Voices of Liberty: ”The Constituents of a Good Soldier” Sermon by Samuel Davies

Farewell Episode

This episode is released just to let you all know that I will be discontinuing the Mind Your Liberty Podcast. At least for now. Podcast hosting is too expensive to justify if I am not going to use it. I really enjoyed making the podcast. Thanks for listening! All episodes will remain over on the Mind Your Liberty YouTube channel. Have a great 2025!

Virginia Declaration of Rights | June 1776

Today I read and go over another foundational document in the development of Liberty in the American founding era. Listen in as I read through the Virginia Declaration of Rights.     Document reading starts at 5:26   Virginia Declaration of Rights- https://web.archive.org/web/20181022172807/http://www.gunstonhall.org:80/georgemason/human_rights/vdr_final.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20181022172807/http://www.gunstonhall.org:80/georgemason/human_rights/vdr_final.html] PETITION OF THE 10,000 FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, 1776- https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/items/show/283 [https://edu.lva.virginia.gov/dbva/items/show/283]   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Declaration_of_Rights]   http://www.mindyourliberty.com [http://www.mindyourliberty.com]

The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayers

For this month's episode I recorded a terrific Dorothy Sayers' essay on education, called The Lost Tools of Learning. In it, she outlines a return to classical education in the modern era. I simply didn't have time to expound on it much, but the piece stands on it's own. Enjoy, and have your thoughts provoked!    www.mindyourliberty.com [http://www.mindyourliberty.com]   www.classicalconversations.com [http://www.classical]   The Lost Tools of Writing, by Dorothy Sayers - https://archive.org/details/sayers1948losttoolslearning [https://archive.org/details/sayers1948losttoolslearning]

Voices of Liberty: ”The Constituents of a Good Soldier” Sermon by Samuel Davies

"The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people, a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations” - John Adams to Hezekiah Niles, 1818   Have you ever wondered what was being preached in the American colonies before the revolution? Given the outstanding role that "religious sentiments" played in the pre-war psyche, we certainly should be curious what the preaching was like. Today I read though a sermon preached by Rev. Samuel Davies, way back in 1755. This sermon was given to admonish a group of volunteer militia going to defend the western territories during the French and Indian War. Listen in and hear what he had to say! There are many points to consider that are fully as applicable today as in 1755.    The Constituents of A Good Soldier, full text -  https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N05830.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext [https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N05830.0001.001/1:2?rgn=div1;view=fulltext]   John Adams’ Letter to Hezekiah Niles - https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/seminars/revolution/Adams-Niles.pdf [https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/ows/seminars/revolution/Adams-Niles.pdf]   Adams’ Letter Full Text, beta transcript - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-6854 [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/99-02-02-6854]   Book where I found this sermon. - https://a.co/g7uJqLy [https://a.co/g7uJqLy]    www.mindyourliberty.com [http://www.mindyourliberty.com]

Voices of Liberty: Broadside Against the Stamp Act | John Dickinson

The Stamp Act was now going into effect in Colonial America, meaning colonists of all stripes (anybody that used paper) had to make a choice - to use the comply or not to comply. John Dickinson, “the Penman of the Revolution”, wrote this broadside pamphlet to encourage his countrymen to carefully consider their course of action, and the consequences thereof.    “THE Stamp Act, therefore, is to be regarded only as an EXPERIMENT OF YOUR DISPOSITION. If you quietly bend your Necks to that Yoke, you prove yourselves ready to receive any Bondage to which your Lords and Masters shall please to subject you.” [Emphasis original] Stamp Act - https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/stamp_act_1765.asp [https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/stamp_act_1765.asp]   Broadside Against the Stamp Act - https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Writings_of_John_Dickinson/DaWqy3gNcogC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA201&printsec=frontcover [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Writings_of_John_Dickinson/DaWqy3gNcogC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA201&printsec=frontcover]    Other good stuff - https://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/crisis/text3/stampactresponse1765.pdf [https://americainclass.org/sources/makingrevolution/crisis/text3/stampactresponse1765.pdf]    http://www.mindyourliberty.com [http://www.mindyourliberty.com]