The Membership of our Fathers
“In the beginning of the Contest with G. Britain, when we were sensible of danger we had daily prayer in this room for the divine protection. ”Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a Superintending providence in our favor. To that kind providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend?” ~ Benjamin Franklin
It has been claimed that the Founding Fathers were irreligious and thought of religion, Christianity, and the Bible as irrelevant and forsaken. The quote above rejects this notion. As does the evidence I am about to present.
This is a short, limited list of ministry positions these Founding Fathers held...
John Quincy Adams (6th President) - Vice-President of the American Bible Society and member of the Massachusetts Bible Society
Abraham Baldwin (Signer of the Constitution)- Chaplain in the American Revolution for two years
Joel Barlow (Diplomat under Washington and Adams) - Chaplain in the American Revolution for two years
Elias Boudinot (President of the Continental Congress) - Founder and first President of the American Bible Society, President of the New Jersey Bible Society, member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, member of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
John Brooks (Governor of Massachusetts and Revolutionary General) - President of Middlesex County Bible Society
John Davenport (Revolutionary Officer and US Congressman) - Member of the Missionary Society of Connecticut
Samuel Dexter (Secretary of War under Adams, US Senator and Congressman) - Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others
Alexander Hamilton (Signer of the Constitution) - Proposed formation of the Christian Constitutional Society to spread Christian government to other nations
John Hamilton (Major-General in the Revolution and US Congressman) - Member of the New Jersey Bible Society
John Jay (Original Chief-Justice of the US Supreme Court) - President of the American Bible Society and member of American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Francis Scott Keys (Attorney and author of the Star Spangled Banner) - Manager and Vice-President of the American Sunday School Union
Rufus King (Signer of the Constitution) - selected as manager of the American Bible Society
Marquis De Lafayette (Revolutionary General) - Member of the American Sunday School Union
John Langdon (Signer of the Constitution) - Vice-President of the American Bible Society
John Marshall (Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, Secretary of State and Revolutionary General) - Vice-President of the American Bible Society and officer in the American Sunday School Union
Robert Treat Pain (Signer of the Declaration) - Military Chaplain
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Signer of the Constitution) - President of the Charleston Bible Society and Vice-President of the American Bible Society
Benjamin Rush (Signer of the Declaration) - Founder and Manager of the Philadelphia BIble Society
(Information gleaned from David Barton's Original Intent)
This list can continue for pages more. These Bible groups proliferated during this time and it was not uncommon. And mind you, this is just in membership. These were a religious group of people. And Deism is inconsistent to their thinking. Atheism foreign.
Jared Williams
It has been claimed that the Founding Fathers were irreligious and thought of religion, Christianity, and the Bible as irrelevant and forsaken. The quote above rejects this notion. As does the evidence I am about to present.
This is a short, limited list of ministry positions these Founding Fathers held...
John Quincy Adams (6th President) - Vice-President of the American Bible Society and member of the Massachusetts Bible Society
Abraham Baldwin (Signer of the Constitution)- Chaplain in the American Revolution for two years
Joel Barlow (Diplomat under Washington and Adams) - Chaplain in the American Revolution for two years
Elias Boudinot (President of the Continental Congress) - Founder and first President of the American Bible Society, President of the New Jersey Bible Society, member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, member of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
John Brooks (Governor of Massachusetts and Revolutionary General) - President of Middlesex County Bible Society
John Davenport (Revolutionary Officer and US Congressman) - Member of the Missionary Society of Connecticut
Samuel Dexter (Secretary of War under Adams, US Senator and Congressman) - Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others
Alexander Hamilton (Signer of the Constitution) - Proposed formation of the Christian Constitutional Society to spread Christian government to other nations
John Hamilton (Major-General in the Revolution and US Congressman) - Member of the New Jersey Bible Society
John Jay (Original Chief-Justice of the US Supreme Court) - President of the American Bible Society and member of American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Francis Scott Keys (Attorney and author of the Star Spangled Banner) - Manager and Vice-President of the American Sunday School Union
Rufus King (Signer of the Constitution) - selected as manager of the American Bible Society
Marquis De Lafayette (Revolutionary General) - Member of the American Sunday School Union
John Langdon (Signer of the Constitution) - Vice-President of the American Bible Society
John Marshall (Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, Secretary of State and Revolutionary General) - Vice-President of the American Bible Society and officer in the American Sunday School Union
Robert Treat Pain (Signer of the Declaration) - Military Chaplain
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (Signer of the Constitution) - President of the Charleston Bible Society and Vice-President of the American Bible Society
Benjamin Rush (Signer of the Declaration) - Founder and Manager of the Philadelphia BIble Society
(Information gleaned from David Barton's Original Intent)
This list can continue for pages more. These Bible groups proliferated during this time and it was not uncommon. And mind you, this is just in membership. These were a religious group of people. And Deism is inconsistent to their thinking. Atheism foreign.
Jared Williams
