Isaiah 61:1-6 - Freedom, the Love of God reclaimed!
Isaiah 61:1-6 - Freedom, the Love of God reclaimed! By Pastor Lee Hemen July 10, 2011 AM On a bleak day in February in 1832, a young theological student sat in his seminary room. He was going over some children's sheet music sent to him by his friend Lowell Mason. He glanced at one but he didn't like the wording so he began to tap out the beat and make up his own words. He wrote quickly, "My country, tis of thee Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing; Land where my fathers died, Land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountain side, let freedom ring!" Therefore, the hymn America was written by Samuel Francis Smith a seminary student. Why do the words to America stir within us a hidden patriotism? I believe it is because a nation or a person cannot know real freedom until they experience the love of God firsthand! In a nation that prides itself on its independence, America has forgotten its interdependence upon God. Like a broken and ruined life, a nation...