he wrote a letter to his wife, Abigail, in which he composed a beautiful prayer. A portion of that prayer was inscribed on the mantlepiece in the State Dining Room by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It reads: "I pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." The first building constructed on Lafayette Square after the White House was St. John's Episcopal Church. Because every President since James Madison worshiped there at some time, Pew 54 has been designated as the traditional seat for the First Family. Other historic Washington, D.C. area churches where Presidents worshiped include Christ Church in Alexandria, where President Washington attended; the National Presbyterian Church; the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, where President Lincoln attended and where Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall pastored from 1937-1949; and Holy Trinity Catholic Church, where John F. Kennedy attended.

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After defeating the British, General George Washington was so popular that many urged him to declare himself king. Instead, on NOVEMBER 2, 1783, from Rock Hill, near Princeton, the General issued his Farewell Orders: "Before the Comdr in Chief takes his final leave of those he holds most dear, he wishes to indulge himself a few moments in calling to mind a slight review of the past...The singular interpositions of Providence in our feeble condition were such, as could scarcely escape the attention of the most unobserving; while the unparalleled perseverance of the Armies of the U. States, through almost every possible suffering and discouragement for the space of eight long years, was little short of a standing miracle." Washington continued: "To the Armies he has so long had the honor to Command, he can only again offer in their behalf his recommendations to their grateful country, and his prayers to the God of Armies. May ample justice be done then here, and may the choicest of Heaven's favours, both here and thereafter, attend those who, under Divine auspices, have secured innumerable blessings for others." A month later he publicly bid a tearful farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.

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In a Radio Address, NOVEMBER 3, 1924, President Calvin Coolidge stated: "I therefore urge upon all the voters of our country, without reference to party, that they assemble...at their respective voting places in the exercise of the high office of American citizenship, that they approach the ballot box in the spirit that they would approach a sacrament, and there, disregarding all appeals to passion and prejudice, dedicate themselves truly and wholly to the welfare of their country." Coolidge continued: "When an election is so held, it...sustains the belief that the voice of the people is the voice of God." Commenting on political candidates, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America, 1835: "If a political character attacks a sect, this may not prevent even the partisans of that very sect from supporting him; but if he attacks all the sects together, every one abandons him and he remains alone...Moreover, all the sects of the United States are comprised within the great unity of Christianity." President George W. Bush addressed Congress, September 20, 2001: "Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists...They hate our freedoms-our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote."

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United States Senator Charles Carroll was unique. He was the only Roman Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence and he outlived all the other signers. At his death, he was considered the wealthiest citizen in America. His statue was chosen to represent the State of Maryland in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. His cousin, John Carroll, founded Georgetown University and was the United States' first Catholic Bishop. Another cousin, U.S. Rep. Daniel Carroll, was one of two Catholics to sign the U.S. Constitution and gave much of the land where the U.S. Capitol is located. Charles Carroll's nephew, Robert Brent, was the first mayor of Washington, D.C., being reappointed by Jefferson and Madison. On NOVEMBER 4, 1800, Charles Carroll penned a letter to James McHenry, the signer of the Constitution for whom Fort McHenry was named. He wrote: "Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure and which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments."

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Mercy Otis Warren and Abigail Adams were two of the most influential women of the Revolutionary War era. Mercy Warren, called The Conscience of the American Revolution, was wife of Massachusetts House Speaker, James Warren, and sister of patriot James Otis. She corresponded with Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton and John Adams. In 1805, she published a 3 volume History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution. Abigail Adams was wife of the 2nd President and mother of the 6th President. In a letter written to Mercy Warren, NOVEMBER 5, 1775, Abigail Adams wrote: "A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?" Abigail Adams continued: "Can he be a patriot who, by an openly vicious conduct, is undermining the very bonds of Society, corrupting the Morals of Youth, and by his bad example injuring the very Country he professes to patronize more than he can possibly compensate by intrepidity, Generosity and honour?" Abigail Adams concluded: "The Scriptures tell us 'righteousness exalteth a Nation.'"

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Did you know basketball and volleyball were invented by YMCA instructors? The Young Men's Christian Association, founded in 1844, has a membership of 4 million in 76 countries. Founder George Williams, who died NOVEMBER 6, 1905, wrote: "My life-long experience as a business man, and as a Christian worker among young men, has taught me that the only power in this world that can effectually keep one from sin, in all the varied and often attractive forms...is that which comes from an intimate knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ as a present Saviour." George Williams concluded: "And I can also heartily testify that the safe Guide-Book by which one may be led to Christ is the Bible, the Word of God, which is inspired by the Holy Ghost." On October 24, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson addressed the 70th anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association: "Christ came into the world to save others, not to save himself; and no man is a true Christian who does not think constantly of how he can lift his brother...I do believe that at 70 it is just reaching its majority." Wilson continued: "A dream greater even than George Williams ever dreamed will be realized in the great accumulating momentum of Christian men throughout the world."

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He wanted to be a baseball player, but after attending a revival at age 16, his life changed. He has addressed crowds around the world and is unprecedented in having friendships with U.S. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush. His name is Billy Graham, born NOVEMBER 7, 1918. At a news conference, March 21, 1956, President Eisenhower stated: "This is what I see in Billy Graham-A man who clearly understands that any advance in the world has got to be accompanied by a clear realization that man is, after all, a spiritual being." Introducing Billy Graham at a California rally, Ronald Reagan said: "Why is a representative of government here? To welcome with humble pride a man whose mission in life has been to remind us that in all our seeking...the answer to each problem is to be found in the simple words of Jesus of Nazareth, who urged us to love one another." Upon receiving the Congressional Gold Medal in 1996, Billy Graham said: "As we face a new millennium, I believe America has gone a long way down the wrong road. We must turn around...If ever we needed God's help, it is now."

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"Ocian in view! O! the joy," was the wording William Clark entered in his Journal NOVEMBER 7, 1805, but actually Lewis and Clark were only at Gray's Bay, still 20 miles from the Pacific. Fierce storms pinned them down for three weeks. As cold weather set in, the captains decided to let the expedition vote on where to build winter camp, even allowing Clark's slave York and the woman Indian guide Sacagawea to vote. A humble Christmas was celebrated in their new Fort Clatsop, near present-day Astoria, Oregon. By Clark's estimate, their journey, commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson, had taken them 4,162 miles from the mouth of the Missouri River. Three months earlier, Meriwether Lewis, along with three companions, George Drouillard, Private John Shields and Private Hugh McNeal, reached the headwaters of the Missouri. Lewis recorded: "The road took us to the most distant fountain of the waters of the Mighty Missouri... Private McNeal had exultingly stood with a foot on each side of this little rivulet and thanked his God that he had lived to bestride the mighty and heretofore deemed endless Missouri."

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On NOVEMBER 9, 1954, President Eisenhower addressed the National Conference on the Spiritual Foundation of American Democracy at the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel, Washington D.C.: "Now Dr. Lowry said something about my having certain convictions as to a God in Heaven and an Almighty power. Well, I don't think anyone needs a great deal of credit for believing in what seems to me to be obvious...This relationship between a spiritual faith...and our form of government is...so obvious that we should really not need to identify a man as unusual because he recognizes it." Eisenhower continued "Our whole theory of government finally expressed in our Declaration...said...Man is endowed by his Creator...When you come back to it, there is just one thing...that a man is worthwhile because he was born in the image of his God...Democracy is nothing in the world but a spiritual conviction...that each of us is enormously valuable, because of a certain standing before our own God." Eisenhower concluded: "Any group that...awakens all of us to these simple things...is, in my mind, a dedicated, patriotic group that can well take the Bible in one hand and the flag in the other, and march ahead."