WHY WE MUST REMAIN
A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY
The Christian Faith, which eventually
brought about the Unity of the English People guided our beginnings in this
Land of England. The Leaders of the faith of Christ were from many other
Peoples and they defended the People against Tyranny at Home and from overseas.
Our greatest and early Charter of Freedom the Magna Carta was the result of the
steadfastness of Archbishop Stephen Langton who having knowledge of the Charter
of Henry 1, was with the co-operation of the Barons able to unite the People to
obtain a Confirmation of their Liberties, an accumulation of their just Rights
as a Free, Proud and Just Nation.
This Christian Heritage has resulted in
the molding of the character of the English People – a Proud, Stubborn but Just
and Free People, and with just Laws, being the natural defenders of Freedom,
with a constant desire to protect the Innocent and defend their Values against all,
whatever their overwhelming forces, and we leave it to the words of the past to
defend our Inheritance.
“Christian Religion is the only one that puts morality on its proper,
and the right basis, viz: the fear and love of God “. - 1 “
The
morality of the Gospel is the noblest gift ever
bestowed by God on man”. - 2
Morality, distinguished from and
Independent of Christian Faith, is Nothing; but Christian Morality is of the
very essence; it is the True Fruit, the same testimony, the faithful companion,
the glory and perfection, yea, the very Life and Soul of Christian Faith. Let
us beware, that we do not confound things so different as worldly and Christian
Morality; as the Works of the natural man and those of the Disciples of Christ”.
- 3 Morality without Religion is only a kind
of dead – reckoning – an endeavor to find our Place on a cloudy sea by measuring
the distance we have run, without any observation of the Heavenly Bodies”. - 4
“Morality without Religion is a Tree
without Roots; a stream without any spring to feed it; a House built on the
Sand; a pleasant place to Live in till the Heavens grow Dark, and the Storm
begins to Beat”. - 5 “Morality does not
make a Christian, yet no Man can be a Christian without it” .- 6
The Morality which is divorced from
Godliness, however specious and captivating to the eye, is superficial and
Deceptive. The only Morality that is clear in its source, Pure in its precepts,
and Efficacious in its Influence is the Morality of the Gospel. All else is, at
best, but Idolatry – the Worship of Something of Man’s own Creation; and that
imperfect and feeble, like himself, and wholly insufficient to give him Support
and Strength.” “ Piety and Morality are
but the same Spirit differently manifested. - Piety is Religion with its Face
towards God; Morality is Religion with its Face toward the World.”- 7
Let
us with caution indulge the supposition that Morality can be maintained without
Religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National
Morality can prevail in exclusion
of Religious Principle.”.- 8 “ The great
mistake of my life has been that I tried to be Moral without Faith in Jesus;
but I have learned that True Morality can only keep pace with Trust in Christ
as my Saviour.”.- 9 “Morality, taken as apart
from Religion is but another name for Decency in Sin. It is just that Negative
species of Virtue which consists in not doing what is scandalously Depraved and
Wicked. But there is no Heart of Holy Principle in it, any more than there is
in grosser Sin.”.- 10
“In the long run, Morals without Religion
will Wither and Die like seed sown upon stony ground, or among Thorns.” .- 11
1 Longfellow
2 C. Montesquieu 3
Bishop Mant 4 Longfellow 5 B. Shaw 6
Bishop Wilson 7 Tryon Edwards 8 George Washington 9
Gerrit Smith 10 H.Bushell
11 S.I.Brime
2003