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LESSON HELPS FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 26, 1955
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VOLUME LIV WEDNESDAY JUNE 8, 1955 NUMBER 23
The Christian Amendment Introduced in Congress
The following appeared on the front page of the Congressional Record
for Wednesday May 25, 1955:
LET US ACKNOWLEDGE GOD IN OUR CONSTITUTION
(Mr. Ashmore asked and was given permission to address the House
for one minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
MR. ASHMORE: Mr. Speaker, about one year ago both Houses of
Congress voted unanimously to place "under God" in the Pledge of Alle
giance to the flag of the United States of America. Shortly before that we
voted unanimously to have a Prayer Room in our National Capital, and
that room is now complete. Plans are under way to have stamped on
our currency "In God We Trust." Many of our postage stamps are now hav
ing "In God We Trust" imprinted on them. But there is no acknowledg
ment of the Supreme Being in our Constitution.
Our nation needs an anchor. "We, the cannot lift ourselves 'by
our own bootstraps, yet "we the are the highest authority acknowl
edged in our Federal Constitution. There is an answer for Communism and
all our other moral and spiritual problems and that answer is God. Our
forefathers believed that God was the answer.
For example, the Mayflower Compact contained the following :
"In the name of God, Amen. We, having undertaken for the Glory of
God and the advancement of the Christian faith, do by these presents,
solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant
and combine ourselves into a civil body politic .
Then in 1643, the Articles of Confederation said in part:
"Whereas we all came into these parts of America with one and the
same end and aim, namely to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and to enjoy the liberties of the gospel in purity and in peace . .
Not only did the early settlers of America put God first and foremost,
but the Supreme Court of the United States as late as 1892 recognized our
faith in God. In the case of "The Church of the Holy Trinity vs. The United
States (143 U. S. 457-271), the Court said:
"These and many other matters which might be noticed add a volume
of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances to show that
nation."
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Since it is God who has made and preserved us a nation can we do less
than acknowledge our Maker in the Constitution of our land. "Blessed is
that nation whose God is the Lord."
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