Governor of Indiana, Senator in Congress, Representative in Congress, Minister at the Court of Berlin, Joseph A. Wright, in the city of New York, May, 1863, said

... The Bible is abroad. ... Its principles underlie all civil institutions and social structure.

Nations and men must fully recognize God's truth and providence in all their doings and actions. Our fathers fully realized it; and therein alone consisted their power and strength. 1

• 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, pp. 774-775