America What is Your Vote Self-Govern

America What is Your Vote

Self-Govern

 

Inscripted on the Pilgrim Monument are the words of

Governor William Bradford, Pilgrim of the

Mayflower, signer of the Mayflower Compact.

"Thus out of small beginnings greater things have

been produced by His hand that made all things of

nothing and gives being to all things that are;

and as one small candle may light a thousand,

 so the light here kindled hath shone unto many,

yea in some sort to our whole nation;

let the glorious name of Jehovah have all praise."

As important as your vote is unless you

and I kindle the light of God in others

America’s light of liberty will soon go out.

102 men women and children sailed the Mayflower.

The men of the Mayflower saw the need of a civil government.

All the men drafted and signed The Mayflower Compact.

  

They laid out the purpose of their mission.

“Having undertaken for the Glory of God

and advancement of the Christian Faith”

They agreed they would govern and

enact laws for the good of the Colony,

and they promised to submit and obey.

In 1802, John Quincy Adams described the agreement as

“the only instance in human history of that positive, original,

social compact” and it is popularly believed to have influenced

the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

America’s self-government is what gives us our liberty and freedom.

August 1, 1889, the National Monument to our Fathers,

formally known as the Pilgrim Monument was built.

Self-governance has become very difficult to understand but this

monument describes what Self-governance meant to the Pilgrims.

The tallest statue on the monument is that of

Faith with her right hand pointing towards

heaven and her left hand clutching the Bible.  

There are four other statues, seated figures emblematical

of the principles upon which the Pilgrims founded their

Commonwealth; counter-clockwise from the east are

Morality, Law, Education, and Liberty.

Each was carved from a solid block of granite,

posed in the sitting position upon chairs with a

high relief on either side of minor characteristics.

Under "Morality" stand "Prophet" and "Evangelist";

under "Law" stand "Justice" and "Mercy";

under "Education" are "Youth" and "Wisdom";

and under "Liberty" stand

"Tyranny Overthrown" and "Peace".  

For self-government to work there must

be a faith in God according to the Bible.

When we come to faith it is the

laws on our hearts that change us.

Morality then becomes the thing that guides us.

Under Morality stands the “Prophet” and “Evangelist”.

  Unless we proclaim God and His Truth,

Morality will decline and self-

governance and self-control will be cast off.

It is our duty as a self-government

people to vote for our representation.

But if we want self-government that leads to Liberty

we must do the work of an evangelist and share

the truth about God and His Word so all will find Faith.

From Faith and Morality the next statue

is Law, God’s law brings Justice to “all”.

The next stature tells us we must

Educate our Youth with Wisdom.

And the last statue is “Liberty” liberty that

overcomes Tyranny and produces Peace.

Governor William Bradford Pilgrim of the

Mayflower signer of the Mayflower Compact said…

"Thus out of small beginnings greater things have

been produced by His hand that made all things of

nothing and gives being to all things that are;

and as one small candle may light a thousand,

so the light here kindled hath shone unto many,

yea in some sort to our whole nation;

let the glorious name of Jehovah have all praise."

As important as your vote is unless you

and I kindle the light of God in others

America’s light of liberty will soon go out.

 

Morality                Law                     Education                       Liberty

Scripture Reading NIV

 Matthew 28:18-20

 "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Galatians 5:22-24

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is … self-control.

Against such things there is no law.