The French writer Alexis de Tocqueville, after visiting America in 1831, said, "I sought for the greatness of the United States in her commodious harbors, her ample rivers, her fertile fields, and boundless forests--and it was not there. I sought for it in her rich mines, her vast world commerce, her public school system, and in her institutions of higher learning--and it was not there. I looked for it in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution--and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.
America is great because America is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great!" He is absolutely right. It is my earnest prayer that America's pulpits (beginning with our own) would once again "flame with righteousness". Alexis is so well spoken. His observation reminds me of a most ironic sign my father-in-law spotted outside a liquor store in Kountze, TX. The sign read...
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GOD BLESS AMERICA
God has blessed America, but we should not be so arrogant to expect God to bless us when we refuse to bless Him.
"GOD BLESS AMERICA" should not be read or spoken without its all important antecedent,
"AMERICA BLESS GOD". When America blesses God, God will bless her. Bless God. Pray for America.
Brother John
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