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Kids: Tell Classmates about America's Bible-based history!! Do reports on facts like:

1.The LIBERTY BELL which has Leviticus 25:10 inscribed upon it: "Proclaim Liberty..."

2.54 of 56 Signers of Declaration of Independence were CHRISTIANS!

3.U.S. motto "In God We Trust" from Mayflower to Senate to U.S. money

4.Do a report on the PRAYER ROOM & BIBLE inside the US Capitol building.

5."No King but King Jesus!" Famous battle cry of American Revolution.

6."An Appeal to Heaven" Flag flown by US Navy ships in American Revolution.

7.34% of ALL quotes from America's Founding Fathers come directly from BIBLE.

8.To understand USA history, STUDENTS should READ the BOOK our founders were quoting!

9.U.S. President swear Oath of Office with hand on BIBLE & say "So help me, GOD."

10.STUDENTS ought to KNOW what is in that BOOK which PRESIDENTS swear oath upon!

11.Founders based US 3-branch govt on Isaiah 33:22 "The Lord is our Judge, Lawgiver, & King."

12.Students should KNOW that American government is based upon Isaiah 33:22.

13.Get book: "AMERICA's God & Country Encyclopedia of Quotations" by Wm Federer.

14.As Geo. Washington said in his PRAYER for America: "Grant our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."

15."It is impossible to rightly govern...without God & the Bible."George Washington.

16."Whatever makes men good Christians makes them good Citizens." D. Webster 1820.

17.Frances Scott Key served as director of American Sunday School Society for many years.

18."The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed."

19."The Bible is the best book in the world." JOHN ADAMS Signer Dec of Indep.

20."That book (Bible) is the rock upon which our republic rests" Pres. Andrew Jackson 1845.

21.The 1st Bibles printed in America were ordered & distributed by CONGRESS.

22."A thorough knowledge of the BIBLE is worth more than a college education." T. Roosevelt

23."Education is useless without the Bible." Noah Webster

24."The 1st & almost only book deserving of universal attention is the Bible." J Q Adams

25."The Bible was America's basic textbook in all fields." Noah Webster

26.Historical fact: Pres. John Quincy Adams was chairman of the American Bible Society!

27."I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped." Benj Franklin 1790

28."A Bible in every house- the principle support of virtue, morality & civility." B Franklin

29."Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." Benj. Franklin July 8, 1776

30."Freedom is a gift bestowed upon us by the laws of God." Benj. Franklin

"QUOTES"

1."This nation was founded by CHRISTIANS; on the Gospel of Jesus Christ." PATRICK HENRY: Founding Father & Continental Congress member.

2."This is a CHRISTIAN NATION." US Supreme Court Feb 1892 Church of Holy Trinity vs US

3."Our laws...& institutions are emphatically CHRISTIAN." Supreme Court 1892

4."Religion {Christianity} is the basis & foundation of Government." James Madison

5."GOD, who gave us life, gave us liberty." Thomas Jefferson 1781

6."The Christian Religion is the most friendly to Liberty, Science, & the freest expansion of the human mind." Thomas Jefferson 1801

7."This is a CHRISTIAN NATION." President Harry Truman

8."America was born a Christian nation." President Woodrow Wilson 1913

9."Christianity is the companion of Liberty." Alexis de Tocqueville

10."It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave a Bible-reading people." Horace Greeley

11."There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations." Patrick Henry 1775

12."To read the Bible...is a necessity of American life." President Herbert Hoover

13."This nation should be on the Lord's side." President Abraham Lincoln

14."Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, & it is the duty, as well as the privilege & interest of our Christian nation, to select & prefer Christians for their rulers." Founding Father John Jay; 1st Chief Justice US Supreme Court; member 1st & 2nd Continental Congress.

15."It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded by CHRISTIANS; on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason, people of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, & freedom of worship. PATRICK HENRY: Founding Father & Continental Congress member.

16.John Adams 1813 says: Founding Fathers achieved independence upon the general principles of Christianity.

17."Christianity is part of the (U.S.) Common Law." James Wilson - Founding Father who signed Dec of Indep & Constitution: US Supreme Court Justice.

Helpful Links

Scriptures in Schools Project
Bount County Scriptures In School Budget!!
The Constitution of the United States of America
The Blount Web
Religion and Public Schools
President Clinton's Memorandum on Religious Expression in the Public Schools
Religion In The U.S. Public Schools
Religion in the Public Schools
Publication - - Religion and Public Schools
Churches and Congregations
A Parents Guide to Religion in the Public Schools

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