"If it had not been the Lord Who was on our side when men rose up
against us, Then they would have quickly swallowed us up alive
when their wrath was kindled against us...Blessed be the Lord,
Who has not given us as prey to their teeth! We are like a bird
escaped from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken,
and we have escaped! Our help is in the name of the Lord,
Who made heaven and earth."
(Psalm 124: 2, 3, 6, 7, 8)
"The man must be bad indeed who can look upon the events of the
American Revolution without feeling the warmest gratitude towards
the Author of the Universe whose divine interposition was so
frequently manifested in our behalf."
-George Washington
An excerpt from a letter to Samuel Langdon
September 28, 1789
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set today a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
"Concord Hymn"
(1837)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
American poet
"Concord Hymn" was written for the 1837 dedication of an obelisk
monument in Concord, Massachusetts commemorating the battles of
Lexington and Concord which took place on April 19, 1775
marking the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
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