To 'The Great Lord and Ruler of Nations': Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
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When America broke off from Britain and became its own nation, it formed itself into a democratic republic. After George Washington refused to be crowned king (with a moral courage very few men in history have ever shown), America rejected monarchy altogether. This is Biblical government—as God tells the prophet Samuel in 1 Kings (8:7), when the Israelites ask for a king, “For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.” Samuel tells the Israelites later that they have committed “evil” in asking for a king besides God (1 Kings 12:17). America memorialized its rejection of human kings in favor of the only perfect monarch by rewriting Britain’s “God Save the King” to end with, “Great God our king.” And, the day after Thanksgiving, I think there is nothing better to remember to be grateful for than that America has only had one king, and that the man who made this possible was the same who first established a US day of Thanksgiving.
To 'The Great Lord and Ruler of Nations': Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
To 'The Great Lord and Ruler of Nations…
To 'The Great Lord and Ruler of Nations': Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
When America broke off from Britain and became its own nation, it formed itself into a democratic republic. After George Washington refused to be crowned king (with a moral courage very few men in history have ever shown), America rejected monarchy altogether. This is Biblical government—as God tells the prophet Samuel in 1 Kings (8:7), when the Israelites ask for a king, “For they have not rejected thee, but me, that I should not reign over them.” Samuel tells the Israelites later that they have committed “evil” in asking for a king besides God (1 Kings 12:17). America memorialized its rejection of human kings in favor of the only perfect monarch by rewriting Britain’s “God Save the King” to end with, “Great God our king.” And, the day after Thanksgiving, I think there is nothing better to remember to be grateful for than that America has only had one king, and that the man who made this possible was the same who first established a US day of Thanksgiving.