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The Hand of Providence. The evidence of God’s hand seen so often in our earliest years is also apparent during the establishment of America as an independent nation. George Washington affirmed that “the liberties of America are the object of Divine protection.” During the War, he had strong words for those who refused to acknowledge this self-evident truth, telling General Thomas Nelson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, that - The hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations (but it will be time enough for me to turn preacher when my present appointment ceases).

In Washingtons’s view, if someone had seen the miraculous Divine interventions in the War and did not feel compelled to acknowledge and thank God for what they saw, then that person was truly callous and wicked. And Washington admitted that he had personally witnessed so many of these interventions that he could have turned preacher after the War ended.

Content sourced from The American Story The Beginnings by David Barton and Tim Barton