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The Weight of Testimony
Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for
those who have never known Jesus Christ and
His redeeming love
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for our national leaders.
Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our
practice.
--
Robert E. Lee
Nor should I forget to mention here that the
last act ofCongress ever signed by Lincoln was
one requiring that the motto in
,
which he
sincerely believed, ''In God We Trust," should
hereafter be inscribed upon all our national coin.
-- House Speaker Schuyler
Colfax,
1~65
Hold fast to the Bible as the.sheet anc/)or of
your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts,
andpractice them in your lives. To the influence
ofthis Book are we indebted for all the progress
made in true civilization, and to this must we
look as our guide in the future. ''Righteousness
exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any
people."'
--
Ulysses S. Grant, 1868
Men who see not God in our history have
surely lost sight ofthe·fact that, from the landing
of the Mayflower to this hour, the great men
whose names are indissolubly associated with
the colonization, rise, and progress of the
Republic have borne testimony to the vital truths
ofChristianity.
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-- Andrew Johnson, 1875
The citizen is a better businessman, ifhe is
a Christian gentleman, and, surely, pusiness is
not the less prosperous· and successful if
conducted on Christian principles.
--Grove~
Cleveland, 1890
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