Quotes and Realities
- Trust In God - He Is Our Refuge
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"My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. Selah [possibly meaning reflect or consider] Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath. Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them. One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you O Lord, are loving...."
- Psalm 62:7-11a (NIV)
- Rufus King
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"[T]he... law established by the Creator... extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind.... [This] is the law of God by which he makes his way known to man and is paramount to all human control."
- Rufus King: Attorney, Diplomat; served in Revolution as an aide to General Glover on an ill-fated expedition to Rhode Island, delegate to Massachusetts General Court, member of the Continental Congress, delegate to the Constitutional Convention where he signed the Federal Constitution, member of the state ratification convention for the Federal Constitution, member of the New York Assembly, U.S. Senator from New York, helped to frame Bill of Rights, appointed Minister to Great Britain by President George Washington, unsuccessful candidate for Vice-President of the United States (1804), unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New York, unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States, delegate to the state constitutional convention, appointed Minister to Great Britain by President John Quincy Adams, manager of the American Bible Society
Quoted from: Barton, David, Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, and Religion (Aledo, TX: Wallbuilder Press, 2010), 343: originally quoted from King, Rufus, The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, edited by King, Charles R. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900), Vol. VI, 276, to C. Gore, February 17 1820
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Have you ever read the Constitution and wondered “what were the Founders intentions behind this or that phrase?” The US Constitution in the Resources section contains online references to the Federalist Papers – an early work by three founding fathers on the intention of each section of the US Constitution. But, if you are looking for something more lively, you could turn to the records of the continental congress link in the Resources section, under Congressional Records, or Elliot's or Farrand's records of the debates, or read about the intentions in the more personalized correspondence, writings and letters of the founders.
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