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I trust that all of you recognize the name of Patrick Henry.
But I’m afraid many of our school children know almost nothing of him at all.
Patrick Henry was a famous statesman of colonial Virginia.
In 1764 he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses where he became a champion of the frontier people, supporting their rights against the arrogant exercise of power by the aristocracy.
In 1774 he was a delegate to the First Continental Congress.
In 1775, before the Virginia Provincial Convention, which was deeply divided between those who supported England & those who desired freedom, he uttered his most famous words, "Give me liberty or give me death!"
During the Revolutionary War he became commander-in-chief of Virginia's military forces.
He was a member of the Second Continental Congress.
He helped draw up the first constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, & was primarily responsible for drawing up the amendments to our Constitution known as the Bill of Rights.
He became Virginia's first governor, & was re-elected 3 more times.
Then he retired from public life, but despite his strong objections the people went ahead & elected him Governor for the 5th time.
But he meant what he said, so he refused to take the office.
He was offered a seat in the U.S. Senate, & posts as ambassador to Spain & to France.
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George Washington asked him to join his cabinet & become Secretary of State, & later wanted to appoint him the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
But he refused all such honors & recognitions.
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Now why do I mention these things about Patrick Henry?
It is because I want you to realize that he was an important & respected leader in those days when our nation came into being.
Now listen to his words.
He said, "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians - not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
His Last Will & Testament was filed in the Brookneal County courthouse in Virginia.
Read his Will & you'll see that he bequeathed everything to his children, just as most people do.
But the last paragraph in his Will is especially interesting.
He wrote, "I have now given everything I own to my children.
There is one more thing I wish I could give them & that is Christ.
Because if they have everything I gave them & don't have Christ, they have nothing."
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I love reading about Patrick Henry & George Washington & John Adams & Thomas Jefferson & John Jay & many of the other patriots who gave of themselves so valiantly that we might enjoy the freedoms that are ours.
1-THINGS THAT ENSLAVE US.
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2-FREEDOM IN BEING KNOWN BY GOD.
GALATIANS 4:
THERE IS A COMFORT IN SLAVERY.
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3- DON’T TEAR DOWN WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT.
3- DON’T TEAR DOWN WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT.
HAVE YOU CAUSED VAIN LABOR?
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