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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand November 15, 1973 The Utah Independent Page 13 CORRECTION AMERICA'S PILGRIM HERITAGE As thankful Americans across the land sit down to a well-brown- ed turkey stuffed with seasoned dressing, cranberries, ' candied yams, hot minced-me- at pie and other niceties; it is only natural that they should remember those sturdy religious separatists who established a new civilization in the barren American wilderness. Two centuries after the Pilgrims arrived on this continent in 1620, there was, indeed, a thriving civilization here. It flourished on the solid religious foundation that the Pilgrims had bequeathed. By 1830 it had become the political and economic marvel of the whole world. In America men had more political and economic freedom than man had enjoyed since the time of the Judges in Israel over one thousand years before Christ. For the first time in centuries of known history famine had been conquered. Men had plenty to eat; no man who was willing to work need see his family go hungry. Economic opportunity abounded. Something had made America different from other countries so different, in fact, that a stream of curious Europeans came to her shores in search of America's secret Alexis de of greatness. Tocqueville, one of these searchers who came to America in the 1830s gave this ringing testimony to America's greatness: I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her fertile fields and boundless forests; it was not there. I sought for it in her free schools and her institutions of learning; it was not there. I sought for it in her matchless constitution and democratic congress; it was not there. Not until 1 went to the churches of America and found them aflame for righteousness did 1 understand the greatness and America is genius of America. great because America is good. When America ceases to be good. . America will cease to be great. 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Mv mother . the cook, proves to me that women are wonderful! Valerie Lockhart, Md. SA1IIAK1 F5q Rousseau, and Montesquieu. - But some of these Were Christians; and dll, certainly, were influenced by In any event, the Christianity. writers of the Constitution 301. MY MOTHER. THE COOK. law-sphe- re Locke. Utah Women for Constitutional will hold their Government monthly meeting, November 30th at 7:30 P.M., in the City Commission Chambers, Room foundation of philosophical freedom. American (All rights American Enterprise reserved. Publications.) Tom Rose self-responsi- ble NEW CHANNELS ANGLES. FLATS, SowHi heritage establish the pre-determi- like to Speak and which helped religious and rich nt philosophers Tom Breitling communicate to our children, the of: 1) remember, always Example: the Mayflower the First, pilgrims contract. unquestioningly accepted the Limited government with 2) biblical revelation of a sovereign powers divided into separate law God who created the world and spheres. They got this concept who purposively. sustains the from the Father, Holy Trinity universe moment-by-mometo Son and Holy Spirit whose achieve His will. activities and responsibilities are Second , they accepted the separated into distinct, hut bibical teaching that man is created related, activities with regard to in the image and likeness of God; man: the Law Giver, the thus, man should be free to serve Executive, and the Judicial. God as a being the 3) Sphere sovereignty who is answerable to Him. They Trinitarian concept also had its believed that man can be morally influence in the idea of separate law responsible, to God only to the spheres for the various social extent that he is capable of institutions within society. The exercising his freedom of choice. home, 4he church, the school, And man's most important role is voluntary associations, and the to live according to Gods moral various levels of civil government law and to bring the Gospel to the (local, state, and national) all had unsaved. their own individual sphere of law Third , the Pilgrims believed that that was independent of the others. ' the prime purpose of civil This helped produce a viable in government this imperfect world society that afforded free citizens is to maintain law and order so the with competing avenues to achieve Church (believers in Christ) could their own personal goals. If one their freely pursue predestined area of the country did not appeal as ambassadors Christ's purpose to a person, he was free to move to oh earth. and another whose is It from these fundamental customs he liked better. Christian doctrines that the early Pilgrims set up their covenant society, which, in turn, radically affected early American political The writers of the philosophy. American Constitution did borrow from the European Enlightenment POE3 205 WmI 33rd Truly we owe the early Pilgrims more than we realize. Let us borrowed selectively. The greater influence came from the Pilgrims. It is to the Pilgrim separatists that we owe the political concepts AMERICAN SILVER MINT Please'send me information about: CD Silver CDGold NAME : ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP PHONE " B411.T iO |