| You may know of the political conversion of | | | | veteran, not one other Congressman accepted |
| Davey Crockett by the dedicated Christian | | | | Davey Crockett's challenge to give a week's pay |
| Horatio Bunce (if you do not you can read the | | | | to the widow. He excoriated them, saying, |
| first two installments in this series by clicking on | | | | "Money with them is nothing but trash when it is |
| the links below this story). The Congressman | | | | to come out of the people. But it is the one great |
| Davey Crockett learned the value of government | | | | thing for which most of them are striving, and |
| based on law, the Constitution, over governing by | | | | many of them sacrifice honor, integrity, and |
| the dictates of sentimentalism from the | | | | justice to obtain it." |
| enlightened backwoods farmer, Horatio Bunce. In | | | | The founding fathers attempted to break free |
| his book, The Life of Colonel David Crockett, | | | | from the Religious Humanist policy of the lordship |
| Edward S. Ellis relates "the rest of the story". | | | | of government. From the very beginning of the |
| Davey Crockett was reelected to Congress. It | | | | republic you see the tendency to look to this |
| was not long before he was faced with a vote | | | | "great lord" to be the "great provider". In 21st |
| similar to the "Georgetown vote". A bill had been | | | | century America the state has grown to |
| introduced to give $10,000 to the widow of a | | | | "behemoth" proportions. Even most Christians call |
| naval officer that had recently passed away. | | | | on this man made god to provide their needs, and |
| Crockett took to the floor against the bill | | | | desires. It is not a surprise that this blatant |
| proclaiming that, "Congress has no power to | | | | idolatry would capture the minds of a Secular |
| appropriate this money as an act of charity." | | | | Humanist culture, but it is a mystery as to how |
| Claiming that, "Every member upon this floor | | | | the church has turned to government rather than |
| knows it." And reminding the members that, "We | | | | God as their provider. |
| have the right, as individuals, to give away as | | | | All is not lost though. The Christian can still repent |
| much of our own money as we please in charity; | | | | of the sin of idolatry. A reformation of the church |
| but as members of Congress we have no right | | | | will defeat the march of the tyrants. Tyranny |
| so to appropriate a dollar of the public money..." | | | | cannot stand when the church exerts its authority |
| He finished by proclaiming his intention to give one | | | | over all of culture. The Christian must turn to |
| week's pay to the widow, and challenging the rest | | | | God, learn his Constitution, stop depending on |
| of the members to, "do the same, it will amount | | | | government to provide his every need, and take |
| to more than the bill asks." | | | | up his responsibility to care for the "widow and |
| Even after waxing eloquent about the debt of | | | | orphan. |
| gratitude that the nation owed this honored | | | | |