The Christian religion was the foundation on which our Republic was formed and the

Lord Jesus Christ was the cornerstone. He was the very Rock on which our Republic
was sustained. Some people are under the false impression that America's founding
fathers were deists and somehow believed in a generic god. A look into the early
public school text books will reveal the fact that they spoke about the God of the
Holy Bible. The 1803 edition of The New Instructor, Section VII, under the
heading, “Directions respecting the Use of Capital Letters”, states: It is,
however, very proper to begin with a capital,... 3. The appellations of the
Deity ; as, "God, Jehovah, the Almighty, the Supreme Being, the Lord, Providence,
the Messiah, the Holy Spirit." (The New Instructor, 1803, pp. 131,132). Note the
absence of any reference to a Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, or Roman god or
goddess, and the absence of any reference to Buddha, Krishna, Allah, or any other
pagan divinity. Who then was this "Deity", "God", "Almighty", "Lord", "Supreme
Being" alluded to in the school text book? Pages 40-41 and 188 says, Solomon my
son, know thou the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart, and
with a willing mind. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou
forsake him, he will cast thee off forever. (The New Instructor, 1803, pp. 40-41)
Humanity is, therefore, the characteristic of Christianity ; it is the badge and
ornament of its professors ; it is the particular and frequent command of our
Saviour, "As ye would that others should do unto you, even so do ye unto them."
(The New Instructor, 1803, p. 188). Note that this public school text book did not
refer to the Lord Jesus Christ as “a” Savior, but as “our Saviour”. The 1811
edition of The American Preceptor of 1794, under the heading, “A Short Address To
Parents”, reads: 5... "Give your hearts wholly to the Lord who made you." Lay the
foundation of your lives here, on the firm ground of Christian faith; and build
upon it whatever is just and good, worthy and noble, till the structure be
complete in moral beauty. 6. The world, into which your children are entering,
lies in wait for them with variety of temptations. Unfavorable sentiments of
religion will soon be suggested to them, and all the snares of luxury, false honor
and interest, spread in their way, which, with most of their rank, are too
successful, and to many, fatal. 7. Happy the few, who in any part of life become
sensible of their errors, and with painful resolution tread back the wrong steps
which they have taken! 8. But happiest of men is he, who by an even course of
right conduct, from the first, as far as human frailty permits, hath at once
avoided the miseries of sin, the sorrows of repentance, and the difficulties of
virtue; who not only can think of his present state with composure, but reflect on
his past behaviour with thankful approbation; and look forward with unmixed joy to
that important future hour, when he shall appear before God, and humbly offer to
him a whole life spent in his service. (The American Preceptor, 1811, p. 224). And
under the heading, “A Serious Address From A Preceptor To His Scholars” by this
exact same edition reads: 5... The principal purpose of my frequent addresses is
to promote the knowledge and the practice of the Christian religion; and in the
performance of this purpose, I shall of necessity be led to recommend the purest
system of morality. Ethics, improved and exalted by the Christian religion, become
the guides to real wisdom and solid happiness, to which they could never attain
when taught only in the schools of heathen philosophy. 6. In the religious part of
your education, it is not expected that you should be engaged in the profound
disquisitions of theology. The plain doctrines of the religion which you have been
taught to profess must be explained to you; but the principal business is to open
your hearts for the reception of those sentiments and precepts, which conduce to
the direction of your actions in the employment and engagements of your subsequent
life. 7. In the first place, I must then remind you of the necessity of reading
the Scriptures; that is, of drinking the sacred waters at the fountain. 9. If you
read the Old Testament with a taste for its beauties, you will accomplish two
important purposes at the same time. You will acquire a knowledge of the Holy
Bible, which is your duty; and you will improve your taste and judgment, which is
your business as students in the course of a polite education. 13. It will however
be proper that you should at an early age familiarize to your mind the language of
the Scriptures, in all their parts, though you should not be able fully to
comprehend them. You will thus treasure up many useful passages in your memory,
which, on many occasions in the course of your lives, may be useful. 14. A very
early acquaintance with the words of the Old and New Testament, even before any
adequate ideas of their meaning have been obtained, has been found useful in
subsequent life to the professed divine. 18. Make it a rule, never to be violated,
to pray night and morning. It is indeed true that in this, and other schools, it
is usual to begin and end the exercises of the day with prayer; but I am sorry to
say, that this is often considered as a mere formality. You will pay attention to
this duty, and you will also repeat other prayers at lying down on your pillow,
and rising from it. (The American Preceptor, 1811, pp. 225, 226, 227). The 1822
edition of The American Spelling Book For The Use of Schools In The United States,
under the heading, “Lessons of easy words, to teach children to read, and to know
their duty.”, reads: No man may put off the law of God: My joy is in his law all
the day. O may I not go in the way of sin!... All men go out of the way. Who can
say he has no sin?... The way of man is ill.... See not my sin, and let me not go
to the pit. Rest in the Lord, and mind his word.... This life is not long; but the
life to come has no end.... No man can say that he has done no ill. For all men
have gone out of the way. There is none that doth good; no not one.... He who came
to save us, will wash us from all sin; I will be glad in his name. A good boy will
do all that is just; he will flee from vice; he will do good, and walk in the way
of life. Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world; for they are
sin. (The American Spelling Book, Noah Webster, 1822, pages 43-45). The 1842
edition of The Elementary Spelling Book stated: Matrimony was instituted by God. –
The devil is the great adversary of man. – All persons should wear a decent dress.
– We are apt to live forgetful of our continual dependence on the will of God. –
God governs the world in infinite wisdom; the Bible teaches us that it is our duty
to worship him. It is a solemn thing to die and appear before God. – ‘If sinners
entice thee, consent thou not,’ but withdraw from their company. – The chewing of
tobacco is a useless custom. – Confess your sins and forsake them. – The wicked
transgress the laws of God. – Liquors that intoxicate are to be avoided as poison.
– Before you rise in the morning or retire at night, give thanks to God for his
mercies, and implore the continuance of his protection. – Let all your words be
sincere, and never deceive. – A mediator is a third person who interposes to
adjust a dispute between parties at variance. Christ is the mediator between an
offended God and offending man.” (The Elementary Spelling Book, 1842, pp.
52,58,66,69,72,74,76-77,79,80,82). The following quotes are from the 1908 edition
of The Elementary Spelling Book, an American public school text book for children:
The Holy Bible is the book of God. (The Elementary Spelling Book, 1908, p. 26).
Legislation is the enacting of laws, and a legislator is one who makes laws. God
is the divine legislator. He proclaimed his ten commandments, from mount Sinai. In
free governments, the people choose their legislators. We have legislators for
each state, who make laws for the state where they live. The town in which they
meet to legislate, is called the seat of government. These legislators, when they
are assembled to make laws, are called the legislature. The people should choose
their best and wisest men for their legislators. lt is the duty of every good man,
to inspect the moral conduct of the man who is offered as a legislator at our
yearly elections. If the people wish for good laws, they may have them, by
electing good man.
The legislative councils of the United States should feel their dependence on the
will of a free and virtuous people. Our farmers, mechanics and merchants, compose
the strength of our nation. Let them be wise and virtuous, and watchful of their
liberties. (The Elementary Spelling Book, 1908, pages 98-99). All can see that the
spirit of liberty permeated American society. Our Judeo/Christian foundations of
our nation helped to spark and maintain these fires of liberty in the hearts and
minds of our people. Generations of American children were taught the fundamentals
of life from public school text books whose pages contained copious amounts of
scriptures from the Holy Bible. The books most used in pursuing the studies were
the New England Primer (first published circa 1690), Dixon's The English
Instructor (first published in 1728), Dillworth's A New Guide to the English
Tongue (first published in 1740), and Webster's American Spelling Book (first
published in 1789), which were considered the standard. The New Testament was
extensively used as a reading book; and the Protestant Tutor for Children (first
published in 1685, the predecessor of the New England Primer), Grammatical
Institute of the English Language (first published in 1783), American Preceptor
(first published in 1794), Columbian orator (first published in 1799), and The
English Reader (first published in 1800), also occupied places among the
acknowledged text books of the public schools. Millions of copies and dozens of
editions of these text books were printed and used for centuries to teach
generation after generation of American children. In fact, more copies of Noah
Webster's spelling book, commonly known as the "blue-back speller", have been sold
than any other book except the Bible. More than eighty million copies of Webster's
spelling book had been sold previous to 1880, and in 1900 it was selling at the
rate of hundreds of thousands annually, being the most generally used of all
school text-books (Early Schools & School-books of New England, 1904, p. 32). This
is the true documented history of public school education in the United States of
America. Don't let today's false 'historians' deceive you with their revisions of
American history.