Tuesday, October 16, 2018

🕇 FAITH OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS


CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN JAY

THE ONLY FABRIC OF FAITH WOVEN INTO
AMERICA’S FOUNDATION IS CHRISTIANITY

BIOGRAPHY
JOHN JAY (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, Patriot, and diplomat. John Jay was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789–95). Governor of New York. Author of The Federalist Papers. President of the Continental Congress (1778–79). Secretary of Foreign Affairs. Minister to Spain & France. John Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and government officials in New York City. He became a lawyer and joined the New York Committee of Correspondence and organized opposition to British rule. He joined a conservative political faction that, fearing mob rule, sought to protect property rights and maintain the rule of law while resisting British violations of human rights. » Full Bio


When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. ~ Proverbs 29:2, KJV

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