Committees Of Correspondence 2

Last week I spoke about John Adams' proposal that Committees of Correspondence be established in every colony to report to the rest what was occurring in their state. Many responded enthusiastically to Adams' proposal. However, one patriot who supported the effort lamented that some might not join because “they are dead and the dead can’t be raised without a miracle.” But Adams disagreed, replying, “All are not dead, and where there is a spark of patriotic fire, we will enkindle it.”

Samual Adams’ plan moved forward, and he personally wrote the first circular letter. It clearly set forth the Biblical basis of their endeavors, calling on Americans to study, The institutes of the great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament.” It is not surprising that Adams should say this, for like most of the Founding Fathers, he was a strong Christian, openly declaring, “I rely upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.”

Famous historian George Bancroft further affirmed: Samuel Adams…was a member of the church…Evening and morning, his house was a house of prayer, and no one more revered the Christian Sabbath. The austere purity of his life witnessed the sincerity of his profession of Christianity.

Content Sourced From The American Story: The Beginnings by David Barton and Tim Barton.