[NYham] March 2004 PocoNoise

[Dave Haney]

  Chris,
  I am pleased that someone took the time to read the article so carefully.
It was passed along to me by John MIller, W3DHO. I am also pleased that most
of it turned out to be true !!

  I am not a particularly PC person, and I happen to believe that America
was and is a Christian nation.  All have always been mostly welcomed here
regardless of race or religion. We are not perfect, but we certainly are the
still the greatest (and most compassionate) nation on earth.

  I believe that our Founding  Father would be greatly saddened to see how
we deny this Christian heritage in fear of offending Mohammed, Buddha, or
whomever.

  Just my two cents.

  vy 73
  Dave Haney
  W3SJ

  > Subject: [NYham] March 2004 PocoNoise
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  > Regarding the article about "Laus Deo" - please read below. 73 Chris
KB4CMF
  > /////////////////////
  > Religious Significance of the George Washington and the Washington
  > Monument-Mostly Truth!
  > Summary of the eRumor
  > The eRumor describes some of the inscriptions and design of the
Washington
  > Monument in Washington D.C. in light of controversy over references to
God
  > in government settings.
  >
  >  The Truth
  > This one's got many statements in it, so let's take them one by one.
  >
  > The words "Laus Deo" on the cap of the monument-Truth!
  > There is an aluminum point crowning the apex of the monument.
  > There are four sides, each facing a point of the compass.
  > According to the National Park Service, the north side lists the members
of
  > the joint commission that was in charge of the Washington monument
project.
  > The west side lists the dates of the laying of the cornerstone, the
first
  > stone laid at the height of 152 fee, and the the setting of the
capstone.
  > The south side lists the names of chief engineer, the architect, and
some of
  > the workmen.
  > The east side simply has the words "Laus Deo" which is translated as
"Praise
  > be to God."
  >
  > Washington DC was laid out to be in the design of a cross-Fiction!
  > It seems to be in the form of a cross, but there's no evidence that was
the
  > intent of the designer, architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant.
  > If one sees the layout of White House, the Jefferson Memorial, the
Capitol,
  > and The Lincoln Memorial as the intended cross, it was not in the mind
of
  > Charles L'Enfant because he proposed the original design in 1791, which
was
  > long before it was decided that the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials
would be
  > built and where (1911 and 1934).
  >
  > On the 12th Landing is a prayer offered by the City of Baltimore-Truth!
  > There is a memorial stone in the wall at the 140-foot level with the
  > following blessing:
  > "May heaven to this union continue its beneficence.  May brotherly
affection
  > with union be perpetual. May the free constitution which is the work of
our
  > ancestors be sacredly maintained and its administration be stamped with
  > wisdom and virtue."
  >
  > On the 20th landing is a memorial presented by some Chinese
  > Christians-Truth!
  > It is from Christians from the port city of Ningpo, Chekiang Province,
  > Mainland China and is a eulogy to George Washington.
  >
  > On the 24th landing a presentation made by Sunday School children from
New
  > York and Philadelphia quoting Proverbs 10:7, Luke 18:16 and Proverbs
  > 22:6.-Truth!
  > The memorial says it is presented by the Sunday Schools of the Methodist
  > Episcopal Church in New York and from the Sabbath School children of the
  > Methodist Episcopal church in Philadelphia.  It then says "A preached
  > Gospel" and "A free press" then closes with "Washington, we revere his
  > memory."
  > The inscriptions include the Bible reference Proverbs 10:7.
  > There is also an open bible on the monument that includes Luke 18:16
where
  > Jesus said "Suffer the little children to come unto me" and Proverbs
22:6,
  > which says "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is
old, he
  > will not depart from it."
  >
  > When the cornerstone was laid, one of the items in it was a Bible-Truth!
  > Several dozen items were placed into the monument at the laying of the
  > cornerstone including, according to the National Park Service, a copy of
the
  > Bible presented by The Bible Society.
  >
  > Washington's Prayer for America-Truth! But altered.
  > This is an interesting one.
  > This "prayer of Washington" is widely circulated and reflects his true
  > wishes about the United States because the bulk of it comes from his own
  > words.
  > There is a certain lack of integrity with the prayer, however, in that
he
  > never really formally prayed it in the way that is circulated.
  > Someone along the way decided to create the prayer from one of
Washington's
  > letters and package it in the fabricator's own religious cultural
language.
  > The original words from Washington are from the closing paragraph of a
  > letter to the governors of the 13 states on the occasion of his
retirement
  > from command of the Continental Army and public life.
  > We consulted John C. Fitzpatrick's collection of the writings of George
  > Washington that are available through the University of Virginia Library
and
  > which includes the text of the letter.
  > In the letter, Washington said that he wanted the governors to convey
his
  > words to their legislatures and that he hoped it would be regarded as
coming
  > from someone who always wished to be useful to his country and who in
the
  > shade of retirement would not fail to "implore divine benediction upon
it."
  >
  > Then his final paragraph contains the words of his benediction:
  >
  > I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State
over
  > which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the
hearts
  > of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to
  > Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another,
for
  > their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly
for
  > their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would
most
  > graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy,
and
  > to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of
mind,
  > which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed
  > Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these
things,
  > we can never hope to be a happy Nation.
  >
  > The prayer that is circulated, however, adds a formal salutation and
prayer
  > ending, changes it to King James English (used for formal prayers among
many
  > Christian groups), changes some of the wording, and leaves out words
from
  > the original.
  > A blessing that was written to the governors of the states about their
  > states and their soldiers was changed to be a general prayer about the
  > country.
  > We even found one reference that claimed the prayer was prayed by George
  > Washington during battle at Valley Forge.
  > Last updated 12/5/03
  >
  >
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