Caleb's Constitution

Each morning for devotional, we recite the pledge of alligence and the preamble to the constitution and the first two paragraphs fo the Declaration of Independance(that's as far as we have gotten) While we were learning it, everyone would take a turn saying it, but since that takes lots of time and we know it now, the person in charge, picks one person to say it. Today Noah picked Caleb to say the Declaration of Independance. It really goes like this:

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the

political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers

of the earth the seperate and equal state to which the laws of nature and Nature's God entitle them,

a decent respect for the opinion of mankind requires that they should declare the causes

which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self evident that all me are created equal, that they are endowed by

their creator with certain unalienable rights; among these are life, liberty and the persuit of happiness.

Well Caleb started out and says this:

When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the

political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers

of the earth the seperate and equal state to which the laws of nature and Nature's God entitle them,

a descent respect to the opinion of mankind requires that they

become converted to the gosepl of Jesus Christ.

I got quite a chuckle out of that.

He got it mixed up because we have recently been memorizing the Duties of the Aaronic Priesthood as well.

He is hilarious, it took quite a while to get everyone settled down after that, but truly: A descent respect to the opinion of mankind does require that you become converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ, when you think about it.