by | April 9, 2026 · 8:37 pm

Moving to the Declaration: April 9, 1774

Moving to the Declaration: April 9, 1774

I will be posting, as often as I can, what was happening in the Continental Congress leading up to the Declaration of Independence.

Remember, 2026 is NOT the United States of America’s Birthday. This is the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

April 9th 1774

  • Money allocated for the Army in New York.
  • Resolution concerning the disposition of prisoners brought back from Canada.
  • An Auditor General was elected.
  • Established mechanisms across the Colonies for the handling and securing of prisoners.
  • The Committee of Claims authorized payments to various individuals who provided provisions or services.

Letter of Samuel Adams to Arthur Lee.

[MS., Samuel Adams Papers, Lenox Library; a text with modifications is in R. H. Lee, Life of Arthur Lee, vol. ii., pp. 197-203; printed also in the Boston Gazette, May 23, 1774.]

BOSTON, 9 April 1773Dec

MY DEAR SIR

I must by no means omit to request you to present my most respectful Compliments to the Society of the Bill of Rights and return them my hearty Thanks for the great Honor they have done me in admitting me one of their Members. The Gentlemen may be assured that this unexpected mark of their Respect adds to the Obligation which I have ever held myself under, to employ the small Share of Ability which God has given me, in vindicating the Rights of my Country & Mankind.

I can now assure you, that the Efforts of this Town at their Meeting in November last, have had Effects which are extremely mortifying to our petty Tyrants. Every Art & every Instrument was made use of to prevent the Meetings of the Towns in the Country but to no purpose. It is no Wonder that a Measure calculated to promote a Correspondence and a free Communication among the people, should awaken Apprehensions; for they well know that it must detect their Falsehood in asserting that the people of this Country were satisfied with the Measures of the British parliament and the Administration of Government. Our Governor has in my Opinion merited greatly of the Ministry by his constant Endeavors, though in vain, to sooth & quiet the people & perswade them to think there were no Grievances that might “be seen felt or understood.” And when the House of Representatives in the last May Session, by almost a unanimous Vote remonstrated against his Independency, he, without the least Foundation in Truth, & for no other Reason that I can conceive but to give Countenance to his Patron Hillsborough, or to establish himself in his Government which he received with so great RELUCTANCE, did not scruple in his Speech at the Close of that Session, to insinuate that the House was under the Influence of a few factious members. No Speech of Bernards ever gave greater Disgust to the People, nor with more reason.

There has been another Session of the General Assembly, which began unexpectedly on the 6th of Jan last. It is my Opinion that it would have been postponed, as usual of late, till near the Close of our political Year, had it not been for the Boston Town Meeting; I mean to prevent the designed Effects of it, by giving an occasion to the small Jobbers in the Country to say, that “however expedient it might have been for them to have had their meetings before, it now becomes unnecessary & improper since their representatives are soon to meet in General Assembly.” This had an Influence in some Towns; and his EXCELLENCY, I suppose judged it more probable that he should be able to mannage the Members of the House and prevail upon them “to joyn with him in bearing Testimony against the UNWARRANTABLE Proceedings of Boston,” if they came together without having the explicit Sentiments of their Constituents.

At the Meeting of the Assembly, he thought proper to open a Controversy with the two Houses, for which I think Hillsbro would not thank him; for he has thereby defeated the favorite Design of the Ministry, which was to lull the people into Security, and for the effecting of which Design, he had before thought himself, or endeavored to make Administration believe he was entitled to so great a Share of Merit. It has been published in most of the Newspapers in the Continent & engages much of the Attention of the other Colonies. This, together with the proceedings of a CONTEMPTIBLE Town meeting, has awakned the Jealousy of all, & has particularly raised the Spirit of the most ancient & patriotick Colony of Virginia. Their manly Resolves have been transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in a printed Sheet of their Journals; and our Come of Correspondence have circulated Copies of them into every Town & District through the Province.1

I wish I could hear more of Lord D. to qualify him for his high office, than merely that he is a GOOD Man. Goodness I confess is an essential, tho too rare a Qualification of a Minister of State. Possibly I may not have been informed of the whole of his Lordships Character. Without a Greatness of Mind adequate to the Importance of his Station, I fear he may find himself embarrassed with his present Connections. It can easily be conceived what principle induced Lord North to recommend to that Department a Nobleman characterized in America for Piety; but what could prevail on his Lordship to join with such Connections, unless he had a Consciousness that his own Abilities were sufficient to defeat the plans of a corrupt Administration, I am not able to conceive. It might be well for his Lordship to be assured, that there is now a fairer prospect than ever of an Union among the Colonies, which his predecessor did & had reason to dread, tho he affected to despise it. Should the Correspondence proposed by Virginia produce a Congress; and that an ASSEMBLY OF STATES, it would require the Head of a very able Minister to treat with so respectable a Body. This perhaps is a mere fiction in the Mind of a political Enthusiast. Ministers of State are not to be disturbed with Dreams.

I must now acknowledge your agreeable Letter of the 24 of Decr. 2 I cannot wonder that you almost despair of the British Nation. Can that people be saved from Ruin, who carry their Liberties to market & sell them to the highest Bidder? But America “shall rise full plumed and glorious from her Mothers Ashes.”

>Our House of Representatives have sent a Letter to Lord Dartmouth. This must without Question be a wise measure, though I must own I was not in it. I feared it would lead the people to a false Dependence; I mean upon a Minister of State, when it ought to be placed, with Gods Assistance, upon THEMSELVES. You cannot better prepare him for the representatives of the House, than as you propose, by giving him a proper Idea of Hutchinson. I am much obliged to you for your Intention to hold up to the publick the Generosity of my esteemed friend Mr. Otis. I wish I could assure you that he is perfectly recoverd.

11An original print of this circular letter, dated April 9, 1773, is in the Lenox Library. 2R. H. Lee, Life of Arthur Lee, vol. i., pp. 224-226. 3R. H. Lee, Life of Arthur Lee, vol. i., pp. 226-228.

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by | March 30, 2025 · 6:48 pm

Episode 448 – March Madness, Courts Gone Wild Against Article II

Those enamored with sports are looking at March Madness in respect to college basketball. Yet I take view a different sport and say March Madness, I told you so. For about a decade, I told those who would listen that the Anti-federalists predicted the judiciary would go out of their minds with power.

This program is found at these links at Rumble or YouTube.

My contention with all the messaging regarding the war against the Republic remains the same: Continue reading →

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by | February 20, 2025 · 6:25 pm

Government Depravity as Dogs Return to Their Own Vomit

DOGE – Common Sense or Calvinism?

Are you shocked at my analogous description of government depravity associated to the animal behavior of dogs returning to their own vomit? The behavior of the media, statists, Demoncrats and devourers of your money, NGO’s1. All of these as well as other bureaucrats are described in Proverbs 2 this way

10[a] The great God who formed everything
Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.
11 As a dog returns to his own vomit,
So a fool repeats his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.

We all believed that the Federal Government was out of control in that the bureaucracy was feeding the dogs of war, anti-constitutional ideologies and foundationally immoral ideologies

But I bet you are wondering why I am getting into such animal behavior in relationship to our present depraved reactionaries in the mediagovernment depravity and demoncrat left? And what about all of those NGO’s, especially Lutheran and Catholic Charities, just to name two? I can talk about the taxpayer trough that those two feed from with my experience as ‘Chair of Finance and Vice-Chair’ of a government county board that I was on. I will leave that for another day.

What we are witnessing through the very Constitutional efforts of the 47th President are fools who are being brought out into the light of day, wanting to protect their folly and return to it. Those various entities, ideologies and political parties are accustom to gulping down billions of dollars that are from taxes or worse, borrowed. Now that the vomit of these bureaucrats’ indiscretions are on the floor, the analogy seems gross but it is factually correct. Dogs will eat their vomit for the little remaining nutrients that it contains. So too, the Demoncrats and their favorite ideological puppies hunger for what is left on the corporatists banquet room floor from the federal government, those putrid programs which enslaved the citizenry with debt as well as the ideologies that most often manipulate the world stage for power and personal gain.

What really has you rattled as you see the pack of ravenous rabid degenerates foaming at the mouth over the bloated guts of a declining nation is the subtitle of DOGE – Common Sense or Calvinism? It is more than obvious in a comparative study of foundation history to the last two hundred years, that both common sense and ubiquitous Calvinism have been lacking in this nation. I have to develop these elements another time since they are most uncommon in the Echo Chamber of our present. I ask you to hang in there with me because the bigger issue is the destructive use, by all parties, of democracy. Continue reading →

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by | January 21, 2025 · 7:46 pm

Day 1 Initial Deep Six of the Deep State and More – Trump Effect

Regarding my limited hope for 2025 post, I actually read the Executive Orders (EO’s), Executive Action (EA’s) and Memorandums (EM’s) that are – Day 1 Initial Deep Six of the Deep State. Now let me follow up with clarifying that there are momentum and leadership issues with plethora of orders and the existing management of the various agencies and departments. Say 1

To that point, let me begin with the third ‘Official Document’ that President Trump signed at the Capitol in the President’s Room: 31 acting designations and appointments. These are the temporary / acting Cabinet and sub-Cabinet level people that will begin to execute the orders given on Day 1.

Let us begin with the EO’s, EA’s and EM’s that address what many believe to be the Peoples Priorities starting with Border Security. Here I am matching the let temporary designee / appointee to the departments involved in these efforts. These are people who are already carrying out President Trumps orders by which the national government will be a Citizens government and move closer to the Republic which we hold dear in the pledge to the flag.

Then in my next post I will focus on swamp personnel EO’s, Proclamations and EM’s. This is a return to sanity in personnel management. In the next newsletter, I will give you a little bio on each and prognosticate the issues they may have with the embedded deep state / Career bureaucrats they may encounter. Or better yet, I will open the window on the 1,000 O’biden personnel getting fired. This began the evening of the Inauguration with the immediate firing of ‘Brian Hook from the Wilson Center; Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council; celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition; and Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, from the President’s Export Council.1’

Day 1 Initial Deep Six – Border Security Executive Orders and Proclamations Analysis

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by | January 18, 2025 · 6:25 pm

Limited Hope for 2025 – No Republic, No Constitutional Government: The Anti-Federalist Are Correct

I am delighted with the Trump reelection but it has been painful for me to look at the November election without stating that in the natural, there is Limited Hope for 2025. The icing on the cakethe echo chamber regarding my research for this newsletters content was In listening to Ned Ryun on Tucker Carlson the other day (see this link.) For years you have heard me warn and comment that a functional U. S. Constitution is not to be found due to the administrative state (Shadow Government,) and that the Republic and Federalism is laid waste by the use of Madison’s and Hamilton’s theology of a consolidated ‘commerce driven’ national government, leading to new type of feudalism (see episodes on modern feudalism).

Buckle up since this is a long read.

This theology of modern feudalism, this ‘consolidated commerce driven socialism,’1 has its believers, its vassals secure in their bureaucratic fiefdoms, acting according to the creeds of their priests, imams and shamans in how they will resist the constitutionalism of the Trump administration2 and 3 from invading their realms. This massive resistance of ‘nearly half of the bureaucrats’ resisting the will of their fellow citizens regarding those who are freely elected to govern is the encroachment, if not the demise of constitutional republicanism, but more so a lack of constitutional understanding of rights, equality4 and property5. I give you the references to the Founders’ discussions on equality and property because I do not have the time to cover them in this discussion on rights. I will cover these two principles in the next newsletter.

Back to the point

As we return to the point of Limited Hope for 2025, bear with me momentarily as I refer to quote that captures the point of those who pressed commercial national socialism and modern feudalism upon this Republic. You will see this quote again later, “Could one still speak of republican citizens when contemplating merchants, for which the “mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains”? (Jefferson to Horatio Gates Spafford, 17 Mar. 1817, cited in Papers 14:221).” Continue reading →

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by | January 1, 2025 · 7:41 pm

Sam Adams Interviewed on Calling History Podcast

Sam Adams Interviewed

The new years begins with Sam Adams Interviewed on Calling History Podcast (click on link). It was an honor and a lot of fun to be interviewed by Tony Dean of ‘Calling History Podcast.’

Here is the promo statement for Part 1 of the two part program:Sam Adams Interviewed

Part 1 of my Samuel Adams interpretation is live on the Calling History Podcast. The Calling History Podcast is an unscripted conversation with the most fascinating people in history, in their time. My episode takes place in 1801. I hope you’ll listen. It’s an entirely different approach to exploring history and the characters that made it. 

In 1801, Samuel Adams was contemplating the fate of the country with Thomas Jefferson at the helm, when he received a call from the future …

In this episode, Sam will talk about what a terrible businessperson he was, how his beliefs of liberty developed, and why he thinks Jefferson will be a better president than his cousin was.

Start the episode now to join the conversation.

Enjoy the Sam Adams Interviewed by a modern podcaster.

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by | December 20, 2024 · 12:38 pm

Hello Echo Chamber – Seditious Use of The Doctrine of The Lesser Magistrate

Hello Echo Chamber

Where we talk to ourself or only others like us

Seditious Use of The Doctrine of The Lesser Magistrate

Welcome to the new ‘Echo Chamber’ at Samuel Adams Returns. Why that name for this newsletter, blog/vlog? Frankly it seems that most of what is produced within this newsletter, blog/vlog posts only reverberate within a chamber of the cavernous bellowing from a cacophony of talking heads of various political, social and religious genres. The modern pushers of communication emotionalism are no different than the contentious wranglers of words during all ages, especially during the founding era of this nation. I will always contend that there is nothing spoken or written that has not already been (Ecclesiastes 1:9). It is the lack of understanding history and the pursuit of humanistic rationalism that champions modern cognitive dissonance in political, cultural and even religious thinking and language.

Hence, the furthering of new as well as ambiguous ‘narratives’ / story telling greater than historical facts and systematic reason1. Through the education system, media and social media, we have well developed non-thinkers. We now have the gulable acting on emotionalism instead of truth established, at the very least, in natural revelation.

With that, I say again, Hello Echo Chamber at Samuels Adams Returns where we will look at our present through the mirrors of history.

Just a note, I may not be able to get to the video production of the postings. As you can visualize by the content here, I am continuing to do a lot of deep study in early church history, the writings of 1st and 2nd century church fathers as well as all the regular study I do to prepare for these newsletters. Hopefully for you, it is the content that matters.

On To The Topic for November and December

What is the seditious use of The Doctrine of The Lesser Magistrate?  seditious use of doctrine of lesser magistrates

We are seeing it everywhere in government. From the local level to the national. We are seeing the ideologues imbedded in every branch of government, especially in bureaucracies, defying existing law, Constitutionalism and reason. The majority in government even repudiate natural law / revelation as well as the designer and giver of the said natural law / revelation. Mostly in he last one-hundred-fifty years, the interlopers of humanism have filled the hallowed halls of government with the purpose on remaking foundational intent into something other than our established Constitutional Republic.

There are lists of reasons for the afore mentioned transformation of governance by anti-God ideologue lesser magistrates, but most significant are the mutations of higher education’s leadership. The presidents and staff of universities moved away from Christian Biblical presuppositions of every topic to that of humanism. Dr. Gary North points out in his book ‘The Biblical Structure of History.’ that the likes of Andrew Dickson White in 1896 ‘wrote one of the most important humanist books designed to undermine respect for Christianity: History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom. He was a Protestant theological liberal. He hated any form of Protestantism that affirmed the final authority of the Bible.’ This as well as other humanist, socialist and communist ideologies has developed a divided nation with non-Christians having a point of disdain and enmity for all that is morally defined by Biblical truth. Continue reading →

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by | November 28, 2024 · 11:21 am

Thanksgiving :: Cost For Years and Billions Wasted… The Coming AI Energy Blues

Thanksgiving Cost For Years and Billions Wasted… The Coming AI Energy Blues

I want to hope for many Blessings on this Thanksgiving day. Let me begin with a portion of Gov. Sam Adams 1796 Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Our civil Constitutions of Government, formed by ourselves, and administered by Men of our own free Election, are by His Grace continued to us. And we still enjoy the inestimable Blessings of the Gospel and right of worshipping God according to His own Institutions and the honest dictates of our Consciences.
And, together with our thanksgiving, earnest Supplication to God is hereby recommended for the forgiveness of our Sins which have rendered us unworthy of the least of his Mercies; and that by the sanctifying influence of his Spirit, our hearts and manners may be corrected, and we become a reformed and happy People—That he would direct and prosper the Administration of the Government of the United States, and of this and the other States in the Union. That he would still afford his Blessings on our Trade, Agriculture, Fisheries and all the labours of our hands. That he would smile upon our University, and all Seminaries of Learning—That Tyranny and Usurpation may everywhere come to an end—That the Nations who are contending for true liberty may still be succeeded by his Almighty aid—That every Nation and Society of Men may be inspired with the knowledge and feeling of their natural and just rights, and enabled to form such systems of Civil Government as shall be fully adopted to promote and establish their Social Security and Happiness—And, finally, that in the course of God’s Holy Providence, the great Family of Mankind may bow to the sceptre of the Prince of Peace so that mutual Friendship and Harmony may universally prevail.
And I do recommend to the People of this Commonwealth to abstain from all such Labours and Recreations as may not be consistent with the Solemnity of the said Day.

And now to the meat of the matter.

As I review all that Thanksgiving is about historically and as a matter of Foundational Faith, I hope that yours was fantastic and that I’m not reading about your family having dissected each other instead of the Turkey. If you are not reading this from the County pound, you survived discussions with grace and decorum.

What really caught my attention as November comes to a close is not the price of turkey and dressing but the cost of years and billions of dollars wasted on collecting taxes and the insanity of the ‘matrix’ needing more energy. Yes, data requires nuclear power plants but not for your home or manufacturing industry.

Let me take each of these topics one at a time.

A Century of Cost and Waste

I finally came upon a great article and research paper that validates what I’ve been saying for over thirty years, ‘individuals and business are a un-reimbursed tax collecting agents of the government.’ I have contended over those decades that forcing business and individuals into compliance is a costly endeavor, especially in that businesses will pass these administrative cost on to the clients or consumers.

The colossus that over shadows the rights and property of the Citizen is a result of years and billions of dollars wasted through this un-reimbursed tax collection. The tentacles of this beast began, you guest it, with the 19th Amendment, the income tax. This 1913 Hydra has so many heads that it is going to be a wonder if the DOGE team can audit the IRS or if the IRS will dodge the sanity that the 47th President is bringing to affect bloated government. Continue reading →

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by | September 26, 2024 · 9:51 pm

Episode 447 – Immigration Confusion with Springfield, Ohio An Example

See the link for the video of ‘Immigration Confusion with Springfield, Ohio An Example’ at Rumble or YouTube

From a Foundational First Principles perspective we are living out Immigration Confusion with Springfield, Ohio as one example. You must be patient and get through the confusion described at the Immigration Confusiononset of this program before I take you into the First Principles of Constitutional intent regarding naturalization, immigration and Citizenship. It may shock you to know that the Founders believed in open immigration. They did not expect mass migration as a form of immigration. I will clearly clarify what was expected of all new persons coming to these United States in search of Citizenship.

As always, I will make some comments on the recorded program that are not written. I have a hard time stay on script.

A Historical Diversion

John Adams wrote in Novanglus, Thoughts on Government, Defence of the Constitution, emphasis is my addition:

“The patricians were alarmed; but Cassius had numbers on his side, and was so confident of success, that he betrayed too soon his ambitious design, by offering the freedom of the city to aliens, who, at his invitation, crowded from all parts to vote in the assemblies of the Roman people. This convinced all parties that his views were, by the means of aliens and indigent citizens, to usurp the government. All parties combined against him, and he was condemned for treason. The tribunes had no sooner destroyed Cassius, than they adopted his project, and insisted on the law for the nomination of three commissioners.”

The same strategies used within the Uni-party, oligarchs and corporatists of our present systems.

From Samuel Adam: TO THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. JANUARY 16, 1795.

Elections are the immediate acts of the people’s sovereignty, in which no foreigners should be allowed to intermeddle. Upon free and unbiassed elections, the purity of the government, and consequently the safety and welfare of the citizens, may I not say altogether depend.

Again, TO THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. JANUARY 27, 1797.

That elections may not be contaminated by strangers, or unqualified persons, may it not be necessary that every man may be known, as far as possible, when he presents himself to give his vote; this may be more especially important in our seaports and other populous towns, in which many foreigners of all sorts frequently reside. I would be far from dictating to you, but I would submit to your judgment whether, considering the liberality of this country to foreigners, and the frequency of their naturalizations, it may not be eligible that such foreigners should be required when they offer their votes to the Selectmen of the towns, to produce authentic certificates from the Courts, by which they were endowed with so high a privilege, as a test of their citizenship.

This is meant for local, state and national elections. Voter Identity is necessary and simply, No foreigners can vote.

Continuing

The difference between the perspective on immigration from our foundation and the present is in that: at the founding there were not any public services or tax payer buckets of money for aliens coming to the United States. In other words, No hand outs and No bureaucracies manipulating the system. Also, the issue of allegiance was crucial.

I will be delving into those First Principles of the Constitutional structure for immigration/Naturalization as developed in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 (Citizenship). In Addition to the University of Chicago Press ‘the Founders Constitution,’ I will be directing your attention to a great article from Hillsdale College on this topic (see the References). The subheading in that article on Assimilation is well done and documented.

As one can ascertain, what is going on in our present time is a complete confusion of Constitutional intent vs. political rhetoric and the unlearned truth for those desiring to keep the United States as they believe it should be.

But what if the confusion is in the lack of knowledge of original intent and then the ideological globalist and corporatist perversion of Constitutional intent?

Springfield, Ohio as One Example

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by | August 28, 2024 · 6:17 pm

Episode 446: The Black Cloak Brigade

See the link for the video of ‘The Black Cloak Brigade’ at Rumble or YouTube. Also, Rev. John Webb sermon (pdf) ‘The Government of Christ (1738)’ at Belcher Foundation. My humble delivery Rev. Webb’s 1738 Sermon.

black cloak brigadeThe third week of August in Chicago 2024 was the predictable collection of the Demonic Nocturnal Congregation (DNC) in fulfillment of that which was established through decades of gaslighting by the Black Cloak Brigade spawned prodigy1(must read footnote definition). This gathering is the expected result of 200 years of Unitarianism, Universalism and the Social Gospel. In short, the pinnacle of perfected humanism. The resulting assemblage inside mesmerized by the gaslighting (more on gaslighting further in) high priests and priestesses, while outside, the co-optate2 throngs of gargoyles spout the vitriol venom of invasive radicals and indoctrinated subversives.

Massive Influence

It is critical to understand that the massive influence of the present day Black Cloak Brigade is very much as that of the pastors in the founding era. Take this quote from The Life of Samuel Adams,

‘… so at the top of society were the ministers, men often of fine force, ability, and education. No other such career as the ministry afforded was open in those days to ambitious men. Year by year the best men of each Cambridge class went into the ministry, and the best of them were sifted out for the Boston pulpit. Jonathan May- hew, Andrew Eliot, Samuel Cooper, Charles Chauncey, Mather Byles, —all were characters of mark, true to the Puritan standards, generally, as regards faith, eloquent in their office, friends and advisers of the political leaders, themselves often political leaders, foremost in the public meetings, and active in private.

Together with the ministers, the merchants were a class of influence.’

One has to have a knowledge of what a real Puritan meant in the founding era. Especially as to root theology for developing personal and economic Liberty. The Sermon I include with this program is full of Puritan / Calvinistic theology that establishes how those elected or appointed are to govern, as servants of the King of all creation.

Unlike the Black Regiment (Black Robe Regiment), The Black Cloak Brigade is more than the Tory (British sympathizer) ideology and theology of the loyalist Colonial era. The emphasis of The Black Cloak Brigade is best found through the second definition for a cloke (cloak) in Webster’s 1828 Dictionary – Continue reading →

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