(I actually intented this article to be written some time ago, but it got lost in my directory.)
God has impacted the United States at every turn. Under God, America has become an exceptional nation. From the first days of our government God was an important part of America.
How can it be denied today?
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The Mayflower Compact was written just before the Pilgrims came ashore and states that their mission was undertaken “for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith”.
Modern version:
In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith, etc.
Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, 1620.
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The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 and the phrase “One Nation Under god” was added to it in 1954
“In God We Trust” was added to America’s paper currency in 1957, and has appeared on many US coins as far back as 1864.
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Popular composer, Irving Berlin, wrote “God Bless America” in 1918. He later revised the song in1938.
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.
God bless America,
Land that I love,
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home
God bless America, My home sweet home.
Many renditions of the song omit the introductory verse and begin with "God bless America..."
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These are all examples that God was intended to be part of our daily lives and part of our American way.
Ray R Barmore
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