There has never been a nation as rich and as powerful. And so God, in His great wisdom, put a hedge of protection around the United States. The Bible says, "Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people" (Proverbs 14:34). We were a people who believed in righteousness. George Washington's wise leadership, Benjamin Franklin's call to prayer, and John Adams' reverence for the will of God symbolized the undying commitment of our Founding Fathers to the creation of a nation that would glorify God.įrom the beginning this nation was dedicated to God and it was governed by the Bible. More than 100 years later, as America set off on her own course towards independence, the godly foundations laid in Virginia established the character of our Revolution. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world." On the deck of the Arbella, halfway between England and Cape Cod, leader John Winthrop declared, "We shall be as a city upon a hill. Later, the Puritans carried the Cape Henry legacy further. In the Mayflower Compact of 1620, the Pilgrims reaffirmed the mission set forth by the original Virginia settlers.
All that would follow in our nation's growth hinged on the single proclamation that this land belonged to Jesus Christ. America's destiny and purpose were sealed with the rough-hewn cross they erected at Cape Henry. There they established the foundation for what would become the most powerful country the world has ever seen. On April 29, 1607, a nation was born when travel-weary Englishmen landed at Cape Henry on the shores of Virginia.
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