The Sweet Land of Liberty is the record of the contest between two different civilizations struggling for survival:
- The Old World Order of king, bishop, and pope ruling over the people.
- The Reformation Idea of the priesthood of the Believer and the people governing themselves from within by the Holy Spirit and under the rule of law.
What You Will Learn from This Book:
- Learn how the explorers discovered the New World, claimed the land for their kings and the true story of their interaction with the Indians.
- Read the story of the Providential Hand of God in founding the American Colonies.
- Follow the Pilgrims and Puritans as they are driven from England and crossed the Atlantic in their search for freedom to worship God.
- Watch the Christian idea of self-government develop to give the world the ideal of a written constitution based on Christian Principles that have given eagle wings to the human spirit!
- Learn how the ideals of Christian Charity developed as man's inhumanity to man gave way before the ideal of Christian love for one's neighbor and established just laws.
Our Founders believed that in history's record of the struggle of good and evil, that good would win out! They believed that the highest development in that struggle for good was Christianity. They proclaimed that the highest pinnacle toward which all history was moving was the day when the kingdoms of this world would become the Kingdoms of our God and of His Christ.
"Coffin's fondness for detail keeps the history from growing stale. He stitches the elements of early American life into a dramatic quilt. You will get a deeper understanding of history than that which the mere memorization of dates, people and places provides. You will see why Old World customs, habits and laws were gradually changed."
—Nancy Drazga, Editor of Great Christian Books
"Sweet Land Of Liberty will walk you through the founding of each of the thirteen colonies and open your eyes to the marvelous Providence of God in the founding of our great nation."
—Greg Harris, author of The Christian Home School and director of Noble Institute
Product Details
Paperback: 453 Pages
Beautifully illustrated with antique engravings.
A sequel to The Story of Liberty. Originally titled Old Times In The Colonies
This item is shipped to you directly from the distributor and will arrive separately from any other items you may have ordered.
Charles Coffin, A dedicated Christian, a top journalist, a historian who lived during the 19th Century. His burden - to make sure the future generations of Americans did not forget why the Pilgrims came here and that they would never forget what liberty for the human race has cost, what it is worth, and what it will take to keep it.
Coffin's histories are not a dry recitation of facts. They trace the progress of the great ideas of history as they are moved along by God's Providential Hand. These ideas moving forward under God's guidance, have brought us to this day and to this hour. To properly understand the present and the future, we must understand the past. This is the message of the hour! We must understand not only the plan of God when He established our nation and made a covenant with our Founders, but we must also understand just what that covenant means for our future and the redemptive history of the world. Charles Coffin centers his books on this philosophy of history.
