I spoke to two great authors Saturday.
I did not plan it this way, but both interviews dovetailed wonderfully.
The first was with Cynthia Scott who wrote Celebrating God, Our Founder, at America's 250th Birthday which tells the story of the preparation for our Republic that was done through prayer and fasting by the leaders and the people of the colony. It demonstrates the activity and the results.
Your American Heritage 12 13 2025 Cynthia Scott
Then I spoke with Hillsdale Vice President and Professor Matthew Spalding about his new book on the Declaration of Independence, The Making of the American Mind.
Your American Heritage 12 13 2025 Matthew Spalding
Both of these books are wonderful and historically informative books and easily read.
Cynthia demonstrates the history of our founding and the concurrent spiritual conditioning of the public for it.
Matt demonstrates the history of our founding and the philosophical (and religious) elements that formed the American Mind, the consensus that supported the effort for Independence.
I urge you to listen to both of them.
Yes, we got here by prayer. Always a spiritual dimension. Just like today:
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BAYSIDER
Yep. Sewing discord :)
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and wee had builded our houses
provided necessaries for our liveli hood
reard convenient places for Gods worship
and setled the civill government
one of the next things we longed for
and looked after was to advance learning
and perpetuate it to posterity
dreading to leave an illiterate minister
to the churches when our present ministers
shall lie in the dust."
BAYSIDER
Exactly.
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