Historian David Barton is a respected scholar, public spokesman, and founder of Wallbuilders (www.wallbuilders.com), which is based on the Old Testament story of Nehemiah’s courageous leadership in rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem.
David Barton is the featured speaker at the annual Ministry to Men Prayer Breakfast in St. Charles, Mo, immediately west of St. Louis on the morning of September 6, 2017. All the information you need for attending is available at www.ministrytomen.net.
He shares little known important documented facts like the following in his inspirational public addresses:
“When Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States, he was a member of the board of education of the then small town of Washington, D C, having the responsibility of selecting the reading choices of the public school children there.
“His choices:
- The Bible!
- Isaac Watts Hymnal ‘Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs,’ (every verse affirming Biblical truth and values)!”
Wm. J. Federer further affirms the excellent content of David Barton’s research. He cites the recognized roll of prayer in our American heritage.
To hear …”Historian Wm Federer documents prayer as key in our nation’s heritage; www.americanminute.com … click on … http://haroldhendrick.com/2009/06/25/historian-wm-federer-documents-prayer-as-key-in-our-nations-heritage-www-americanminute-com/ .
“(March 16, 1776), as recorded in the Journals of Congress, passed without dissent a resolution presented by General William Livingston declaring May 17, 1776, [just seven weeks before the Declaration was signed] as being a National Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer:
“The Congress … desirous … to have people of all ranks and degrees duly impressed with a solemn sense of God’s superintending providence, and of their duty, devoutly to rely… on his aid and direction…
“We do earnestly recommend Friday, the 17th day of May [1776] be observed by the colonies as a day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer; that we may, with united hearts, confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and, by sincere repentance and amendment of life, appease God’s righteous displeasure, and, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, obtain this pardon and forgiveness.”
From William J. Federer’s America’s God and Country, an Encyclopedia of Quotations, pages 324, 325
David Barton’s website, www.wallbuilders.com, contains almost an unlimited wealth of the Spiritual and Biblical heritage of our country most of which are not widely known.
David Barton’s biography: https://wallbuilders.com/bios/#tab-34c5fc6bd5eda685312