President's Day!

The calendar tells us that today is President's Day.  I am thankful that God has blessed our nation with many great leaders who recognized that "blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord".
Yesterday in our Sunday School paper there was a little article telling about a few of our good presidents who honored God and His Holy Day.  I thought I would share it with you today.

     "The policy of our presidents, with rare exception, has been to respect the Lord's Day in peacetime and in war.  Washington in the Revolutionary War, Lincoln in the Civil War, and Wilson in the  First World War gave orders relieving troops as far as possible "from fatigue duty on Sunday giving them opportunity to attend public worship."  They based those orders on "the necessity to man and beast of the weekly rest", "the sacred rights of  Christian sailors and soldiers," and "a due regard to the divine will."

     When Garfield was nominated, twelve o'clock Saturday night found people in the midst of balloting; yet all was adjourned until Monday.  Hayes and Garfield habitually walked to church that their servants might rest and worship on the Lord's Day. 
      At the opening of the State Centennial of Tennessee, McKinley refused to take a trip to Lookout Mountain, saying, "No, I do not go sightseeing on Sunday."
      Theodore Roosevelt said, "Experience shows that the day of rest is essential to mankind.  It is demanded by civilization as well as Christianity."
      Coolidge said, "I profoundly believe in the Sabbath and feel that we should give attention not only to the physical aspects, but also to the moral and spiritual phases of the Holy Day."
      Hoover, when invited to join a fishing party on Sunday, replied, "The Hoover's never fish on Sunday."

      Our fathers built our republic upon Christian foundations, one of which is the Lord's Day.  Our Presidents held to a Sunday of rest and worship as essential to America's spiritual and material greatness, and opposed a holiday and labor day Sunday with their dissipation and fatigue.  Our heavy task of reconstruction and moral leadership and righteous adjustments require the blessing of God's Day."
           --The United Presbyterian

Are you praying for our President, Vice President, Congress, and all those in places of leadership and authority, and are you keeping the Sabbath Day holy?  What a challenge for us today!