John Adams (2nd US President), in contemplating the Christian colonization of the American continent, uttered the following: - 1

"I always consider," said he, "the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scheme and design of Providence..."

• 1. Christian Life and Character of the Civil Institutions of the United States, Developed in the Official and Historical Annals of the Republic., by B. F. MORRIS, Philadelphia, 1864, p. 110