One Nation Under God. That is the spiritual and political legacy of the Great Awakening. By the late 1700’s all of America in some measure experienced the Scriptural truth that, in Christ, all are brothers and sisters. Highborn or commoner, great merchant or poor farmer, magistrate or solider all were equal at the foot of the Cross. Because of this “Awakening” people knew that heaven was open to all who accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. The equality of believers was emphasized more than ever in American Churches. Because of this dedication….the sentiment of equality began to extend into civil government as well.

FREEDOM….this word became the catch phrase of our ancestors. Here is the seed of the Democracy which would be embodied by the Constitution of the United States. In America resistance to oppression was a favorite topic in pulpits. For example, Rev. Josiah Quincy preached; ...