"Finally, let us not forget the religious character of our origin. Our fathers were brought [here] by their high veneration for the Christian religion. They journeyed by its light, and labored in its hope. They sought to incorporate its principles with the elements of their society, and to diffuse its influence through all their institutions, civil, political, or literary. Let us cherish these sentiments, and extend this influence still more widely, in the full conviction, that that is the happiest society which partakes in the highest degree of the mild and peaceful spirit of Christianity."- Daniel Webster (1848). “Speeches and Forensic Arguments”, p.56
Daniel Webster said, "Let us not forget". Our forgetfulness has caught up to us. The evidence is overwhelming. He noted the connection here between happiness and partaking the mild and peaceful spirit of Christianity.
"He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments." - Ps 78:5-7
Isn't it yet time for the family and the church to come together and remind our children about the works of God? Isn't it indeed the works of God that they are studying throughout the day in school? Is there any subject under the sun that is not a work of God?
May the Lord have mercy on me and my generation for our failure to obey His command to teach our children the testimony of God that is revealed in all of His mighty creation...
"The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship." --Psalm 19:1
The peace and happiness we have lost can be recovered and offered to the next generation if we will repent and obey today.
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