They Were Believers: America's Founding Fathers on Religion and Morality

America's Founding Fathers on Religion and Morality

Special Collection #1

They Were Believers: America’s Founding Fathers on Religion and Morality.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Lincoln—National Thanksgiving Day

Lincoln: Duty & Divine Rule Forbids Groping for Middle Rule Between Right & Wrong

Lincoln: Duty & Divine Rule Forbids Groping for Middle Rule Between Right & Wrong

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Divine Providence and Our Divine Charge

Hamilton Concurs: America Appointed by Providence

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

As to The Divine Source of Liberty & Equality (Before the Law)

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Reflections on Old Age, Self-Mastery, and the Resurrection – Ben Franklin, 23 May 1785

Ben Franklin: Have We Now Forgotten That Powerful Friend?

Benjamin Franklin On Titles of Honor

Indispensable Public Need: Train Up Youth In Wisdom and Virtue

Benjamin Franklin On Self-Denial, Love of Neighbor, Happiness & Reason

Nothing More Important than Educating Youth In Wisdom and Virtue

Fundamental Points In All Sound Religion—Benjamin Franklin

Divine Providence and Our Divine Charge

Benjamin Franklin: Comparing the Ancient Jews to the Antifederalists

Benjamin Franklin: Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion

CALVIN COOLIDGE

Our Government Rests Upon Religion – President Calvin Coolidge – 15 Oct 1924

CHARLES CARROLL (OF CARROLLTON)

Charles Carroll: Looking Back With the Greatest Satisfaction

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

The Providential Mission of Christopher Columbus

EDMUND BURKE

Denying Spiritual Man

An Awful Trust … and Final Accounting – Edmund Burke

Have We No Such Man Amongst Us?

FRANKLIN PIERCE

The First Christmas Tree In The White House

GEORGE WASHINGTON

Enemies of Tyranny: Faith, Reason, and the First Amendment

To the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, May 1789—George...

A Struggle Designed by Providence

George Washington: First Inaugural Address

Mass. Congress to Washington, Imploring Almighty God's Help

Mass. Congress to Washington, Imploring Almighty God’s Help

Blessings of That People Whose God is Jehovah

‘Brother Jonathan’s’ Prayer for Washington

'Brother Jonathan's' Prayer for Washington

God and Washington

Protected Beyond All Human Probability—George Washington

George Washington: A True Christian Spirit

Weekly Story: Washington’s Farewell to his Mother

Homage to the Great Author of Every Public and Private Good

God’s Hand & the Triumph of Truth & Reason – George Washington

God's Hand & the Triumph of Truth & Reason – George Washington

George Washington: THE Motive Which Induced Him To The Field

Divine Interposition So Often Manifested During Our Revolution

Religion & Morality: Indispensable Supports to Liberty

Religion & Morality: Indispensable Supports to Liberty

Peculiarly Improper to Omit

Divine Providence and Our Divine Charge

George Washington on the Doctrine of Providence

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS

Gouverneur Morris: The Only Solid Base of Free Governments

JAMES MADISON

To Have Our Names Enrolled in the Annals of Heaven – 9 Nov 1772

Liberty or Happiness Without Virtue a Chimerical Idea

Madison: The "Finger of that Almighty Hand" Intervenes Again

Madison: The “Finger of that Almighty Hand” Intervenes Again

Trust and Gratitude for the Guardian & Guide of America

James Madison: Religious Freedom and Christian Duty

JOHN ADAMS

Enemies of Tyranny: Faith, Reason, and the First Amendment

The Great & Unique Advantages of a Christian Education – John Adams – August...

The Conditions Upon Which Our Constitution Will Stand or Fall

John Adams: There’s a Divinity that Shapes Our Ends

John Adams: There’s a Divinity that Shapes Our Ends

Great Pillars of American Liberty

Truth and Right Invariably the Same—John Adams

This Life Designed To Be An Education for A Future One

Observe the Great Machine of the Universe

Is Grief an Evil?

Proper Business of This Life – John Adams

The Rational Creation, Sin, & the Atonement – John Adams

The Rational Creation, Sin, & the Atonement – John Adams

John Adams on Opposition

Adams on Mayhew, Arminians & A Cart Whose Wheels Want Greasing

Adams on Mayhew, Arminians & A Cart Whose Wheels Want Greasing

Honesty, Sincerity, Openness, Boldness – John Adams

Reasoning Upon the Necessity of Jesus’ Miracles – John Adams

Reasoning Upon the Necessity of Jesus' Miracles – John Adams

Conquering the Unworthy Within Us – John Adams

Great and Marvelous Are Thy Works! – John Adams

America: The Grand Design of Providence

Divine Providence and Our Divine Charge

John Adams: Preparing for Eternal Life

The Creator’s Great & Complicated Drama – John Adams

The Creator's Great & Complicated Drama – John Adams

Article of Great Importance in the Life of Every Man – Adams

Virtue, Vice, and Ambition – John Adams

The Miracles of Jesus Christ – John Adams

John Adams on 'An Accomplished Judge'

John Adams on ‘An Accomplished Judge’

John Adams on 'An Accomplished Judge'

John Adams on ‘An Accomplished Judge’

John Adams – Making Ready for that 'Great Change'

John Adams – Making Ready for that ‘Great Change’

Truth and Right Invariably the Same

John Adams: Hungry Learner, Content with Realities' Constraints

John Adams: Hungry Learner, Content with Realities’ Constraints

JOHN DICKINSON

Divine Providence and Our Divine Charge

Love, Duty, and the Power of Small Things

Dickinson: Taking Care of Our Divine Birthright

JOHN JAY

Only One True History — John Jay

The Almighty’s Position On the Morality of War—John Jay

The Almighty's Position On the Morality of War—John Jay

JOHN WINTHROP

John Winthrop On Liberty

JONATHAN TRUMBULL SR.

‘Brother Jonathan’s’ Prayer for Washington

'Brother Jonathan's' Prayer for Washington

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL CONGRESS

Mass. Congress to Washington, Imploring Almighty God’s Help

Mass. Congress to Washington, Imploring Almighty God's Help

NOAH WEBSTER

Webster’s American Education—§ 4

Law Defined—Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Law Defined—Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PATRICK HENRY

Patrick Henry—Elizabeth Aylett (August 20, 1796)

ROGER WILLIAMS

Divine Providence and Our Divine Charge

Roger Williams: As to Liberty and Its Counterfeit, License

SAMUEL ADAMS

Samuel Adams—On Discovering Our True Happiness

He that planted the Vine—Samuel Adams

That Peace Which the World Cannot Give Nor Take Away

Samuel Adams On "The Only True Basis of All Government"

Samuel Adams On “The Only True Basis of All Government”

The Only Solid Foundations of Public Liberty & Happiness

The Only Solid Foundations of Public Liberty & Happiness

Mind and Morals: Freedom's Best Team

Mind and Morals: Freedom’s Best Team

Sam Adams: The Rights of the Colonists as Christians

Sam Adams: On Republics, Natural Aristocracy, & the Effects of a Proper Education on...

Sam Adams: On Republics, Natural Aristocracy, & the Effects of a Proper Education on...

Samuel Adams: "Matters of this kind…are Serious Things"

Samuel Adams: “Matters of this kind…are Serious Things”

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Mind and Morals: Freedom’s Best Team

Mind and Morals: Freedom's Best Team

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Enemies of Tyranny: Faith, Reason, and the First Amendment

Your Religion in NONE of My Business! – Part 4 of 4

Jesus Trumps All the Moral Philosophers!

Denying Spiritual Man

Precedent—the Pathway to Sin, Suffering and Slavery

Impressed on the sense of every man …

Thomas Jefferson Testimonial for Reverend Charles Clay

Departure from Principle and the Abusive State of Man—Jefferson

Is Grief an Evil?

Jefferson on Eternal Life

Jefferson on Finding God

Thomas Jefferson Writes of Jesus Christ

THOMAS PAINE

No Kings In America!—A Biblical Appeal

The Interview: Paine's Christianity, Part 2

The Interview: Paine’s Christianity, Part 2

Thomas Paine's Prophetic "Dream Interpreted"

Thomas Paine’s Prophetic “Dream Interpreted”

Divine Providence and Our Divine Charge

The Providential Mission of Christopher Columbus