“If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.”
Matches what Ben Franklin had said years before at the time of the writing of the Constitution: “I believe farther that this [new Constitution] is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other.” As we the people have become corrupt, catastrophe, perhaps a Despotic Government is coming our way; “the people…being incapable of any other.”
So, as we see July 4th coming next week…while you are watching fireworks and hopefully feeling patriotic…think about these warnings and wisdom from our Founders. We must continue to protect and value the foundation of our nation.