{"id":2901,"date":"2016-07-05T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2016-06-02T03:15:49","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T03:15:49","slug":"the-star-spangled-banner-a-hymn-and-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/2016\/07\/the-star-spangled-banner-a-hymn-and-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"The Star-Spangled Banner, a Hymn and Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kuv1Mt6kMOU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Recently, my eldest son asked that I switch from singing Silent Night at bedtime to our National Anthem. No, I am not a wonderful singer, marginal at best. However, I have been singing to the boys since Number 1 was an infant. It is part of our bedtime routine, As I looked up the words and reviewed them I was again reminded that the first 3 generations of Americans really felt that America was a blessed and special land. Many believed that it was a land dedicated to the God of Heaven, this can be seen here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;On April 18, 1775 John Adams and John Hancock were at the home of Rev. Jonas Clarke, a Lexington pastor and militia leader. That same night Paul Revere arrived to warn them of the approaching Redcoats. The next morning British Major Pitcairn shouted to an assembled regiment of Minutemen; &#8220;Disperse, ye villains, lay down your arms in the name of George the Sovereign King of England.&#8221; The immediate response of Rev. Jonas Clarke or one of his company was:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;We recognize no Sovereign but God and no King but Jesus.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In this crucial hour of our nation\u2019s history it is past time that the true saints of God give total allegiance to the Kingship of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. The crisis of the ages demands that we renew the historic battle-cry of our Christian Forefathers \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;WE HAVE NO KING BUT KING JESUS!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;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!&#8221; Patrick Henry<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty&#8230;of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.&#8221; John Jay, First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court&#8221;<\/span> (1)<\/p>\n<p>This nation, was founded by religious people who loved their faith and their God. It can still be seen in many places where law suits have not forced the removal of them from the public square. The reason that these first generations spoke in such terms and referred to God is because of those persecuted Christians that fled England. (2) We started as a nation with clear values and over time they have been eroded through bureaucracy, legislation, and law suits. These events sadden me because it has shifted our faith and our focus from &#8220;equality under the law&#8221; to equality for all. (3)<\/p>\n<p>I hope that one day soon, our nation will turn back to the morals and values that have provided the prosperity and economic growth which has made the United States the most powerful nation in the world. Not because we are &#8220;better&#8221;, not because we have smarter people; it is because when we allow men to govern themselves with a clear understanding of the freedoms, values, and morals that drove our nation in it&#8217;s first century. No, I don&#8217;t claim that we are perfect. I do believe that we are a good and just nation when we act with the foundation with which\u00a0were established.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">iron wil<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/truthinhistory.org\/no-king-but-jesus-2.html\" target=\"_blank\">No King But Jesus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wallbuilders.com\/libissuesarticles.asp?id=82\" target=\"_blank\">4th of July Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Equal_Protection_Clause\" target=\"_blank\">Equal Protection Clause<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Full Text:<\/p>\n<p>O say can you see, by the dawn\u2019s early light,<br \/>\nWhat so proudly we hail\u2019d at the twilight\u2019s last gleaming,<br \/>\nWhose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight<br \/>\nO\u2019er the ramparts we watch\u2019d were so gallantly streaming?<br \/>\nAnd the rocket\u2019s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,<br \/>\nGave proof through the night that our flag was still there,<br \/>\nO say does that star-spangled banner yet wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave?<\/p>\n<p>On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep<br \/>\nWhere the foe\u2019s haughty host in dread silence reposes,<br \/>\nWhat is that which the breeze, o\u2019er the towering steep,<br \/>\nAs it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?<br \/>\nNow it catches the gleam of the morning\u2019s first beam,<br \/>\nIn full glory reflected now shines in the stream,<br \/>\n\u2019Tis the star-spangled banner &#8211; O long may it wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave!<\/p>\n<p>And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,<br \/>\nThat the havoc of war and the battle\u2019s confusion<br \/>\nA home and a Country should leave us no more?<br \/>\nTheir blood has wash\u2019d out their foul footstep\u2019s pollution.<br \/>\nNo refuge could save the hireling and slave<br \/>\nFrom the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,<br \/>\nAnd the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n<p>O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand<br \/>\nBetween their lov\u2019d home and the war\u2019s desolation!<br \/>\nBlest with vict\u2019ry and peace may the heav\u2019n rescued land<br \/>\nPraise the power that hath made and preserv\u2019d us a nation!<br \/>\nThen conquer we must, when our cause it is just,<br \/>\nAnd this be our motto &#8211; \u201cIn God is our trust,\u201d<br \/>\nAnd the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave<br \/>\nO\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Recently, my eldest son asked that I switch from singing Silent Night at bedtime to our National Anthem. No, I am not a wonderful singer, marginal at best. However, I have been singing to the boys since Number 1 was an infant. It is part of our bedtime routine, As I looked up the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,149],"tags":[75,799,45,150,664,120,718,78,408,680,124,713,47,904,788,744,79],"class_list":["post-2901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-video","tag-america","tag-brave","tag-faith","tag-freedom","tag-god","tag-growth","tag-history","tag-hope","tag-jesus-christ","tag-love","tag-mind","tag-nation","tag-religion","tag-star-spangled-banner","tag-triumph","tag-understand","tag-values"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2902,"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ironwil.net\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}