Ladyhawke
07-04-2009, 05:03 AM
:flag:HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY:flag:
Freedom Rings by Jill Lemming
Starry skies, and moonlit nights,
such beauty in our land ...
we're so thankful for these blessings,
that come from God's own hand.
The right to vote, to have a choice,
in a nation proud and strong
and on this Independence Day,
we sing our Freedom song ...
"God Bless America, land that I love ... stand beside her, and guide her
through the night, with the light from above."
We salute our flag so proudly,
and thank God for the chance to say ...
"there's no country we love better,
than the good ol' USA!"
Today we'll gather together,
with our family and our friends ...
giving thanks to God the Father,
for the blessings that He sends.
Thank you, Lord, for America,
a place where we can pray ...
we give You all the glory,
on this Independence Day.
Excerpt from The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
WHEN in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
...
We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that, as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
JOHN HANCOCK
and the many other signers
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Firehawk02/declaration3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Firehawk02/patriotictheme.jpg
http://www.foundingfathers.info/ -The Declaration of Independence excerpt
Church newsletter - Freedom Rings poem
Freedom Rings by Jill Lemming
Starry skies, and moonlit nights,
such beauty in our land ...
we're so thankful for these blessings,
that come from God's own hand.
The right to vote, to have a choice,
in a nation proud and strong
and on this Independence Day,
we sing our Freedom song ...
"God Bless America, land that I love ... stand beside her, and guide her
through the night, with the light from above."
We salute our flag so proudly,
and thank God for the chance to say ...
"there's no country we love better,
than the good ol' USA!"
Today we'll gather together,
with our family and our friends ...
giving thanks to God the Father,
for the blessings that He sends.
Thank you, Lord, for America,
a place where we can pray ...
we give You all the glory,
on this Independence Day.
Excerpt from The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
WHEN in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
...
We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that, as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
JOHN HANCOCK
and the many other signers
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Firehawk02/declaration3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/Firehawk02/patriotictheme.jpg
http://www.foundingfathers.info/ -The Declaration of Independence excerpt
Church newsletter - Freedom Rings poem