Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, Presbyterian, Patriot

As an inspiration to the courage and determination necessary for us to "win" our Church back for the honor and glory of our Lord; reflect on the the sacrifices of some of these men, most of whom were righteous, successful, and pillars of their communities. They gave all they had, asking only the mercy of God upon their efforts to secure our liberty.

The first recorded successes of a sniper and his rifle were members of Gen. Daniel Morgan's Kentucky Riflemen. In October 1777, Bemis Heights (Saratoga) Rifleman Tim Murphy, a Morgan Riflemen, engaged from 500yd with a .40 caliber Kentucky Rifle and killed British Gen. Simon Fraser, CO of the British Army. This ended his recon-in-force and led to one of the greatest victories of the war. In October 1780, Kings Mountain, NC, another member of Morgan's Riflemen engaged from 450yds and killed Col. Patrick Ferguson, 2nd in command to Gen. Cornwallis. Ferguson was the inventor of the breech-loading rifle, and so in addition to helping to end Cornwallis's invasion of North Carolina, he seriously disrupted British weapon development as well. General Morgan's most distinguished actions in the field may have have been at the "Battle of Cowpens", SC. The character played by Mel Gibson in the blockbuster movie "Patriot" is loosely styled around the actions of General Daniel Morgan, and that battle in particular.

Nineteen signers of the Declaration of Independence were Presbyterians. The King's governor in the Colonies remarked that it was the "Black Robed Regiment" that instigated the people's resistance to the Crown. How is it that so many pastors in our day, when the evil promoted by government is so much greater than that the founders faced, are unwilling to preach the Law to the oppressor and liberty to the people?

Below are examples (obtained from Presbyterian scholars of history, their websites) of Presbyterian Ministers, some of whom had to lead or leave their flock to take up arms for the cause of Liberty.

Rev. Thomas Harris Maccaule (pre 1756-ca. 1796)
Nothing is known of the parentage of Mr. Maccaule [1884]. He was ordained and settled as pastor of Centre Presbyterian Church in North Carolina, in 1776. He entered warmly into the Revolutionary struggle, and in the time of the invasion went with his flock to the field and was beside General Davidson when he fell. Such was his reputation in civil life, that he was nominated for Governor, but lost his election by a few votes. In 1784 he was appointed President of Mount Zion College, South Carolina. Besides his duties in the college, Mr. Maccaule had charge of Jackson Creek and Mouth Olivet Presbyterian churches, until September, 1792. He was popular, both as a preacher and a man. He died about 1796.

Rev. Robert Marshall (1760-1833)
He was born in County Down, Ireland, November 27th, 1760, and in the twelfth year of his age accompanied his family to Western Pennsylvania. He enlisted, at the age of sixteen, as a private soldier during the Revolutionary War, and was in six general engagements, one of which was the hard-fought battle of Monmouth, where he narrowly escaped with his life, a bullet grazing his locks. After his conversion, when about twenty-three years old, he commenced preparation for the ministry. His academical studies were conducted under Mr. Graham, at Liberty Hall, Virginia; his theological course under Dr. McMillan. After being licensed by Redstone Presbytery, he returned to Virginia, and labored in the revival, with great zeal and success.

Hon. William McCay (b pre 1791-1841)
He was born in Scotland, but while yet a child his father removed to Claugher, County Tyrone, Ireland. There he spent his youthful days. He came to this country in 1801, settled in Tuscarora Valley, Junianta county (then Mifflin county), in 1804, and in 1810 removed to Lewistown where he connected himself with the Presbyterian church, and was elected and ordained an elder in said congregation in 1811 or 1812. He was a man universally respected for his strictly religious character, conscientiousness, intelligence, and public spirit. He was a leading spirit in the church, in the town, and in the community generally. As an elder, he had great influence, and was, in all matters of doctrine or discipline, the right hand of the pastor. As a citizen, the town of Lewistown, of which he was long the Chief Burgess, owed most of its public improvements to his foresight, prudence and diligence. He was a patriot, and at the time of the War of 1812, raised a company for the service of the country, and received a military commission from Governor Snyder, marched towards the front, but the war ended before he was called to any active service as a soldier. He was made a Justice of the Peace by Governor Heister, a Notary Public by Governor Wolf and Associate Judge of Mifflin county by Governor Porter. Judge McCay died at Lewistown, December 13th, 1841. He was the father of the Rev. David McCay.

How shameful that today, Presbyterian Ministers travel the country in anti-gun roadshows directed by the National Ministries*. Our per capita pays for this secular and untruthful interpretation of Scripture. The PC(USA) Office of National Ministries, and it's wide variety of unauditable "Justice" programs have aligned themselves with every anti-gun organization in the country. These programs are nothing more than the lap dog of the most liberal factions of the Democratic Party today, spewing nonsense that would make all of our founding fathers ill. They refuse to amend the anti-gun materials that PGO has proved to be fraudulant and untruthful. They refuse to acknowledge that their interpretations of Scripture are their own, and not those of the King James Bible or generally accepted by Christian Bible Scholars.

Tell your Church's Session that you want to know who it sends to Presbyterys, Synods, and as commissioners to the General Asembly. You have a right to know what the viewpoints of these members of your Church's Presbyterian form of government are. You have a duty to protest those viewpoints if you find they are at odds with the traditional, Scriptural foundations of our Church. For the sake of those Presbyterians who were willing to pledge their fortunes, their sacred honour, and their lives for the freedoms that we enjoy today, tell the PC(USA) leadership that we will not tolerate the FRAUD of gun control.

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*"Hope, Respect, Reconciliation: A Christian response to Gun Violence," written for PCUSA by Brian Arnold. 6-Session study/action resource. Free. Order from Carol Davise, 100 Witherspoon Street, Rm. 3067A, Louisville, KY 40202-1396, 502-569-5803 (online CAROL_DAVIES.parti@pcusa.org)