Meditation on the Divine Will
The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot […]
Correct Behavior in Church, The Journal of Charles Woodmason
Always contrive to come before service begins — Which you may do, as we begin so late. ’Tis but putting and getting thins in order over night, whereas many will […]
The Journal of Reverand Charles Woodmason
16th Arrived at Pine Tree Hill and Centre of my district. This week employed in riding the environs and baptizings — 50 miles; 40 miles. Sunday 21st Officiated […]
Fragment: Notes for Speeches
But there is a larger issue than the mere question of whether the spread of negro slavery shall or shall not be prohibited by Congress. That larger issue is stated […]
Notes on the State of Virginia: Query 17
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (London: John Stockdale, 1787), 261-270. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/hldk. QUERY 17: The different religions received into that state? The first settlers in this country were emigrants from […]
Vices of the Political System of the United States
Hunt Gaillard, ed., The Writings of James Madison (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1900-1910) I: 361-369. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/g11i. 1.FAILURE OF THE STATES TO COMPLY WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUISITIONS.1 This evil […]
Last Will and Testament
“George Washington’s Last Will and Testament, 9 July 1799,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/h776. In the name of God, Amen. I GEORGE WASHINGTON of Mount Vernon, a citizen of the United […]