The Impending Death of Christmas Part 2

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Subject: The Impending Death of Christmas? (Part Two of a Two-Part Series) 
Falwell Confidential 
Date: December 10, 2004 
From: Jerry Falwell 
The Impending Death of Christmas? 
Part Two of a Two-Part Series 
I wrote yesterday of the hastening effort by secularist organizations to terminate 
Christmas from the American public square . 
I wish to look back now through the annals of history to substantiate the fact that 
this great nation has historically been involved in religious pursuits and that our 
government, under the guidance of Thomas Jefferson, even got involved in 
evangelization and church building . 
When recognizing that Mr. Jefferson� who the left wants only to remember for 
authoring the phrase "the separation of church and state � was interested in 
advancing religion, it becomes readily apparent that our Founders never intended 
government to be hostile toward Christianity or menacingly unreceptive to religious 
expression . 
Congressional Funds for Church Building 
On December 3, 1803, the U.S. Congress, following the request of President 
Jefferson, ratified a treaty with the Kaskaskia Indians . 
This treaty was 
significant because Congress, recognizing that most members of the tribe had become 
Christians, deemed to give an annual subsidy of $100 for the support of a priest 
during a seven-year period. That priest, as the Congress noted, was to perform 
"the duties of his office, and. . . 
instruct as many. . . 
children as possible. 
The treaty, signed by President Jefferson, stated 
: "The 
give the sum of three hundred dollars to assist 
in 
You read that right . 
The U.S. Congress of 1803, at 
the 
Jefferson, allocated federal funds for the salary of a 
construction of a church. 
The Congress of 1803 was not hostile to Christianity. 
United States will further 
the erection of a church'. 
request of President Thomas 
minister and for the 
The members understood the 
value of imparting Jude�Christian values among the Indians a 
They also recognized 
the need for advancing biblical values among the citizenry of the young nation. 
Congress Agrees to Print Bibles 
In 1777, with war plaguing the land, the Rev. Patrick Allison, chaplain of the 
Continental Congress, petitioned that body for a specific need� the printing of 
the Holy Bible. After America had declared its independence, the Revolutionary War 
had interrupted the supply of Bibles . 
Printed Bibles had previously come to 
America from England and Holland but at this time of war we were often cut off from 
the rest of the world. As a result, Bibles were in short supply. 
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