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Christianity and patriotism have much in common. It is significant
to note that:
Our patriotic hymn, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," was written by a Baptist
clergyman, Samuel Francis Smith.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag was written in 1892 by a Baptist
minister, Francis Bellamy.
The words, "In God We Trust," carried on all of our coins, are traced to
the efforts of the Rev. W. R. Watkinson of Ridleyville, Pennsylvania.
His letter of concern, addressed to the Hon. S. P Chase, was dated
November 13, 1861. Seven days later Mr. Chase wrote to James Pollock,
Director of the U.S. Mint as follows:
"No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except
in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our
national coins. Will you cause a device to be prepared without delay
with a motto expressing in the finest and tersest words possible, this
national recognition."
The president of the College of New Jersey, the Reverend John
Witherspoon (Presbyterian), was the only clergyman to sign the
Declaration of Independence.
He is too much forgotten in our history books: John Witherspoon had a
far-reaching influence on democracy. He had personally taught several of
the signers of the document, and nine of them were graduates of the
little college over which he presided at Princeton.
When he took up his pen to put his name to the document, Witherspoon
declared: "There is a tide in the affairs of men, a spark. We perceive
it now before us. To hesitate is to consent to our own slavery. That
noble instrument upon the table, that insures immortality to its author,
should be subscribed this very morning by every pen in this house. He
that will not respond to its accents, and strain every nerve to carry
into effect its provisions, is unworthy of the name of free man. For my
own part, of property I have some; of reputation, more. That reputation
is staked, that property is pledged on the issue of this contest; and
although these gray hairs must soon descend into the sepulcher, I would
infinitely rather that they descend thither by the hand of the
executioner than desert at this crisis the sacred cause of my country."
--James S. Hewett, Illustrations Unlimited (Wheaton: Tyndale House
Publishers, Inc, 1988), p. 401.
