Church vs. State [antikvár]

It is told that, when the American troops began to run out of wadding paper for their muskets during a skirmish with the British in Springfield, New Jersey, during the American Revolution, chaplain James Caldwell gathered up hymnals written by Isacc Watts and gave them to the soldiers, crying, "Now put Watts into them, boys!"' Even though the pulpits of America were often the rallying points for the cause of the American Revolution, the "peace" churches, such as the Mennonites and Quakers, as well as other Christian ministers and laypersons, ministered to soldiers in need on both sides of the Revolution—often at the risk of being convicted of treason or of being killed or wounded/ Paul Revere used the steeple of Boston's Old North Church to inform the Charles-town Sons of Liberty as to the path the Redcoats would take to attack Boston.' The effect of churches upon resistance and the American Revolution is part of our American history. For example: The New England clergy's opposition to British measures is well documented. The quiet efforts of Dr. Samuel Cooper of Brattle Street Church and the more public patriotism of Charles Chauncy added significantly to resistance activ-