David Brewer understood the true nature of America's founding. He noted that America's intrepid pioneers had come to America in obedience to the Great Commission, that is, to advance the Christian faith. That purpose, he claimed, had never changed, from the earliest colonizations to 1892, the year he delivered his famous Church of the Holy Trinity case which showed that America was founded as a Christian Nation: "Churches and church organizations...abound in every city, town and hamlet...a multitude of charitable organizations exist...everywhere under Christian auspecies...gigantic missionary associations, with general support...aim...to establish Christian missions in every quarter of the globe. These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation."
The evidence is in and weighed on the scales of Supreme Court Justice David Brewer (1837-1910). Consider just some of the facts which are rarely discussed by those who want any discussion of the Christian religion removed from today's history textbooks:
- Maryland's 1776 constitution states that "the legistlature may, in their discretion, lay a general and equal tax, for the support of the Christian religion."
- In several colonies and states a profession of the Christian faith was made an indispensable condition to holding office.
- North Carolina's constitution, which remained in force until 1868, reads in part: "That no person who shall deny the being of God or the truth of the Christian religion, or the divine authority either of the Old or New Testaments, or who shall hold religious principles incompatible with the freedom and safety of the State, shall be capable of holding any office or place of trust or profit in the civil department within this State."
- States were permitted to require a religious test for office holders.
The United States: A Christian Nation is almost never quoted by secular scholars because it destroys their argument that America was not founded as a Christian nation. Now for the first time in nearly 100 years, Brewer's fascinating study of America's Christian heritage is back in print!
Every pebble of evidence he turns up cries out: "America is a Christian nation!" Brewer's landmark work studies declarations of the court, the recognition of Sunday, Chaplains, colonial charters, civil liberty, charitable organizations, and much more. 89 pages. - Paperback (Retail $10.95 - SAVE 15%)