EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE!

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT.COM - THURSDAY, JULY 4TH, 2019

 

July 1:

    On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress entered the final stage of its debate: should the Thirteen Colonies separate themselves from Great Britain? Speaking with quiet power, John Adams declared:

 

"Before God, I believe the hour has come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope in this life. I am now ready here to stake upon it. And I leave as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment. Independence now, and Independence for ever!"

 

July 2nd:

    On this day in 1776, the Thirteen Colonies voted to separate from Great Britain. A hush fell over the room. The late afternoon sun fired a brass candlestick on the green felt tablecloth, a pair of spectacles, the silver knob of a walking stick. Men gazed out the window, some with tears in their eyes. A few prayed. Their chairman, John Hancock, broke the silence: Gentlemen, the price on my head has just doubled!"

 

    Referring to that vote a month later, Samuel Adams declared: "We have this day restored the Sovereign, to Whom alone men ought to be obedient. He reigns in Heaven and ... from the rising  to the setting sun, may His Kingdom come!"

 

July 3rd:

    When Independence became a reality, John Adams, who had fought so long and hard for his vision of a new nation under God, was overwhelmed. As always, the person with whom he most wanted to share feelings was his wife Abigail. On this day in 1770, with the first post rider leaving for Massachusetts, he dispatched a prophetic letter. The day, he said.

 

    "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, shows, games, sports, guns, bells,bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the others, from this time forward forevermore."

 

July 4th: 

    On this day John Hancock, the Chairman of the Continental Congress, and the Secretary of the Congress both signed the Declaration of Independence of the United States, thereby making it legal. The only government document in world history that is a creeded statement of Bible-based ideals. It contains these phrases:

 

"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

 

"Appealing to the Supreme judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions..."

 

"With a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence...."

 

Happy Fourth of July,

 

George H. Kubeck

 

P.S. The above was taken from a yearly one page over calendar: "The Glory of America" foreward by Bill Bright, Peter Marshall - David Manuel  - Copyright 1999 Published by NewLife Publication, A Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ.