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Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States (1864)

Author: By Benjamin Franklin Morris
Keywords: duche; civil institutions; chaplains; christian statesman; jorn; christian sabbath; bishof; civil rulers; interpositions; christian element; fiest; manifold blessings; supplications; grateful hearts; boudinot; jesus christ; continental congress; mount vernon; south carolina; bunker hill
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This volume is committed to the American people, in the firm assurance that the invaluable facts which it records will be grateful to every patriotic and pious heart. In it, as from the richest mines, has been brought out of the pure gold of our history. Its treasures have been gathered and placed in this casket for the instruction and benefit of the present and future. We have a noble historic life; for our ancestors were the worthies of the world. We have a noble nation, full of the evidences of the moulding presence of Christian truth, and of the power and goodness of Divine wisdom in rearing up a Christian republic for all time. That this was the spirit and aim of the early founders of our institutions, the facts in this volume fully testify.

- Benjamin Morris

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Reviewer: clifflyon - - July 13, 2009
Subject: A Useful Artifact of The Study of Evangelical Influences of The Republican Party
This book is an invaluable specimen in the study of the revivalist hysteria surrounding politics in post Civil War America.

The poor writing does not merit the effort or cost of typesetting. Considered in the context of the period, the evangelical advocacy of the title and thesis, and the sponsership by Radical Republican Charles Sumner, I would characterize this book as common, long-form political propaganda.

It is clearly influenced by the pseudo-revivalist lobby group.

The unpracticed, apparently unedited, pedestrian and frankly horrific writing is full of grammatical errors.

From the first page, the book is a series of redundant, declarations of unsupported premises.

i.e. Christianity is characterized as 'genius' three times is the first 2 pages.

The absurdity of the thesis and arguments put forth in this book resemble those of Republican Party in the Bush/Cheney/Rove years.

This book should be categorized under Religious Anthropology, American Revivalism, Republican Politics, and Political Propaganda.

Reviewer: SmearEraser - - July 19, 2008
Subject: great!
Reviewer: nvhusker - - November 30, 2007
Subject: Beware author!

An endorsement can do nothing but hurt your book in the eyes of those that know him. No one knows less about the Christian Life and Character than nevhusker. He is a pariah among the Northern Nevada Christian Community and devoutly to be avoided.
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Then why did your username look so much like his? You really want to smear yourself?

Reviewer: VisionViewpoint - - December 10, 2007
Subject: BF Morris Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States of America
The purpose of the author was to produce the historical documentation still available in his day, so as to present America's rich Christian heritage. He accomplished all of his detailed research within just decades of the era of our Founding Fathers. No other work compares to it. Almost any topic related to the culture and government of the U.S. is presented in this volume. Excellent Home School Material. Find it at http://www.visionviewpoint.com in CD format or hardcover.

Reviewer: nvhusker - - November 30, 2007
Subject: Beware author!
An endorsement can do nothing but hurt your book in the eyes of those that know him. No one knows less about the Christian Life and Character than nevhusker. He is a pariah among the Northern Nevada Christian Community and devoutly to be avoided.

Reviewer: nevhusker - - September 3, 2007
Subject: Powerful Confirmation That America was founded as a Christian nation
"Be afraid ACLU. Be very afraid. Morris packs The Christian Life and Character with page after page of original source material making the case that America was founded as a Christian nation. The evidence is unanswerable and irrefutable. This 1000-page book will astound you and send enemies of Christianity into shock.

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