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Alrighty, we are back and this is our fourth of July, our Patriot program. John, there's another battle that took place, and that's the Battle of Bunker Hill. And we're going to take a look at that. And so In June of seventeen seventy five, the British had placed five thousand soldiers in the town of Boston, Massachusetts. Sir William Howe, general, and John Burgoyne.
and General Gage were the commanding officers of the British troops. The troops basically forced to stay in Boston town because the city was encircled by colonial troops. The colonial troops numbered about twelve thousand men. from four different colonies. General Ward was their commander.
And Had his headquarters at Cambridge. Across the the Charles River from Boston. there was a small area of land which held the tiny town of Charleston. It was made up of about five hundred small wood frame houses. The area around Charleston was made up Jemney went up to a Higher hill.
the headquarters of the Colonial Army at Cambridge. was two to three miles away. It was in early June when British General Gage decided that, well, it was necessary to to occupy the Bunker Hill area of Charleston. He placed an order. that any rebels meaning colonist.
Found with guns in their hands would be hanged. He then made plans for the British to Cross the Charles River and take Bunker Hill on the eighteenth day of June. Almost at the very same time The Colonial Committee of Safety. and Cambridge decided that the colonists should occupied Charleston. and fortify Bunker Hill.
So that they could gain control of Boston Harbor. By God's providence, the Americans were to learn of the British plans. The Committee of Safety was then. approached by a man named William Prescott. who offered the services of his one thousand men And a daring plan.
The plan was accepted. And the men formed a Cambridge Commons to be led in prayer. By Layton. President of Cambridge College. The site must have been something.
None of the men had any type of uniform. Each one had gunpowder and a powder Horn, which would be the only ammunition he would have for the battle, Each one carried with him. One bag of bullets and One ration of bread. And meat or cheese. They had no watering canteens.
All the work which would soon follow. and the fighting the next day would be done with no rest, no water. And only one meal. After a prayer was said, The men waited for night to fall. By God's providence there was a bright moon on the 16th of June.
As the men were given the orders to march, they silently crossed Charleston. Neck at about eleven p.m. As they marched they could see. Three to four British ships. At anchor in the harbour.
The ship's watch could. clearly be heard all's well Came the calls. As the men begin. To reach the top of the hill. Prescott realized that even though Bunker Hill was the tallest in the area.
The next hill offered a clearer and better aim at the harbour. Plans were thus made to build what They called A red out On Breed's Hill. A red out is like a group of trenches. Or ditch is built. about a central area.
As the men who were Alm almost all farmers.
Well, they were used to digging. and they begin their work with much effort. Lookouts were set down to the edge of the river to watch the ships. and alert the colonists if they discovered anything. Within five hours' time the men had dug a wall of five hundred feet.
In circumference and six feet high. At about four AM A messenger was sent to Cambridge to ask for more. Gunpowder? and more reinforcements. These were never to arrive because General Ward was afraid that the British might attack his men at Cambridge.
Then The sun slowly began to rise. On the British ships were which were called the men of war. The guards looked with amazement towards Charleston. Up on Braid's Hill, almost out of thin air, Stitter it up. The ships.
Curtains. immediately began to fire their cannons. The people of Boston who were Awakened by the cannons, ran to any open field. Housetops are church towers available to watch. What was beginning?
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Soon the British cannons located it. Cops Hill in Boston. We're shooting also. Prescott muttered. The parabet and walked calmly.
Encouraging his men to continue digging. About this time. A young man arrived who only four days earlier had been made a general. Prescott offered his command. To the young man.
General Joseph Warren. It was declined. Joseph Warren realized that even if He had the higher rank. It was Prescott's plan. and his men.
All the men were engaged. and encouraged and cheered. To have us so honoured. A man among them. Ward S.
only for Prescott to send him to the area where he could be used the most to fight. with the rest of the men. As Warren was getting settled, another smaller group of men. Arrive. Commanded by a man named Stark.
These men formed At a rail fence which Sloped down to the Mystic River. Stark knew that Prescott's plan would fail if he was surrounded. Stars Manhood Prevent that. Even without advising Prescott and Warren, Stark's brave men added dirt and hay to reinforced the rail fence. That took their positions.
As Charleston was burned, the Patriots watched. Across the river in Boston. General Gage ordered Charleston to be burned to the ground. The wind was blowing. towards Breed's Hill.
The smoke would blow and cover the rebels, so They would not be able to see the British movements. The five hundred small wooden houses were soon ablaze. The church steeples took the flames high into the sky. Smoke began to fill the air, but by God's providence. The wind shifted about noon.
Instead of the Americans shrounded in smoke, the British ships were now hampered. Slowly Two thousand five hundred British soldiers begin to cross the river. and form lines at the bottom of Reeves Hill.
Soon the order was given to march. Orderly lines of red coats began to climb up the hill. They were cheering and firing their guns as they marched. The summer sun was now baking down hard on all the men. Smoke hung in the air from the fires.
The left and the right lines began to come together. The British were sure they would win, but One by one. They realized that there was No shouts coming from The red out order of the rail fae fence. There was no gunfire either. Just An eerie silence.
Have you ever heard of the menu? or been some place when there should have been a lot of noise, but there was Just wasn't anything. It was kind of a strange feeling, huh? In the Red Opt. Two lines had formed.
The first was in position ready to fire. The second line was ready to take its place.
Now, remember that the guns the men had back then fired only one bullet. then had to be reloaded. The plan was for the first line to to fire then reload as the second line fired. and so on. Prescott moved silently among the men, saying Now keep cool, boys.
Don't waste your ammunition, make every shot tell. Hold your fire. Till I give the word, don't pull the trigger. till you see the whites of their eyes. And aim for their belts.
The red coast will never reach the red out if you keep cool. The cheering gunfire. Firing marching redcoats. versus the silent patient. Colonists Closer and closer the the red out the red coats came.
Finally the command rang out, Fire! and the Americans fired almost all at the very same time. In one moment of time the entire front line of the British were either dead or wounded. The first line of Americans stepped back to reload their guns. as the second line stepped forward and fired.
The second line of British was almost now all gone. The Americans had been from the Four New England colonies. They were good at Patiently waiting. Game back home. They knew how to take careful aim and make each shot count.
With a second wave of fire from the American lines, the The British stopped and and turned. and begin to run. Nothing stopped the soldiers from their retreat. and the threats from their officers, nor the point of the sword. They did not stop running until they reached the river.
A mighty cheer rose up from the Red Out. red outs at the top of Breed's Hill. The Americans had shown their strength. The men quickly reloaded and prepared for another attack. It was now getting later in the day.
The sun was shining in the faces of the British soldiers as they were once more rallied and Began to march up the hill again. As the soldiers marched, they were. A little slower this time. They cheered. They fired their guns.
They stepped over their fallen comrades. And as they read out and the rail fences, silence once again fell. When the British were only twenty-five feet away from The command rang out again. Fire The entire front row of the British lines again lay dying in the grass. The British did not have to wait.
For the second volley, they turned and ran back down the hill. By the time the British soldiers arrived at the bottom. Of the hill. They found that their officers We're very angry. The soldiers were ordered to take the hill even if it required every single soldier to die.
The soldiers were reorganized and once again began their march. Up the hill. This time, however, they threw off their knapsacks. They held their fire and silently marched up the hill. Reinforcements from Boston had also arrived.
which helped lift their spirits. Back in the Red Out The American Situation was getting bad. Each man had only one or two rounds of ammunition left. They laid in wait silently for the British to come even closer this time. Each man knew he might die.
East had searched his soul and knew that. Why he and knew why he was fighting. The British came closer now. The bayonets almost touched the walls. I'll throw it out when the command again came.
Fire! The first volley came from the Americans. The British line wavered. The second boy came. The British stopped.
Slowly the British realized that the Americans were out of ammunition. And they charged. As the Americans fought hand to hand and swung their Muskets. Prescott realized that they could. Hold no longer.
In order to retreat. As the men left, Joseph Warren was hurt. He begged his men to carry him back to the American side to die so that. The British would not dishonour him in death. Prescott fought with his sword.
His clothes were pierced. A dozen times But he remained unharmed. The route to safety was open, thanks to Stark's men. Who had been fighting just as bravely. at the rail fences.
The Americans retreated. down the rail fences and across Charleston.
Next to safety. The British were so exhausted. They didn't follow. The British Army that day lost 1,054 men and 19 officers. Seventy more officers were wounded.
On the American side One hundred and thirty nine men were killed. and three hundred and fourteen were wounded. The burning of Charleston caused a great anger. in the people. This would add to their desire for independence.
What were the results of this battle? The British learned a great respect for the Americans.
so much that for the rest of that year the British were slightly very slow to re react due to their Caution The Americans gained some confidence in their own abilities. as fighting men. This battle proved to be to the world. That the Americans were ready to fight and die to protect their freedoms, their rights, and their liberty. The death and brains hope of General Joseph Warren.
was a hard blow to the columnist. He was well loved by all. Warren had been one of the last men to leave. That day. He had stayed to help to protect the others as they retreated.
All of the colonies mourned his passing. It has been said that. In his death, Warren became a martyr for the American cause.
Well, that was where we got that saying Look for the the whites of their eyes. And don't fire, hold your fire. You know, the British had this idea they Somewhere in their mind they thought that That there When they fought against the Patriots. who were outnumbered, that the Patriots being outnumbered were going to Fight by British rules. And uh the praise just didn't see it that way, right?
That's right. And so that wasn't yeah, and and so They lost, you know, thousands of men and of course they figured they they simply would had enough men to So completely overwhelmed the Americans, but uh We know whose side God was on that day, huh? Yes. We've read about that in the Old Testament so many times, where Israel was outnumbered. Yet uh God intervened and uh killed thousands and thousands of people at one time.
you know, even even one time, uh Israel didn't even have to fight. They just came down and all the their enemy was laying in the field dead. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And so Um, there you go, John.
What do you have to say about all that? Yeah, well, Pastor Ernie, you were when you were introducing it, you mentioned the generals that were there and you mentioned John Burgoyne. Remember that? He's the same general that later was at he surrendered his army at Yorktown. And he wrote To the Uh he gave a report to the who's ever he's commanded under in London.
and said that uh The Americans, he actually said We may want to work out a truce or a treaty with them because there aren't as militia, they're well disciplined and they will fight to the death. This is going to be a hard War I'm going to lose a lot of men in this sport. Uh the combination Uh Bunker Hill, Breeds Hill. And Saratoga Um Burgoyne could see what was gonna how actually how it turned out.
Well. Richard, you have a Yes. A piece to read code. Yeah, this is an important article on what we're talking about with God's hand and so much. It says evidence of our Christian heritage.
There are many evidence that our nation was founded. On commitment to God and the principles of His Word. In the summer of seventeen eighty seven, representatives met in Philadelphia to write the Constitution of the United States. After they had struggled for several weeks. and had made little or no progress.
Eighty one year old Benjamin Franklin rose. and addressed the troubled and disagreeing convention, that was about to adjourn to confess confession. In the beginning of the con contest, With Britain. When we were In danger, we had daily prayers. in this room.
for divine protection. Our prayers, sir, We're heard. and they were graciously answered. all of us who were engaged in this struggle must have observed frequent instances Of s supernatural providence in in our favor. Have we now forgotten this powerful friend?
Or do we imagine we no longer need his assistance? Franklin goes on. I have lived, sir, yes. A long time. And the longer I live, the more convinced convincing proof I see In this truth, the that God governs the affairs of men.
And if the sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice. Is it probable that an em empire can raise without his aid? We have been assured, sir. in the sacred writings that except the Lord build the house, Thy labour is in vain that buildeth. I firmly believe this.
I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth. Prayers imploring the assistance of heaven, and its blessings on our deliberation. beheld in this assembly every morning. The very purpose of the Pilgrims of sixteen twenty was to establish a government based on the Bible. The New England Charter.
Signed by King James I. Confirm this goal. To advance the enlargement of Christian religion. and to glorify God Almighty. Governor Bradford.
In writing The Pilgrim's Landing describes their first act Being thus arrived, he in a good harbour and brought safe to land, We fell upon their knees and bless the God of heaven. This is also confirmed by the colonies, the goal of the government. based on Scripture was further reaffirmed, by individual colonies such as Rhode Island Charter of sixteen eighty three, which began, We submit our persons. Lives and Estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, The King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of His given to us in His holy Word. Those absolute laws.
Because the base of the Declaration became the base of the Declaration of Independence, which includes in its first paragraph an appeal to the laws of nature, and of Nature's God. Our national constitution established the republic upon the absolute law. of the Bible. not the democracy based on the change chan changing whims of people. Reaffirmed by the Presidents.
This also was reaffirmed. In his inaugural address to Congress, the first president of our nation. stressed God's role In the birth of this republic. He said. No people can be bound.
to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which con conducted the affairs of men more than the people of the United States, Every step by which we have advanced in this charter of an independent nation. seems to have been distinguished by some token of the providential agency, We ought to be no less. Persuaded That the heaven can't be expected in our nation. That disregarded the eternal rules. an order of right which heaven itself has ordained.
One of George Washington's early official acts was the first Thanksgiving proclamation, which read. Whereas It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God. to obey his will, To be grateful for his benefits, and humbly implore his protection and favour. It goes on to call the nation to thanksgiving. To Almighty God.
Continuing through the decades of history we find the inaugural addresses of all the Presidents, and in the Constitution of all fifty of the States, Without exception references to the almighty God of the universe and the and the author that sustains our liberty. The principles of God's word guided the decisions. on which this nation built its foundation. This was discovery. Ob The noted French public.
Uh political philosopher of the nineteenth century. He visited America in his infancy and found the secret of our great r nation. As he traveled from town to town, He talked with people and asked questions. He examined our young national government, our schools and centers of business, but could not find in them the reason for our strength. Not until he visited the churches of America was And witness the pulpits in our land Affirming the righteousness.
Did he find the secret of our greatness? Returning to France, he summarized his finding America is a great nation. Uh America never ceases. to be great. In affirming Jesus Christ.
Throughout our history our forefathers have given Much testimony and comments to God as his principles. Abraham Lincoln stated, It is the duty of nations as well as of men. to own their this Um yeah. Yeah. Dependence upon the overruling power of God And to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures.
Yeah. and proven by all his history. Noah Webster said the religion which has introduced civil liberty. Is a religion of Christ and his apostles. To this we owe our freedom.
Constitution of Government Okay. This is by Noah Webster. The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery, and war proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. And now we'll hear from John Wayne again.
Why are you marching, son? I'd really like to know. Because of Valley Forge or perhaps the Alamo? Or one if by land, two if by sea. A trumpet's call.
The will to be free. What of a man who stood straight and called a weapon? Silent tears when he saw brave men come on. No matter, no difference, the blue or the gray. All were his brothers.
How often he'd pray. and one of Antietam. that now peaceful stream where The water blood red glittered and gleamed. Appomattox. Chickamauga, Vicksburg, Bull Run, Cumberland, Gettysburg, then Washington.
Why are you marching, son? In Flanders Field. How proud were they whose forms beneath the poppies lay. Men who solve are done. died at the Mar.
That's why I saw on. And those who tried the fearful poet shad no terror. who fought and bled. His hearts grew weary of him. but in whose minds one thought kept churning.
Let the torch of liberty keep burning. Why are you marching, son? The plane swarmed in and the rising sun glowed fiercely on the evil done to men whose blood runs through our veins. Uh Men who died. remains lie forever locked in waters deep.
Now is it right that they should sleep while the warm sea laps of the twisted hull and See the torch of liberty grow dull? Anzio, Cassino, Paul. Samari Glace, Le Monde, St. Law, Carter Lake and Buchan Wall. On and on the roll is called.
And why? Why are you marching, son? Mm-hmm. Ugles shrilled in the frozen night and First Dawn. The awful sight of it.
Seas of men. Row after row left to die on blood-stained snow. Lusan, Yongye, So on Young Ju and blood-red ran the swift yellow. In South Vietnam the big guns roared and once again we fought a war. to honor a pledge our nation gave.
To help that little country save her people from the certainty that she'd be ruled by. tyranny. No matter where the big guns roar, our fighting men like those before. Take the torch we all held there and Face freedom's enemies without fear. Our fathers died from sea to sea.
Blessed the torch of liberty. Why? Why are you marching, son? That spirit of seventeen seventy six lives on today in many of us and uh And we know that Freedom isn't free. It's it was paid for by the blood of those that went before us and, like I said, A warning out there to those of you that who has said you're going to burn down America this summer.
Uh well The warning is remember. That spirit of 1776 lives within many of us. In fact, one of those was a man and pet and John, you mentioned the Black Road Regiment. One of that Black Road Regiment was a man named Neftelle Daggett Tell us about Naftali Dagett. Nephtalai Nephtalai.
Daggett, D.D. Professor of Divinity, and for a time president of Yale College, was another distinguished clergyman. who was an illustrious Who was as illustrious for his patriotism as for his theological learning. He instructed the students in the duty of resistance to Great Britain as earnestly as he did in that of obedience to God. Indeed, he regarded them as one and the same duty.
In seventeen seventy nine the college had recovered from the panic that had scattered the students into various towns in the interior, and was in a preposterous condition. But in the midst of its tranquillity, a rumor reached New Haven that General T uh Tryon. was preparing to make a descent upon it. The place was immediately thrown into great alarm, and a meeting was called to deliberate. on what was to be done.
Councils were various at as to the best course to pursue, but Doctor Daggett declared that, whatever else was determined upon, one thing was clear the citizens must fight. At length the dreaded calamity came and swift. riders galloped into town, bringing the startling news that the British, twenty five hundred strong, had landed and five miles distant at West Haven. At once all was Confusion and terror. The college was hurriedly broken up, and as all regarded it useless to attempt to resist so large a body of regular troops.
It was determined that early in the morning the inhabitants and students should take their fight into Uh the interior. and leave the place to the mercy of the marauders. To give the former as much time as possible to remove their goods, a volunteer company of a hundred young men was formed, to retard the march of the British, by beating back their advance guards. Accordingly they assembled on the green, with such arms as they could lay their hands on, and parade it in front of the deserted college. the streets were filled with the terrified fugitives.
as in waggons, on horseback, and on foot they stream towards the country. It was a scene of wild confusion, and contrasted strangely with the parade. that courageous little detachment preparing to go forth, against such an overwhelming force. At length, everything being ready, drum and Uh Fife struck up a lively strain, And taking up its line of march, the band passed out of the city. It had not proceeded far when the clatter of horses' hoofs uh was heard along the road.
and the next moment the Reverend Professor of Divinity galloped up on his old black mare with a long fouling piece in his hand. He had not contended. himself with giving Uh good patriotic advice. But had resolved to set an example. To their surprise, however, he did not stop to join them, but pushed straight on towards the enemy.
The little band gave him a loud cheer as he passed, but the old man never turned to the right or left but dashed resolutely onward. and ascending a hill halted in a grove and commenced. Uh read re-engaging the or engaging the enemy. The detachment turning a little to the south swept round the base of the hill, and kept on till, they came in sight of the advance guard of the British. when throwing themselves behind a fence, they poured in a destructive volley.
The guard halted and returned the fire. but as volley succeeded volley, each more deadly than the last. they turned and fled. The young volunteers then broke cover, and leaping the fence, pursued them. firing and shouting as they went.
driving them from fence to fence and across field after field They kept courageously on, and till they suddenly found themselves face to face with the whole hostile army. As far as the eye could reach on either side. The green fields were red with scarlet uniforms. the extended wings ready. at the word of command, to enfold them.
and cut off every avenue of escape. Suddenly, Halting and taking in the full extent of their danger, they, without waiting for orders, turned and ran for their lives. as they fled along the base of the hill on top, of which doctor Daggett had taken his station, they saw the venerable man quietly watching the advancing enemy. As the noise and confusion of the flying detachment reached his ears, he turned a quiet glance below, then levelling his filing piece at the foe, blazed away, As the British pressed after the fugitives, they were surprised at the solitary report of a gun every few minutes. uh from the grove of the trees on that hill.
At first they paid it. But little attention to To it. but the bullets finding their way steadily into the ranks, they were compelled to notice it, and an officer sent a detachment up to see what it meant. The Professor saw them coming, but never moved from his position. His black mare stood near him, and he could Uh any moment have mounted and fled.
but this seemed never to have entered his head. He was thinking only of the enemy. and load it and fired as fast as he could. When the detachment reached the spot where he stood, the commanding officer, to his surprise, saw only a venerable man in black before him, quietly loading his gun to have another shot. pausing a moment after extraordinary spectacle of a single man thus coolly fighting a whole army, he exclaimed, What are you doing there, you old fool, firing on his Majesty's troop?
The staunch old patriot looked up in the most unconcerned manner, and replied, Exercising the rights of war. The whole affair seemed to strike the officer comically. and rather amused than offended at the audacity of the proceeding. he said, If I let you go this time, you old rascal, will you ever fire again on the troops of his majesty? Nothing more likely.
was the imperturbable reply. This was too much for the good temper of the Briton. And He ordered his men to seize him. They did so, and dragged him roughly down the hill, To the head of the column. The Americans in their retreat Had torn down the bridge over the river after crossing it.
thus compelling the British to march two miles farther north, to another bridge. the latter immediately placed doctor Daggett on foot. at the head of the column as a guide, and pressed rapidly forward. It was the fifth of July. and one of the hottest days of the year.
Under the burning rays of the noonday sun and driving pace they were kept at, even the hardened soldiers wilted, while Doctor Daggett, unused to such exposure, soon became completely exhausted. But the moment he showed signs of faltering, the soldiers pricked him. on with their bayonets. at the same time showering curses and insults upon upon his head. Before the five miles march was completed the brave old man was ready to sink to the earth.
but every time he paused and reeled as if about to fall, they caught him on the points of their bayonets and forced him to rally, while the blood flowed in streams down his dress. As they entered the streets of the town, they commenced shooting down the peaceable. Citizens who had remained behind whenever they appeared in sight. and doctor Daggett expected every moment to share their fate. At length they reached the green.
Won a Tory. who had come out to welcome the enemy recognized doctor Daggett, as he lay covered with blood and dust, and requested the officer to release him. He did so, and the wounded patriot was carried into a house nearby. More dead than alive. his utter exhaustion and brutal wounds combined bought him to the very gates of death and his life for some time He, however, rallied and was able to able a part of the next year to preach in the chapel, but his constitution had received a shock from which it could not fully recover, and in sixteen months he was borne to the grave, one more added to the list of noble souls who felt That the offer of their lives to their country was a small sacrifice.
All right, very good. And I think it's time that we. Uh That we all s give a little word to the folks out there. For myself, I want to say uh I Remember the the cost of freedom, uh we We may be looking at Um very likely looking at some very serious times coming our way. And so With that I want to say I hope this is the best Fourth of July.
You remember The reason, what it's about. It's not about hot dogs, hamburgers, and fireworks. It's about. The cost of freedom. Yeah.
One of the questions that was asked was: Will we fight? And we need to understand that we are in a warfare, and it is a two-fold warfare. And so, on the one aspect, I would say that we need to remember that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but they are mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.
So, let's remember to pray, let's remember to intercede for this nation, for the unsaved, even as threats are going out. Intercession is powerful, the prayers of the righteous availeth much, and we must remember to pray. But I'm also reminded, as I said, this is a war, warfare on two fronts. I'm also reminded of Nehemiah, and I want to remind us that they which builded the wall in Nehemiah 4 and 17, it says, They which build it on the wall, and they that bear the burdens, with those that laid it, everyone with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand. Held a weapon.
And so I want us to remember that to be wise, we fight in the spirit, but we also are prepared even in the natural. Mm-hmm. Yes. And we we have to consider that what the founding fathers did for independence for us. And we can't look at that lightly, and we have to understand that It may cost us our lives.
It may cost us our freedoms. And you know, we look at the economy today or we look at who's president and we think everything might be all right. But it might not be either. And we have to be vigilant. We have to continue to do that.
And what Brother Barkley was saying about prayer. That is the very first thing we do. That's not the last thing we do. The very first thing we need to do in any situation. is go to God.
We don't look for counseling, we don't look for advice, we go to our knees. and ask God to direct our steps and direct our minds and direct our hearts. and then, then we can look for others to help us. But the very first thing we need to do is always go to prayer. And this country needs a lot of prayer.
and as we celebrate this Fourth of July, this Independence Day, Take some time with your family, take some time with individuals to pray together. and pray for the and thank God for the freedoms that we have. But pray to God to intervene in these crises that may come up. If they don't come up know that God is working in our lives. It's not because they weren't going to come up, but because God intervened.
And we need to bless him. Amen. John, you've got about three minutes. Go ahead and finish. Yeah, past the Ernie.
Um, I'd like to talk briefly But because it's so important About the third founding document. We all know about the Declaration of Independence july fourth, seventeen seventy six, And the Constitution which was march fourth, seventeen eighty nine. But in between, there was a document where we ga we gained our freedom from Great Britain. And it was called the legal title of it is the Definitive Treaty of Peace. Between the United States and Great Britain.
third september, seventeen eighty three.
So this is called we know it as the Treaty of Paris. But it granted us our independence as a free sovereign nation from Great Britain.
Now why this is so important Pastor Ernie, this is the preamble It's a very short. but very powerful. This is a preamble to that treaty. It says, in the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity, We gained our independence. From Great Britain.
In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity. I know of no other nation That's gained independence Under the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity, Pastor Ernie? This is unique. If they doubt, if anyone doubts, We were a Christian nation. go to the treaty where we gained our independence.
You can go online and look it up. In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity. Now we'll go down to the end of the document, and I'm scanning down. And it says here. done at Paris this third day of September And the year of our Lord.
One thousand. seven hundred and eighty three It was signed by Americans. It was signed by D. Hartley. I don't know who he was.
It was signed by Benjamin Franklin. We all know who Benjamin Franklin was. John J. He was the first um Uh Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and John Adams. who became the second President of the United States.
They signed this document. in the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity, Pastor Ernie. We are a Christian nation. From day one. because we came into existence under the name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity.
And being that, being as you talked about the Trinity, we know that. Israel is is referred to as the wife of God. And of course, the church today is referred to as the Bride of Christ. And so. As as Israel is the chosen people, so are we too.
Yeah, in the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity. Absolutely. Pastor Ernie, why isn't this what I just anybody can look this up. Why isn't this preached every Fourth of July. From the pulpit.
how unique we are. We were founded. Not just under the name of God. Not under the Lord, not under divine providence. Specifically, In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity.
That's the preamble. to the document granting us freedom. Signed by Benjamin Franklin, John J. and John Adams. They agreed to this.
Maybe they demanded it. Amen. And there's no higher authority than that most holy trinity. Amen. That's right.
We're out of time for tonight. I want to wish all of you a blessed, blessed Fourth of July and a safe Fourth of July. remember the price of freedom. That's right. And until then, we want to say good night.
God bless. God bless. And always, always. Keep fighting the fight. Fine light.
Finally, Fight fight fight fight fight fight Thanks for listening to The Voice of the Christian Resistance, What's Right, What's Left, hosted by Pastor Ernie Sanders. To learn more about our ministry, please visit us online at www.wrwl.org. Please tune in next time for another edition of What's Right, What's Left? The preceding program is sponsored by What's Right, What's Left Ministries and is responsible for its content. Yeah.
