Subject:  American Minute - June 8 - Old Hickory died
Date:  Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:09:31 -0500
American Minute with Bill Federer

June 8

On JUNE 8, 1845, "Old Hickory" died.

Wounded by a sword during the Revolutionary War, he later fought the
Seminole Indians and in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New
Orleans.

He was governor of the Florida Territory, and is credited with
proposing the name "Tennessee" at that State's first convention.

His wife Rachel died just three months before he took office as the
7th U.S. President.

His name was Andrew Jackson.

In his 2nd Inaugural, he said:

"It is my fervent prayer to that Almighty Being before whom I now
stand, and who has kept us in His hands from the infancy of our
Republic to the present day...that He will...inspire the hearts of my
fellow-citizens that we may be preserved from danger."

On December 30, 1836, to Mr. Donelson whose wife died, Andrew Jackson
wrote:

"We cannot recall her, we are commanded by our dear Saviour, not to
mourn for the dead, but for the living...She has changed a world of
woe for a world of eternal happiness, and we ought to prepare as we
too must follow...'The Lord's will be done on earth as it is in
heaven.'"

Of the Bible, President Jackson stated:

"That book, Sir, is the Rock upon which our republic rests."



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