Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. And the title of today's post is,

Wisdom from a Founding Father. Patriot and Founding Father Samuel Adams said the following.

If ever a time should come when vain and aspiring men

shall possess the highest seats in government,

our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots

to prevent its ruin.

Another quote from Adams.

He said,

it is in the interest of tyrants

to reduce the people to ignorance and vice,

for they cannot live in any country

where virtue and knowledge prevail.

The religion and public liberty of a people are intimately connected.

Their interests are interwoven.

They cannot subsist separately, and therefore they rise and fall together.

For this reason, it is always observable that those who are combined to destroy the people's liberties

practice every art to poison their morals.

And one more, he said, liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.

Sam Adams is one of my favorite founding fathers. He was God honoring, wise, bold, fearless, and right. His voice still rings clearly down through the ages,

issuing warnings that are just as relevant today as they were two and a half centuries ago.

Not a day goes by that I do not grieve the condition of America and the world.

That's why I appreciate words of hope like Tim's in yesterday's post.

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