Abraham Clark – Providence hath led us to what we are
Quotes I like from Abraham Clark
As to my title, I know not yet whether it will be honourable or dishonourable; the issue of the war must settle it. Perhaps our Congress will be exalted on a high gallows. We were truly brought to the case of the three lepers: If we continued in the state we were in, it was evident we must perish; if we declared Independence we might be saved, –we could but perish. I assure you, sir I see –I feel, the danger we are in. I am far from exulting in our imaginary happiness; nothing short of almighty power of God can save us. It is not in our numbers, our union, our valour, I dare trust. I think an interposing Providence hath been evident in all the events that necessarily led us to what we are –I mean independent States; but for what purpose, whether to make us a great empire or to make our ruin more complete, the issue only can determine.
Edwin Francis Hatfield. History of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Pg. 434. New York. Carlton And Lanahan. 1868.
Our Declaration of Independence I dare say you have seen. A few weeks will probably determine our fate. Perfect freedom or Absolute slavery. To some of us freedom or a hlater. Our fates are in the hands of an Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us or destroy us; his Councils are fixed and cannot be disappointed, and all his designs will be Accomplished,
Phil Webster. 1776 Faith. Pg. 84. www.xulonpress.com. 2009.
Brief Biography
Abraham Clark, a Delegate and a Representative from New Jersey; born near Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., February 15, 1726; attended private schools; studied law but never practiced; sheriff of Essex County; member of the New Jersey provincial congress from May 23, 1775, to June 22, 1776, and was appointed assistant secretary October 9, 1775; Member of the Continental Congress 1776-1778, 1780-1783 and 1786-1788; signer of the Declaration of Independence; delegate to the State conventions of 1786 and 1787; member of the State general assembly in 1776 and 1783-1785; member of the legislative council in 1778; elected as a Pro-Administration candidate to the Second and Third Congresses and served from March 4, 1791, until his death in Rahway, N.J., on September 15, 1794; interment in Rahway Cemetery.
