James Freeman Clarke Quotes
When we trust our brother, whom we have seen, we are learning to trust God, whom we have not seen.
Clarke, James Freeman. Every-Day Religion. Ticknor and Company, 1886.
Most people think that this has been a U. S. motto since the founding of the country. But it was not until 1864 that it appeared anywhere on the American scene. The original motto was “E Pluribus Unum”. In 1956, in a rash of anti-Communist fever, Congress adopted this slogan as the official motto and ordered that it be printed on all paper currency which it has been since 1957. God’s entry in the motto or the currency was never implemented by the founding fathers or in early America. It is a relatively modern act put on the currency when religion was part of the relatively modern culture wars.
James Freeman Clarke was an American theologian and author.