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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF 1776 - OUR COVENANT WITH GOD!
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!
14 April, 1999 A.D.
updated 5 July, 2005 A.D.
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In 1776, America's Founding Fathers proclaimed the following "Declaration," which refers to God four times. This Document is Our American Covenant with The Creator - who gave us our Unalienable (nontransferable) Rights - and marks the founding of America as an independent Nation. I call your attention to the four references to God in the text below. Let the words of our Founding Fathers speak for themselves in the American "Declaration of Independence: (4,9,41,42,47)The Unanimous Declaration Of
The Thirteen United States Of America,
In Congress, July 4, 1776:
When in the Course of Human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness...
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws of Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislature.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their acts of pretended legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People.
Nor have We been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy war, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor
-OUR AMERICAN FOUNDING FATHERS OF 1776!
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ISAIAH 51:1-5:
Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek The LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
For The LORD shall comfort Zion: He will comfort all her waste places; and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of The LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Hearken unto Me, My people; and give ear unto Me, O My nation: for a law shall proceed from Me, and I will make My judgement to rest for a light of the people.
My righteousness is near; My salvation is gone forth, and Mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon Me, and on Mine arm shall they trust. (1)
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JOHN ADAMS, ON THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1776:
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever.You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means; that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even though we (may regret) it, which I trust in God we shall not." (2,3,14,61)
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PSALMS 117:1-2:
O praise The LORD, all ye nations: praise Him, all ye people.
For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of The LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye The LORD. (1)
PSALMS 95:1-2:
O come, let us sing unto The LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms. (1)
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SAMUEL ADAMS, ON THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1776:
"We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in Heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His Kingdom come." (3,8,14,61)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PSALMS 113:1-3:
Praise ye The LORD. Praise, O ye servants of The LORD, praise the Name of The LORD.
Blessed be the Name of The LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same The LORD'S Name is to be praised. (1)
LUKE 11:2:
...Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in Heaven, so in earth. (1)
I TIMOTHY 1:17:
Now unto the King Eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise GOD, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. (1)
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, ON THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, JULY 4, 1837:
"Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the World, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day.
Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the Progress of the Gospel dispensation?
Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth?
That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity and gave to the world the first irrevocable pledge of the fulfillment of the prophecies announced directly from Heaven at the birth of the Savior and predicted by the greatest of the Hebrew prophets 600 years before." (3,46)
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I PETER 2:9-10:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of Him who hath called you out of darkness into His marvellous light:
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of GOD: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. (1)
LUKE 4:17-19:
And there was delivered unto Him the Book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the Book, He found the place where it was written,
The Spirit of The LORD is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of The LORD. (1)
JOHN 5:24&6:40:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
40 And this is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one which seeth The Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. (1)
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And this is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise Him up at the last day.Respectfully Yours,
Mr. Robert Baral
©Robert Baral 1997-2007 All Rights Reserved.
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1. "The Holy Bible-Authorized King James Version-Scofield Study Bible." Oxford University Press, New York. 1945.
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4. The "Declaration Of Independence of 1776.” DOCUMENT. Wallbuilders. PO Box 397, Aledo, Texas 76008. http://www.wallbuilders.com
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9. "Uphold The Declaration Of Independence!" Christopher News Notes No. 141. Father James Keller. The Christophers. 12 East 48th Street, New York, New York 10017. http://www.christophers.org
14. "The Light And The Glory: Did God Have A Plan For America?" Peter Marshall and David Mannel. Baker Book House Co. PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49516-6287. 1977. http://www.restoringamerica.com
41. "The Declaration Of Independence" Of America In 1776. DOCUMENT. Purchased by this author circa 1996 at Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia, Penn. @ "The Graff House" (Restored site where Thomas Jefferson worked on Declaration).
42. "The Unanimous DECLARATION Of The Thirteen (Colonies) - United States Of America AND The CONSTITUTION Of The United States." Family Research Council. 801 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001. http://www.frc.org
46. "America's Godly Heritage." David Barton. BOOK & VIDEO. Wall Builders Press. PO Box 397, Aledo, Texas 76008. 1993. http://www.wallbuilders.com
47. "The Truth Behind The Declaration Of Independence." VIDEO. Reclaiming America's Christian Ethics (R.A.C.E.). 1461 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, Penn. 17201. 1995.
61. "One Nation Under God - America's Christian Heritage." The Christian Defense Fund. 6564 Loisdale Court, Suite 320, Springfield, Virginia 22150. http://www.christiandefensefund.org
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