Voting

Since such drama has been launched in this voting season I suggest we all step back and listen to the man who wrote the dictionary.

“When you become entitled to exercise the right of voting for public officers, let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers, 'just men who will rule in the fear of God.' The preservation of government depends on the faithful discharge of this duty; if the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the laws; the public revenues will be sqandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizens will be violated or disregarded. If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws.”¹

Words for any wise man to ponder, pray, and meditate on prior to voting.
Grace and Peace.

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1) Noah Webster, History of the United States (New Haven: Durrie & Peck, 1832), pp. 336-337, 49. - Return to text