Posted in Authorized Version, Bible, born today, Creator or Creation, education, Free will, God's Kingdom, history, holy living, opposing wrong, philosophy, the home, today in history, uncategorized, worship, tagged 1Ti 6.20, “Cross of Gold”, Bryan College, Bryan College Dayton TN, Dayton TN, Mariah Elizabeth Jennings Bryan., Mary Elizabeth Baird, Northwestern Univ, pseudo scientists, Scopes Monkey Trial, Secretary of State under Wilson, Silas Lillard Bryan, worship “science” on March 19, 2015|
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William Jennings Bryan was born 3/19/1860, Salem, IL, to Silas Lillard & Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan. Silas was a Scotch-Irish, Jacksonian Democrat serving the state senate & later as state circuit judge. WJB was home schooled to age ten using the Bible & McGuffey Readers, then attended Whipple Academy, & Illinois College (valedictorian) & Union Law College, later part of Northwestern Univ. (Chicago). Though he attended both a Methodist & a Baptist church in his youth he became a Presbyterian.
While he prepared for his bar exam he taught high school. In this era he married Mary Elizabeth Baird (10/1/1884), who also became a lawyer (they had two children). They soon moved to Lincoln, NE where Bryan began his life in politics being elected to the Fifty-second & Fifty-third Congresses (3/4/1891 & 3/3/1895). He is said to have “electrified” the Democratic Convention (1896) with his speech “Cross of Gold” & was selected as their presidential nominee. He also ran (unsuccessfully) in 1900 & 1908.
He was Secretary of State under Wilson serving 3/4/1913 – 6/9/1915. Bryan true to his convictions resigned, disagreeing with Wilson going to war with Germany. Bryan’s defense of the Bible (Scope’s Monkey Trial) was not a show – he believed the Great Book. Bryan College (Dayton, TN, site of the trial) was erected in his memory. NOTE: Don’t believe all you read about Bryan – his opposition to evolution was/is not popular & makes him a target for pseudo scientists (1Ti 6.20) as they worship “science.”
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Posted in Bible, education, nature, philosophy, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 10/2/1927, 3/13/1925, 6/1/1876, ACLU, ACLU announced it would back a person, American Civil Liberties Union, “trial of the century”, “unlawful for any teacher [in the state educational system] to teach any theory that denied the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible”, Bryan won, challenging the constitutionality, Clarence Darrow, elected 1922 1924 1926, Governor Austin Peay, John Thomas Scopes (1900-1970), man defending monkey, on this date, Scopes Monkey Trial, signed the Butler Act, Tennessee, They found “their man”, three time Democratic Presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan on March 13, 2011|
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On this date 3/13 in 1925 Governor Austin Peay (6/1/1876 – 10/2/1927) of Tennessee (elected 1922, 1924, 1926) signed the Butler Act into law making it “unlawful for any teacher [in the state educational system] to teach any theory that denied the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the Bible.” The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) [a misnomer?] announced it would back a person challenging the constitutionality of the act. They found “their man” (man defending monkey) in John Thomas Scopes (1900-1970). The Scopes Monkey Trial has been called “trial of the century” and pitted Clarence Darrow against three time Democratic Presidential candidate, William Jennings Bryan. Bryan won.
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