October 3rd – American Minute – A Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer
On OCTOBER 3, 1789, from the U.S. Capitol in New York City, President George Washington issued the first Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer to Almighty God.
October 1st – American Minute – John Peter Muhlenburg
He preached a message on Ecclesiastes 3:1,"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven,"At the end of his sermon, January 21, 1776, John Peter Muhlenburg threw off his clerical robes to reveal the uniform of an officer in the Continental Army.
September 30th – American Minute -George Whitefield, “the Great Awakening Revival”
Seven times he preached in America to crowds of 25,000, spreading the Great Awakening Revival, which helped unite the Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War. Ben Franklin wrote in his Autobiography that the voice of George Whitefield could be heard nearly a mile away:
September 29th – American Minute – Squanto, “a special instrument sent of God.”
Governor William Bradford called him "a special instrument sent of God."Of 102 Pilgrims that landed in Massachusetts in November of 1620, only half survived till spring.Then appeared Squanto.
September 28th – American Minute -Louis Pasteur
He developed vaccines for rabies and anthrax and revolutionized medicine with his germ theory of disease.He laid the foundation for the control of tuberculosis, cholera, diphtheria and tetanus.His name was Louis Pasteur, and he died SEPTEMBER 28, 1895.
September 26th – American Minute -Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone died SEPTEMBER 26, 1820. Boone's creed in matters of morality and religion was as simple and straightforward as his own character.'The religion I have is to love and fear God, believe in Jesus Christ, do all the good to my neighbor, and myself that I can, do as little harm as I can help, and trust on God's mercy for the rest.'