Can be no other but the holy spirit. Again, follow the logic. The supreme judge of the world and for the americans he represented was precisely the biblical god. God is a judge in the Old Testament. The judge shall judge the world in righteousness. Jonathan edwards was the most that of the declaration. There were many others who used similar language. Some of those preachers although not so well known to us nevertheless carried great weight. Sermons by new englanders, oliver noble, reverend samuel who was the president were stopped with names for god that congress used in the declaration. For example, in december 1776 the reverend wright preached on a people warned an increase of sin under special favors or frowns or Devine Providence ripened people. So whats going on here . He is helping preach iron and brimstone but using the very phrase that will show up in the declaration. My point is this is language that reform protestants are accustomed to hearing from pulpits, in tracts, from c
And its influence on the American Revolution. Well start with jeffrey mod3;ajaaz the James Madison memorial fellowship foundation. Good morning, everyone. Arent you a smart looking set this morning . The topic today is religion and the American Revolution. And you recall from our last session together i laid out what i think are some head waters of early american constitutionalism. We looked at classical republicanism, primarily grecoroman. We looked at enlightenment imperialism. Then i mentioned protestant christianity. And we deferred that to today. Thats where we are today. You recall this image of the Missouri River and its head waters. Great rivers, mainstreams have head waters that flow into them and are at some point Missouri River, the gallitan, the madison, and the jefferson rivers, discovered by lewis and clark. And in a graphic way i just tried simply to illustrate those three headwaters. Classical republicanism to the left there. Enlightenment liberalism. And protestant chr
Particularly the cochair mr. David rubenstein. You can become a donor or sponsor for the festival. The instructions for donations or in your program. Also, on your phone app and online. Before we begin, just a few announcements. If you have your cell phone, turn them off and at the conclusion of the program, we will be taking questions from the audience at one of the microphones. This afternoon, it is a distinct pleasure of mine to be joined onstage by doctor ronald whyte, the author of american ulysses. Previously, hes written many books on Abraham Lincoln, on lincolns leadership and also on the rhetoric. But today, we are going to talk about ulysses s. Grant. If you have not read the book yet, i can commend it to you. It is 827 pages. I was telling him before hand, i read through all 827 pages, and you do not hear about very often. That very often. Given the recent conversations about the legacy of the civil war, i cant think of a better person to hear from this afternoon at the Nati
Silencio is a plealeor fe t. Rescuers in mexico trying to listen for anybody still trapped beneath the rubble. Tonight they think theyve made contact with a young girl. Dmai and ama have the night off. Just after 1 00 a. M. In mexico city, 36 hours after the 7. 1 magnitude quake hit and girl is said to be responding to rescuers at elementary, with at least two others and still alive. Nationwide death toll is more than 230. Abc News Reporter reporter frantic search for life peeking into the debris, raising hands above their heads to silence the crowd, listening for sounds of life. Made contact with a girl. 2113 and foureachers have t died there. In ruins but backpacks hang eerily on hooks. Rodrigo narrowly escaped. Part of the structure collapsed and blocked the exit he said. Had to be evacuated by crawling over a wall. One of dozens of buildings flatened in central mexico when the quake struck. Sent fireballs into the sky and people scrambling into the street some capture and sharing v
Than 230. Abc News Reporter carlos grande. Reporter frantic search for life continuing. Rescuers peeking into the debris, raising hands above their heads to silence the crowd, listening for sounds of life. Made contact with a girl. 2113 and four teachers have died there. In ruins but backpacks hang eerily on hooks. Rodrigo narrowly escaped. Part of the structure collapsed and blocked the exit he said. Had to be evacuated by crawling over a wall. One of dozens of buildings flatened in central mexico when the quake struck. Sent fireballs into the sky and people scrambling into the streets. Some capture and sharing video of the buildings collapsing. Shaking lasting minutes. All around mexico city the rescuers are digging through rubble. Half the city is out of power. And residents in the town begin to mourn the dead. Central district, been a lot of damage. Building that collapsed, rescuers in there, be there all night as long as they believe someone might be alive. Reporting from mexico c