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American Minute with Bill Federer: William Booth and The Salvation Army
Millions of people in 91 countries are helped by The Salvation Army, founded by William Booth, who was born APRIL 10, 1829. William Booth began by ministering to the poor, drunk and outcast. He fought to end teenage prostitution in England. Awarded an honorary degree from Oxford, Booth traveled the United States, met President Theodore Roosevelt... »
American Minute With Bill Federer: General Robert E. Lee
The Civil War began on Wilmer McLean’s farm in Manassas Junction, Virginia, with the First Battle of Bull Run. A Union shell exploded in his kitchen. Wilmer McLean moved to get away from the conflict, yet almost four years later his new home, near Appomattox Court House, Virginia, was the agreed location for General Robert... »
American Minute with Bill Federer, General Omar Bradley
Five-Star General Omar Bradley died APRIL 8, 1981. Born 1893, in a cabin near Clark, Missouri, he was a star player on his high school baseball team. He worked for Wabash Railroad, until his Sunday School superintendent recommended he apply to West Point. President Eisenhower said, April 29, 1954: “I thank General Bradley, my old comrade in arms,... »
Federer: How St. Patrick changed history
Irish missionary gave all credit to God by Bill Federer Rome fell Sept. 4, 476. In the centuries preceding, Rome was overrun with immigrants: Visigoths, Franks, Anglos, Saxons, Ostrogoths, Burgundians, Lombards and Vandals. They first assimilated, many working as servants, but then came so fast they did not learn the Latin language. Worldwide military conflicts strained the highly... »
Reason, Revelation Testify That Good Works Matter, by Steve Farrell
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day: Benjamin Franklin, Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ Nothing could more perfectly express the optimism of Benjamin Franklin’s simplified form of Christian piety mixed with Enlightenment thinking than his affirmation of the harmony between prudence and benevolence: … for self-denial is never a duty or a reasonable action... »
De Tocqueville, Christianity, and Equality
Liberty Letters, 2008-01 In his 1832 work, “Democracy In America,” Alexis de Tocqueville reminds us that “Christianity, which has declared that all are equal in the sight of God, will not refuse to acknowledge that all citizens are equal in the eye of the law. … Religion … is the companion of liberty in all... »
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