United States Founding Fathers

John Hancock

Quotes

Acknowledgment of God

  1. "I have the most animating confidence that the present noble struggle for liberty will terminate gloriously for America. And let us play the man for our God, and for the cities of our God; whilst we are using the means in our power, let us humbly commit our righteous cause to the great Lord of the Universe, who loveth righteousness and hateth iniquity. And having secured the approbation of our hearts by a faithful and unwearied discharge of our duty to our country, let us joyfully leave our concerns in the hands of Him who raiseth up and pulleth down the empires and kingdoms of the world as He pleases; and with cheerful submission to His sovereign will, devoutly say, "Although the fig tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail and the field shall yield not meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet we will rejoice in the Lord, we will joy in the God of our salvation." [Habakkuk 3:17-18]" - United States Founding Father, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, "John Hancock", John R Musick, (Chicago: H.G. Campbell Publishing Company, 1898), pp. 118, 156, Speech commemorating the Boston Massacre of 1770, on March 5, 1774

  2. "In circumstances dark as these, it becomes us as men and Christians to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be taken to ward off the impending judgments ... all confidence must be withheld from the means we use and reposed only on that God who rules in the armies of heaven and without whose blessing the best human councils are but foolishness and all created power vanity. It is the happiness of his church that when the powers of earth and hell combine against it ... then the throne of grace is of the easiest access and its appeal thither is graciously invited by that Father of mercies who has assured it that when His children ask bread He will not give them a stone. ... That it be, and hereby is, recommended to the good people of this colony ... as a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer ... to confess the sins ... to implore the forgiveness of all our transgressions ... and especially that the union of the American colonies in defense of their rights, for which, hitherto, we desire to thank Almighty God, may be preserved and confirmed. ... and that America may soon behold a gracious interposition of Heaven." - United States Founding Father, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, "The Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and 1775", William Lincoln, editor, (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, 1838), pp. 144-145, proclamation of John Hancock from Concord, April 15, 1775, four days before the British marched on Lexington and Concord which resulted in the "shot heard round the world".

Christian Political and Military Action

  1. "I conjure you, by all that is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that ye pray but that ye act." - United States Founding Father, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, "Great Americans of History - John Hancock", John R Musick, (Chicago: Union School Publishing Company, 1898), pp. 116-117

Christianity in Government

  1. "Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement. ... Manners, by which not only the freedom but the very existence of the republics are greatly affected, depend much upon the public institutions of religion." - United States Founding Father, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, "The Independent Chronicle", (Boston: Nathaniel Willis), Vol. XII, p. 4, John Hancock's Inaugural Address as Governor of Massachusetts, November 2, 1780

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