Shoulder To Shoulder #1252 -- 8/16/21 ---- "The Tale of Two Systems" (Pt 8 -- System Two and Its Origin: The Founders' Other Primary Resources -- Pt 3)
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"The world
will not be destroyed by those who do evil,
but by those who watch them without doing anything."
-- Albert Einstein
“There is a common, worldly kind
of Christianity in this day,
which many have, and think they have -- a cheap
Christianity
which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice, which
costs nothing, -- and is worth nothing.” –
J. C. Ryle
"Now
these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica,
for they received the word with great eagerness, examining
the
Scriptures daily to see whether these things were
so." -- Dr. Luke (Acts 17:11)
Shoulder To Shoulder #1252 -- 8/16/21
Title: "The Tale of Two Systems" (Pt 8 -- System Two and
Its Origin: The Founders' Other Primary Resources -- Pt 3)
Dear Fellow Kingdom Builder:
Greetings today, my friend, from Yuma, AZ. Jo Ann and I have
made another Sunday afternoon/evening dash to Yuma to do some
more work on our "new" house before the winter season opens here
at Chapel de Oro in November. On this trip we are scheduled to
move furniture and boxes out of the way for the carpet cleaner
Tuesday, move some things to the Park Model, open a mail box in
Yuma, and run a host of other errands to stores, doctors, and
the like. As I begin writing, it is already 84 degrees, but
feels like 92. The high today is predicted to only be 104, a
bit cooler than normal for August. We had a smattering of rain
about 5:00 this morning, Saturday or friend Bill, who keeps an
eye on our Park Model, said they had a big one Friday night --
1.2" in the park. That was a deluge by Yuma standards because
the average total rainfall is 3.2" per year.
We had another wonderful service yesterday. It seems like God
shows up "atmospherically" every Sunday. This season truly is a
season of times of refreshing and days of restoration. While
the attendance has still not jumped back to pre-COVID days, we
have had first-timers in every service but one (only six
services in six years), our new families remain faithful in
attendance, . . .AND the singing gets better every week! Jo
Ann is absolutely right -- our little congregation sounds like a
choir. I preached from Isa 6:1-13, Hab 3:2, and Rom 12:1-2, "Restoring
Vision for the Venture". God showed me 40 years ago
that man's vision for service is seldom the same as God's
vision. We seldom see what God sees until we have an encounter
with Him and our lives are radically changed. Only then will we
begin to see what He sees.
Today, as we continue our look at "The Tale of Two Systems",
I want to address a subject seldom considered. When it comes to
the real "movers and shakers" of the American Revolution, we
generally overlook that group that I believe was the group the
really was the driving force behind the act to declare
independence from Britain, and also the energizing that
maintained momentum all the way to the end of the American
Revolution, the formation of a new government, and the
ratification of our U.S. Constitution -- namely, "The Black Robe
Regiment".
We will do that right after you consider . . .
THIS 'N' THAT:
+ Pray for Afghanis and For Americans Traped there:
Words cannot adequately the fiasco of American departure from
Afghanistan and the Taliban's rampant take-over of the entire country.
Please be in prayer for the Afghani people and also the tens of
thousands of Americans still there. It is far worse than we are being
told.
https://republicandaily.net/2021/08/number-of-americans-trapped-in-afghanistan-may-be-even-worse-than-the-biden-team-is-telling-us/
+ In Case You're Still Wondering: -- There is
still much talk about the hypocrisy and censorship being carried on by
Social media, particularly Facebook, Google, and Twitter. In case
you're still wondering if it is actually happening, consider this --
Twitter has failed to block Taliban users in light of the attrocities
going on in Afghanistan. So, for Twitter, it is apparently OK for
Taliban terrorists, but not OK for those of us who support and promote
Judeo-Christian values, our constitutional freedoms, and democracy.
Read the details at
https://www.foxnews.com/media/taliban-twitter-trump-afghanistan-big-tech
.
+ Point of Personal
Privilege: -- We have four amazing daughters. All
four of them have done some writing, two having written a book
each, and two who write regular blogs or e-mail devotional
studies. Our eldest, Cindy, is a career missionary in
Colombia, South America, and writes a "verse-by-verse" study
of various books of the Bible. Our third daughter, Cheri,
writes a blog directed primarily toward women, especially
adoptive mothers, but, like Cindy's, her musings are really
for everyone. I highly recommend both of them to you. If
you'd like to sign up, you can contact Cindy at [email protected]
and Cheri at [email protected].
You will be glad you did.
QUOTES FOR THE WEEK:
> 'I am a Clergyman it is true, but I am a member
of the Society as well as the poorest Layman, and my Liberty
is as dear to me as any man, shall I then sit still and
enjoy myself at Home when the best Blood of the Covenant is
spilling? ...So far am I from thinking that I act wrong, I
am convinced it is my duty to do so and duly I owe to God
and my country." -- Peter Muhlenberg (letter to
his brother Frederich)
"Pastors are supposed to be spiritual warriors and that includes
within the culture. And that hasn’t changed since the creation of this
nation.” -- Lt. Gen. William Boykin
THE DRIVING FORCE TOWARD DEMOCRACY:
Perpahs 40 years ago or more I became curious about the role that
pastors had played in the American Revolution and the eventual formation
of a new nation and its unique one-of-kind form of government. Clearly
it was a complete departure from what I have described as "System One"
in this series, where the political law codes had been deveioped in a
polytheistic culture and a monarchical despotic rule of sovereignty. As
a result, the end was more often than not that of being ruled by a
tyrant with little or no restraints and almost no moral standards by
which to govern.
Laws were decided and declared by a ruler and any counsel he received
from his underlings, and those laws would change at the whim of the
ruler. And, with each change of rulers there was the probable change or
alteration of the laws. So, generally speaking, laws were determined
to a large extent by the moral values of the ruler held by his own
understanding of justice. Often justice was meted out apart from the
presence of equality and fairnes. So, to plagiarize a famous quote, "Everyone did that which was right in the King's eyes." So, when Nimrod told the citizens of Babel, "Build a city with a tower to make a name for me . . . like the gods.", the people declared, "Hey! Let's build a city with a tower to make a name for ourselves!"
Back those 40 or so years ago, I didn't have much depth to my knowledge
(comparatively speaking) of our history, and even less about the
historical resources that so influenced our founders. I knew a little
about Locke, Blackstone, and Paine, but almost nothing about
Montesquieu, the one man who clearly influenced the founders more than
any human writer. I did know, however, that all these writers had
something in common, and that was their familiarity with the teachings
of the Bible in relationship to many of the issues present in the social
order of the colonies.
I must reiterate two vital facts that cannot be denied; nor must they be ignored. First,
our founders were well educated people, and not dunderheads like some
would like you to think. Most of thee 56 signers of the Declaration of
Independence were multi-lingual, read the Greek classics, and had vast
experience in both business, economic, and law. If you look at their
biographies, you find that many of them were from gentry backgrounds of
what we would label as "aristocrats".
The second fact is that almost all of them were well
versed in the Bible. After all, from the earliest days of Jamestown and
1607, the Bible was the most valued book brought from England, and
there were by far more copies of the Bible present in the colonies at
the time of the Revolution than any other book. Almost all families had
at least one copy of the Bible. Some of our founders had multiple
copies in other languages. Whether it was the Geneva Bible or the King
James Bible, it was present.
That is not to say that every founder was a true Christian, but the
literary and moral significance of the teachings of of the Old
Testament, . . . and especially of Christianity . . . and the truths of
the Bible were known, were respected, and were valued in some way. The
vast majority of the founders came from the Anglican Church, while
others were Congregationalists, Baptists, Presbyterians, or Quakers.
Most were regular in church attendance. Does that mean they all had a
personal faith in Christ? Obviously not ---- just as in our day.
As I write today, I cannot but think of what our nation might be like
today had it not been for the influence of the Bible on our founders.
For starters, consider Cuba . . . or China . . . or Russia . . . or
Venezuela . . . or Afghanistan. You see, it is my firm conviction is
that the significance of Thomas Paine, John Locke, William Blackstone,
and Baron von Montesquieu on our form of government was because our
founders understood that the only way those writers could have developed
their respective political and legal theories was because of their
knowledge of the "natural law" of God's truths that became the "common
law" of their cultures.
And this, then, raises the question . . .
WHO SPREAD THE WORD?
It's one thing for fewer than 100 learned men to have made the decision
to declare independence, write a declaration stating in detail why the
decision was made, and then devise a form of government and accompanying
constitution that would become the "gold standard" of all governing
documents throughout all of human history. But, it's another thing to
get the word out to the people.
Without the advanced technology of broadcast media, and with social
media more than two centuries into the future, how did the news spread?
How did the word get out? Who was it who began spreading the word
about the political controversies, the social abuses, and the moral
decay that penetrated the hearts and minds of the people?
Here's a better question: ---- Who was the most respected person in any
given community, regardless of its size? Who was the one person that
the majority of people would trust?
The answer back then was the same as the answer used to be here in
America. It was the clergy. For almost 200 years, the most respected
and trusted profession in America was the minister. Today very few
polls show them as even being in the top ten. That was not the case
during the American Revolution. When someone wanted to spread the word
about something, they not only printed posters and notified the local
news publisher if they had one, but they went directly to the local
pastor.
There was a reason for that. Not only did they know the pastor was
trustworthy, but they also knew he was knowledgeable about moral and
social issues -- and that he had a built-in audience every Sunday.
Finally, they knew that pastors well understood the unseen umbilical
cord that linked social and moral issues to scriptural teachings. In
his book, Seedtime of the Republic, Cornell University historian
Clinton Rossiter traced six individuals that he considered the most
influential thought leaders of the American Revolution. Of the six, two
were political leaders -- and four were ministers of the Gospel.
There were also some people in Britain who understood the significant
role that pastors played in the colonies -- and they also knew that
pastors were not afraid to speak out on issues, even if those issues
involved political matters. They were fully unaware of such a thing as
the 1967 Johnson Amendment that so many pastors misunderstood and
assumed it prohibited them from dealing with political and social
matters from their pulpits.
One person in particular recognized the danger pastors posed against the
British Crown -- and that was King George III. And he knew those
pastors were speaking out about a number of policies he had implemented
against the colonists. But, most importantly, he knew the pastors did
not agree with him regarding his wanton moral behavior and his
heavy-handed tyranny against the colonists.
King George was never, in his own words, going to ease his restrictions
on the colonists or allow them to truly break away from England. This
was not the sentiment of a growing number of Members of Parliament.
Many of them thought it best to grant them their independence. Instead,
as is often the case of heads of state who cherish pride and power more
than reality, King George said that he would . . . .
". . . keep the rebels harassed, anxious, and poor, until the day
when, by a natural and inevitable process, discontent and
disappointment were converted into penitence and remorse." (George Trevelyan, George the Third and Charles Fox: The Concluding Part of the American Revolution, 1912).
In a conversation with a British official, Peter Oliver, who was living
in Boston. Oliver essentially labeled the American clergy who were
sympathetic to a revolution, as "Black Robes." The term, "Black Robe
Regiment" apparently came out of that conversation where either Oliver
or King George described the colonial clergy in such a way. The report
also indicated that the King feared them more than he feared the
Continental Army.
There are at least two citations indicating that conversation-- the book, Nationality (1856) by Alpheus Packard, and also Benjamin Franklin Morris' classic, Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States,
(1864), There is no doubt that King George III, despised the
leadership of the American clergy, saw them as a threat because of their
exposing many of his policies, and referred to the War for
Independence, as a "Presbyterian rebellion." In response, English Prime Minister Horace Walpole replied, "There is no use crying about it."
Dr. Catherine Millard is unlikely to be a familiar name to you. It was
to me. The author of fifteen historical books, she has worked for
several years at the Library of Congress as a researcher and writer. In
her research, she went to the original writings, documents, papers and
works of the founding fathers as documentation for her books. She also
wrote for the Christian Heritage News. In referring to the clergy of
the American revolution, she wrote, . . .
"Volumes have been written on the American Revolution. Sadly,
however, an important aspect of this heroic epic has been omitted: the
Protestant Christian pulpits which constituted the media of the day,
from which were preached dynamic Biblical sermons addressing the evil of
tyranny and the blessings of God-ordained liberty. A reason for this omission is due to the fact that it was not an organized force that could be numbered or recruited to achieve visible goals. Independence was boldly preached
from Scripture throughout the 13 original States during the American Revolution.
"Why then should not these sermons, addresses, prayers and
exhortations have as significant a place in American history as
local petitions, resolutions, remonstrances and town committees of
safety, which historians deem essential to understanding the
Revolution? The pastor’s address brought about enthusiasm; his
prayers brought about courage, and his parting blessing -
encouragement and resolution.
"During earlier years, prior to the American Revolution,
there were chaplains in the colonial wars, such as the French and
Indian War. At the conclusion of the war, these chaplains became
pastors of Protestant churches, preaching fervently to their
congregations 'the divine right of Resistance' as opposed to 'the
divine
right of Kings.'
"These humble pastors produced the minute-men, who went forth
boldly from their congregations armed with exhortation from the Pulpit,
as well as muskets and rifles in hand, resisting oppression. This was
the first army of the American Revolution, against which the British
Empire strived in vain at Bunker Hill. From the man of God’s preaching
in the villages, towns and valleys, proceeded thousands of minute-men
who resisted the British at the Battle of Bunker Hill. When Lexington
and Concord sounded the battle-cry, these minute-men took up the their
arms. The prayers and blessing of their pastor accompanying them, they
went forth with patriotism and fervor to defend the lives and freedoms
of their fellow citizens."
The educational website, "TeachingHistory.org" described it like this: . . .
"The term "Black Robe Regiment' referred not to a literal
regiment of soldiers that wore black robes into battle but rather to the
influential clergymen who promoted American independence and supported
the military struggle against Britain. By encouraging the Patriot cause,
those ministers helped muster critical support among members of their
congregation — support the British begrudgingly acknowledged as vital to
maintaining the colonists' frustrating resistance to British attempts
to restore Parliamentary rule.
"'The Black Robe Regiment 'was not an actual detachment in
the Continental Army but rather a British epithet for the influence
preachers exerted in support of the Patriot cause. Advocates of the
British crown found preachers’ support of the Patriot cause particularly
detrimental to their efforts to maintain loyalty among the colonists.
Such clergymen provided sanction for the cause of independence as well
as formal support for the military effort.
"In the 1770s, most colonists still considered themselves
aligned with England; many parishioners questioned the fundamental
legitimacy of revolution, and of separating from Britain and
consequently the Church of England. From their pulpits, these members of
the 'Black Robe Regiment' reassured their audiences that their
revolution was justified in the eyes of God. Winning and maintaining the
support of the population was critical in the American War for
Independence, which relied heavily on the support of volunteers and the
general population."
THE BLACK ROBE REGIMENT'S MESSAGE:
I simply cannot take the time or space at the moment to detail al the
ways the Black Robe Regiment impacted the American Revolution. Clearly
they were an underestimated factor in the success of the Revolution.
There were thousands -- perhaps tens of thousands -- of American
preachers who had the courage to call out the many blatant violations
against humanity being meted out on the colonists by King George. Some
of them you probably know about -- Peter Muhlenberg, James Caldwell,
Ezra Stiles, Jonas Clark, and others. I will share some specifics on a
few of them in my next letter, but for the sake of time and space, let
me make the following summary statements.
1. It was a well-accepted and common practice for preachers to link
biblical truth to current moral and cultural issues -- unlike what we
see in our nation today where many preachers are more interested in
being popular than being prophetic, in preaching "warm and fuzzy"
be-the-best-you-can-be, be successful and wealthy instead of preaching
repentance, holiness, and sacrifice.
2. There was the long-held practice of preachers being called on to
preach at state and national legislatures on a particular topic, usually
of the minister's own choosing. It was called by several names, but
most generally identified as "the annual sermon", an "election sermon",
or some similar identifying title. Many of those sermons were also
printed in local newspapers or printed off as hand-outs. Thousands of
such sermons were preached prior to, and during the American Revolution,
each one setting for the case from Scripture, that 1) tyranny was
evil, and 2) self-preservation good in God’s sight. These two
assurances gave the colonists courage in being convinced that the
blessings of God would reward their quest for liberty and independence.
3. Many publishers, including Benjamin Franklin who broadly distributed
George Whitefield's sermons, printed and distributed the sermons of
both nationally-known and local pastors throughout their distribution
areas.
4. According to Alice M. Baldwin in her book, The New England Clergy and the American Revolution
(1958), virtually every right named in the Declaration of Independence
had already been preached about by the New England pastors before 1763.
5. As early as 1687, the Rev. John Wise had already preached on
taxation without representation, using clear biblical teachings about
the topic.
6. The British clearly saw the American pulpit as largely responsible
for American independence and government, but so did many of the
founding fathers. For example, John Adams rejoiced that “the pulpits have thundered” (Mercy Otis Warren, History
of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution,
Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations (1988). In Carl Bridenbaugh's book, Spirit of ’76: The Growth of American Patriotism Before Independence, 1607-1776 the author specifically pointed out a number of American Revolution preachers as being among the “characters the most conspicuous, the most ardent, and influential” in the “awakening and a revival of American principles and feelings” that led to American independence.
7. The power and influence of the clergy's sermons were readily
recognized by the public, both during the times of their preaching and
following. Numerous news reports and history books mentioned them
specifically. For example . ..
> The American Quarterly Register [MAGAZINE], 1833, ---- "As
a body of men, the clergy were pre-eminent in their attachment to
liberty. The pulpits of the land rang with the notes of freedom."
> Bibliotheca Sacra [British periodical], 1856,---- "If
Christian ministers had not preached and prayed, there might have been
no revolution as yet – or had it broken out, it might have been
crushed."
> Historian B. F. Morris, 1864, ---- "The ministers of the
Revolution were, like their Puritan predecessors, bold and fearless in
the cause of their country. No class of men contributed more to carry
forward the Revolution and to achieve our independence than did the
ministers. . . . [B]y their prayers, patriotic sermons, and services
[they] rendered the highest assistance to the civil government, the
army, and the country."
> Historian Alice Baldwin, 1918, ---- "The Constitutional Convention and the written Constitution were the children of the pulpit."
> Historian Clinton Rossiter,1953, ---- "Had ministers been
the only spokesman of the rebellion – had Jefferson, the Adamses, and
[James] Otis never appeared in print – the political thought of the
Revolution would have followed almost exactly the same line. . . . In
the sermons of the patriot ministers . . . we find expressed every
possibly refinement of the reigning political faith."
> Methodist bishop,historian Charles Galloway (1898) ---- "Mighty
men they were, of iron nerve and strong hand and unblanched cheek and
heart of flame. God needed not reeds shaken by the wind, not men clothed
in soft raiment [Matthew 11:7-8], but heroes of hardihood and lofty
courage. . . . And such were the sons of the mighty who responded to the
Divine call."
Now, keep in mind that men like these were present and aflame with the
messages of both redemption and freedom -- for they are inexplicably two
sides of the same coin -- were not the first to speak of such things,
but rather were the descendants of many who had gone before them. They
did what the did and preached what they did because they felt it was the
norm, and believed it was expected of them. They followed men such as
Zwingli, Calvin, Hus, Luther, and other rebel preachers who refused to
flinch at the threats of the despots of their days.
Then others such as the early Virginia settlers who arrived in 1606
and following, bringing with them ministers such as Robert Hunt,
Alexander Whitaker, Richard Burke, William Wickham, and William Mease.
Principled pastors like these helped form America’s first representative
government, the Virginia House of Burgesses, in 1619 where its members
were elected from among the people. That particular legislature
actually met in the Jamestown church in the choir loft to conduct
legislative business. The sessions were was opened with prayer by the
Rev. Mr. Bucke.
As Methodist Bishop Galloway noted, . . .
"[T]he first movement toward democracy in America was inaugurated
in the house of God and with the blessing of the minister of God."
Just over a decade later, in 1620, the Pilgrims landed in
Massachusetts with their pastor, John Robinson, who challenged them to
elect civil leaders who would not only seek the “common good”,
but also eliminate special privileges and status between governors and
the governed. The Pilgrims eagerly took Robinson's challenge seriously
andd actually organized a representative government with annual
elections. The colony thrived, and by 1636, they had enacted the very
first citizens’ Bill of Rights in America, more than 150 years before
the one adopted in 1787.
Then in 1630, the Puritans arrived from England, founding the
Massachusetts Bay Colony, and under the leadership of their ministers,
men of profound learning. Many read Hebrew, Greek, and classical
Latin. Their first pastor was Francis Higginson, but others gained more
notoriety. These ministers helped establish a representative
government with annual elections, and by 1641, they also had established
a Bill of Rights called "The “Body of Liberties". It was a document
of individual rights drafted by another pastor, Rev. Nathaniel Ward.
A few decades later, in1636, Rev. Roger Williams established the
Rhode Island Colony and its representative form of government. He made
it very clear that “[t]he sovereign, original, and foundation of civil power lies in the people.”
The same year, Pastor Thomas Hooker, in consultation other
pastors John Davenport, Samuel Stone, John Davenport, and Theophilus
Eaton, founded Connecticut, where they not only formed a representative
elective form of government but, as explained in a sermon he preached
in1638 from Deuteronomy 1:13 and Exodus 18:21, three Biblical principles
that had actually guided them as they created a plan of government in
Connecticut.
So, when historian B.F. Morris wrote in 1864, “The
ministers of the Revolution were, like their Puritan
predecessors, bold and fearless in the cause of their country.
No class of men contributed more to carry forward the
Revolution and to achieve our independence than did the
ministers . . . By their prayers, patriotic sermons, and
services [they] rendered the highest assistance to the civil
government, the army, and the country.”, he was
identifying the essential role of shaping political thought and
structures by ministers of the Gospel, based on solid biblical
principles.
4) John Adams said, “the pulpits have thundered”
and identified ministers as being among “the most
conspicuous, the most ardent, and influential” in the
“awakening of and a revival of American principles and
feelings."
FINALLY:
In 1774 when the colonies were embroiled in seeming cataclysmic turmoil,
the First Provincial Congress of Massachusetts passed a resolution that
expressed the monumental significance of the role of pastors in the
fight for freedom. Addressing an assembly of pastors, the resolution
began, . . .
"Reverend Sirs: When we contemplate the friendship and assistance
our ancestors, the first settlers of this province (while
overwhelmed with distress), received from the pious pastors of the
churches of Christ, who, to enjoy the rights of conscience, fled with
them into this land, then a savage wilderness, we find ourselves filled
with the most grateful sensations. And we cannot but acknowledge the
goodness of Heaven in constantly supplying us with preachers of the
gospel, whose concern has been the temporal and spiritual happiness of this people.
"In a day like this, when all the friends of civil and religious
liberty are exerting themselves to deliver this country from its present
calamities, we
cannot but place great hopes in an order of men who have ever
distinguished themselves in their country’s cause; and do, therefore,
recommend to
the ministers of the gospel in the several towns and other places in the
colony, that they assist us in avoiding that dreadful slavery with
which we are now threatened, . . .”
The petition/resolution went on to ask for the continued help of
the pastors in dealing with seemingly insurmountable issues facing not
only Massachusetts, but all the colonies as well.
One of the most influential pastors of the Revolutionary era, and
certainly one that could readily be identified as part of "The Black
Robe Regiment, was Samuel Langdon, D.D. Dr. Langdon was the President
of Harvard College (now University) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His
sermon was entitled, “Government corrupted by Vice, and recovered by Righteousness.” The
sermon was preached to the Congress of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay
in Watertown, on Wednesday, May 31st, 1775. It was based on Proverbs
28:15 ("As a roaring Lion and a raging Bear, so is a wicked Ruler over
the poor People".) and Isaiah 1:26, (“And I will restore they judges
as at the first, and thy counselors as at the beginning; afterward
thou shalt be called the city of righteousness, the faithful
city.").
I am trying to remember when a state legislature or our U.S. Congress
called on pastors in the past 100 years to address them. I can remember
none. I am also trying to remember presidents who specifically asked
pastors to assemble for counsel or created any official form of
"advisory council" to give him ongoing counsel, prayer support, and
suggestions. I can think of only one or two in the past 100 years.
Is it time for the "Black Robe Regiment" to ride again and exert its godly influence on both people and government?
I believe it is. It is seriously past time.
It is long overdue.
In His Bond,
By His Grace, and for His Kingdom,
Bob Tolliver -- Romans 1:11
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