For such a time as this (Mordecai to Esther (Esther 4:14)” – preparing our hearts for the 4th of July: Samuel Adams was cousin to John Adams (2nd President of the U.S.A.) and was called “the Father of the American Revolution.” In 1772 he wrote “The Rights of the Colonies.” In this piece he stated: “The rights of the colonists as Christians . . . may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutions of the Great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament.”