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This heritage village recreates
a very peaceful setting from
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Parkville Church to a log
cabin to a lovely home. But it
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represents a world that was
once torn apart from inside out
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because of America's conflict
over slavery. Today you're about
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to make a remarkable visit
to this village. It's a journey
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that will spotlight some
key conflict in your life quite
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dramatically.
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Freedom runs deep in the
soul of America. A spirit of
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independence is what made
the American revolutionary war
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in 1776. The founders of
this nation signed a document
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declaring separation from
Britain. It's known as the
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Declaration of Independence,
one of the world's most famous
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documents. Representatives from
13 individual states signed at
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the bottom and so was born
the United States. Less than a
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hundred years later freedom and
independence would again become
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an issue leading to war. The
nation would be tested over the
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idea that all men are created
equal. The northern states
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believed that the slaves should
be free. The southern states
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believed that they should be
free to rule over other people.
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In the 19th century most of the
heavy industries existed in the
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northern states whereas
the southern states were mostly
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agricultural growing cotton and
other crops and for that a large
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labor force was needed, slave
labor. The economy of the south
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centered on slavery. Slavery was
the single most important thing
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supporting the southern states.
This key issue over slavery is
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what led to the American Civil
War. As Abraham Lincoln the 16th
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president of the United States
took office in March 1861, the
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controversy between the north
and the south had become very
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aggressive. After years of
sectional tension the election
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of an antislavery northerner as
the 16th president of the United
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States drove many southerners
over the brink. By the time
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Lincoln was inaugurated in March
1861, seven southern states
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had seceded from the union and
formed the Confederate States of
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America. Four more states would
join them making what became
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known as the Confederacy. The
Civil War in America broke out
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in 1861 when Confederate forces
in Charleston, South Carolina
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fired on Union troops near here
holding Fort Sumter. It would
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tear that country apart like
nothing else in history. During
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the next four years death
would enter the experience of
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thousands of families
across this continent on a level
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unimaginable. It's said that
more American lives were lost
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during the Civil War than all
other American wars combined.
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This terrible war involved every
one in the nation in one way or
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another. But one thing that's
especially interesting about
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this civil war is this. How
it played out in people's lives,
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in their homes, in families,
between fathers and sons.
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Here in this house in Heritage
Village you get a feel for
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typical home life in the
mid 1800s. It seems tranquil of
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course. There are the hand looms
and spinning wheels that mothers
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and sisters used to turn wool
cotton into clothing weaving
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things together. But back then
something else was tearing the
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closest relationships apart.
Henry Landstone was 19 when he
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snuck out of a home like this.
His family was from the state of
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Kentucky, one of those border
states between north and south.
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Henry left to join a Confederate
cavalry unit but his family were
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staunch unionists. Slavery was
wrong. The United States should
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stick together. Henry's brother,
in fact, had volunteered for the
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Union Army. But this 19-year-old
felt rebellious. He just had to
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go off on his own. He decided to
defy what he called the cursed
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dominion of Yankeedom. A month
later Henry sent this note to
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his father...
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Historians have pointed out that
there were actually many young
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of this generation who left the
house and saw the Confederacy as
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their way to rebel against
a loyal unionist father. The
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Confederate demand for
independence meshed well with
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some young men's', You can't
tell me what to do. That Civil
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War that began here at
Fort Sumter resulted in divided
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families in all kinds of homes.
And it wasn't just a father-son
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issue of course. As Confederate
soldiers approached a Union
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fortress like this one there
were actually brothers against
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brothers. Yes, fighting on
opposite sides. Sadly, that
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Civil War began tearing up many
families. Yes, as canons like
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these fired back and forth there
were husbands against wives and
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wives against husbands. There
were passionate arguments for
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and against slavery. As rifles
and canons fired from forts and
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trenches all over America there
were fiery debates about the
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intentions of President
Abraham Lincoln. There were even
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courtships that fell apart,
lovers who would never become
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one because of those issues.
Yes, tragic conflicts burst out
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in all kinds of homes. But as
you walk through a village that
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fleshes out life in another
era this is what's especially
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interesting. That era speaks
very strongly to conflicts
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inside each of us. That Civil
War time, that time of divided
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families uncovers our biggest
conflicts. Let me explain.
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Magnolia Plantation
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House in Charleston, South
Carolina. It's one of those very
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nice homes built in the slave
era. And many people from the
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city would gather here for those
elegant southern banquets and
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balls. Here's where people could
gather and talk about everything
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But guess what? They couldn't
really talk about this, the
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slave quarters.
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Slave dwellings
exist throughout the United
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States in places we don't often
look; like within city limits
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behind those nice houses that
tourists come and are told about
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Right behind those houses are
places where slaves once dwelled
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And those places are just as
important as the architecturally
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significant houses. But we
very seldom talk about it. It
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depended on the crop that would
be grown on the plantation as to
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the severity of work that
was required of the slaves. For
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example, sugar cane was
not a crop one would want to be
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involved in as a slave. No place
for that matter, but sugar cane
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even more so. The sugar cane
when it was grown once it was
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harvested there were still other
crops in the field at various
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stages of growth so that life
was continuous as a worker in
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that particular crop. A lot of
slaves that were worked on sugar
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cane plantations were worked to
death. It was not longevity for
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slaves on sugar cane plantations
On rice plantations, on the
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other hand, is like where we are
now a Magnolia Plantation. Life
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was relatively easier. Relative
because again we're talking
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chattel slavery, that's slavery
from birth to death. Any times
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in these cabins would have been
minimal. Most of the time would
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have been spent in the fields
working the fields except for of
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course the children and the
elderly. The elderly would stay
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behind to care for the children
or the cooking would be done
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on the outside. Most of the
folks working in the fields when
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they got into cabins they would
sleep because they would be worn
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out. ¤ ¤
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The impact of slavery on the
southern states was very huge
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and very instrumental because
the south was predicated on
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slavery. They were predicated on
the fact that they had in-slave
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labor and the south was very
agricultural. So without slavery
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the south never would have
existed if it functioned like
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the north which had a lot of
industry. So slavery actually
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was the foundation of the south.
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Alexander Stephens who became
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the Vice President of the
Confederacy after 1861 wrote a
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document and made a famous
speech where he talked about the
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absolute right of each
individual to determine who
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would be free and who would be
enslaved and then he went on to
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delineate the fact that
without slavery the south would
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economically not be able to
compete with the rest of the
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world and he felt that in owning
human beings it would be just
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like owning a piece of
industrial equipment right now.
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He had the absolute right,
he and his neighbors had the
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absolute right to own people of
African descent, to own native
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Americans, to own anyone who was
not Anglo-Saxon and to exploit
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them for free labor.
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The southern states were very
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reluctant to give up slavery
because all their money was tied
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up in the institution of slavery
Their money was mainly used to
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buy land and to buy slaves so
they were able to buy and borrow
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against the slaves they owned.
They owned the people here and
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they used them as collateral
to maintain their wealth.
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That's the mentality that grew
out of fallen farms like this
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Magnolia Plantation near
Charleston, South Carolina.
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The people who were prospered
and who exploited black slaves
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for long hours out in those
cotton fields swore they were
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standing on principle.
They were defending their honor.
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Confederates wanted to believe
the Union was oppressing them,
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robbing them of their rights.
And do you know, there are many
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people even today who still
idealize that antebellum world?
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They imagine the good life back
in the south before the Civil
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War. Confederate flags still
fly Statues of Jefferson Davis,
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head of the Confederacy still
stand tall. Some southerners
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today claim the Civil War wasn't
really about slavery at all.
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Rather it was about
states rights. But the facts are
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ignored. What actually happened
after the north won the Civil
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War? Slavery was eliminated but
states' rights, that remained
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about the same. There's a sense
in which slavery became a deep
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dysfunction in parts of America
just like it did in many other
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countries. It became a
sick, twisted mind set for slave
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owners. Well, do you realize
that kind of denial is a key
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human problem? Not just in
America's south. It's very alive
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everywhere. One of our biggest
challenges as human beings is
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pictured here at Fort Sumter
where the Civil War began. These
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fortress walls help us hide
things. We all have big stone
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walls inside us. There are
things we just don't want to
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face. We deny what we own and
we don't want to have to talk
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about it because we don't want
to have to deal with it, the
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hurt and pain when we confront
issues. It could be chronic
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anxiety and we try to hide it.
It could be an addiction and we
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pretend it's not there. It
could be a need to control other
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people that really impacts on
others. Yes, human beings in any
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village, in any city, don't just
walk around the streets free and
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easy. We're all carrying
something, something that's part
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of our identity and it's stuck
in a fortress. It's something
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that's causing distress and
conflict. The biggest problem is
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we cover it up with a big wall.
We want everyone to look the
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other way. We call out from our
wall, The conflicts in my life,
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they're not because of me. It's
not my fault. Denial is a huge
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problem just like many American
southerners have looked away
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saying The Civil War wasn't
about slavery, it was about
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something else. So how do we get
past this? How do we get out of
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this rut? A classic
church has a point to make.
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This small protestant sanctuary
was built back in the mid-1800s.
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Looking at this white structure
you get a sense of order,
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symmetry and balance that
was the hallmark of classic
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architecture back then.
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What did congregations sitting
in these wooden box pews do back
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in the 1850s? There are
no saints' statues or crosses
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inside, no candles. It wasn't a
place of formal rituals. But it
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was a place of praise. This
is a fine classic organ. This is
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where hymns would rise up and
the congregations' voices would
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rise up toward the lofty tower.
Back then many church songs were
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based on psalms from the Bible.
Many congregations recited and
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sang those psalms quite
literally in King James English.
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Well there's a distinct language
which flows throughout the
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psalms of scripture. It's a tone
which suggests a child coming
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before a parent and pouring it
all out. There's a cry for help
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in those 150 psalms. In fact,
41 of them are dominated by
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pleas for rescue. The verses
tumble out directly, Help me,
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I'm in trouble and those
troubles are spelled out very
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specifically and honestly. I
believe there's a reason for the
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41 urgent appeals recorded
in the psalms. It's a very basic
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lesson that sometimes slips
by us. God is simply telling us
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Pour your heart out. Lay
out your problems. That theme is
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echoed here in the very
structure of Christ's church.
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This place of worship is
dominated and lit up by these
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stained glass windows and
they're very vertical of course.
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The colors go way up to the
Gothic window arches. So as you
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sit here singing psalms you're
moved to open your heart upward,
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let it all out to the Lord of
the heavens. Look up, speak up
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honestly and the light of the
world will come inside. The good
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colors will start illuminating
your dark places. The structure
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of Christian churches all over
the world echoes that same theme
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You will find cathedrals with
very high stained glass windows
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in major cities everywhere.
They're so common they're often
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overlooked but it's so basic,
opening up to the God of heaven
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pouring it all out. That's such
a big first step in getting out
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of your rut. Here's something
else that contributed to closed
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hearts. Do you know what
these big, productive southern
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plantations did back in the mid
1800s? They forced compromises.
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Yes, compromises even up
in Washington, D.C. with the
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federal government. All that
cotton and rice harvested and
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all the other bountiful crops.
Well, was contributing to the
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national economy and so for
years the north compromised with
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the south. In 1854, Congress
passed the Nebraska bill. The
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United States was still
expanding westward at the time.
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Farmers and miners were sweeping
into Indian country and that
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bill created two territories in
the Midwest, Kansas to the south
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and Nebraska to the north.
Most importantly it stated that
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voters out there would decide
whether it would be free or
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slave soil. At that time, the
conflict between free states and
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slave states was getting more
and more intense and congressmen
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just didn't want to hand these
new territories to either side.
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They backed away. Let
the Midwest voters decide.
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These prosperous plantations,
this antebellum world, which was
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the southern world
before America's Civil War, just
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wouldn't let America as a nation
state clearly slavery was wrong
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and it's inhumane. But
some people did want to say it
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clearly and they were New
Englanders. Three thousand New
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England clergymen signed a
statement to the U.S. Senate and
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they had it published. Those
ministers had something urgent
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sent out. It pleased:...
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In the name of the Almighty God
and in his presence we solemnly
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protest against the
passage of the Nebraska bill.
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These pastors didn't want
to compromise with something so
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hurtful, so dysfunctional.
Slavery is wrong, we should not
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tolerate it. And they sent out
their message in the name of God
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and in his presence. Yes, grace
in the middle of a civil war.
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That's what happens when people
stay open to God and that's what
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can happen to each of us if
we get honest instead of deny.
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If we confess instead of
compromise. If we open our
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hearts to the God of heaven then
God's grace can sink in deep.
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It can happen even when we're
struggling with those chronic
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issues, those inner conflicts.
The apostle Paul give us a
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wonderful assurance. This
is what he promises to those
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afflicted by worry, those
burdened by chronic anxiety.
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Here's what he says in
Philippians chapter four
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verses six and seven:...
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Paul is saying that if we
lay out our needs to God with
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thanksgiving then his peace will
prevail. Our hearts and minds
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may be afflicted but his peace
can guard our hearts and minds.
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His peace surpasses all
understanding. His peace is
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stronger than a civil war.
You know back in the mid-1800s
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physicians would pay visits to
people in little homes like this
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one. And they had to treat many
wounded soldiers. Well let me
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tell you what President Abraham
Lincoln did when he passed a
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house where the wounded
lay. He was in Fredericksburg,
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Virginia in 1862. He wanted to
go in and talk to the soldiers.
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But people told him, No no,
there are only Confederates in
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there. Lincoln walked in anyway.
A reporter asked him why.
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These men, he said, are
enemies through uncontrollable
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circumstances. The president
took off his hat and greeted the
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soldiers. A few of these wounded
Confederates came forward to
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shake his hand. Most were
too broken to move. So Lincoln
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started walking by their beds.
He took men by the hand and told
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them to be of good cheer. He
assured them they would receive
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the best of care. This wasn't
some public relations event.
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It wasn't about the president's
image. It was a private visit
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that reflected this man who
believed in malice toward none.
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At the end of that visit,
witnesses were weeping, even
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reporters. And most of the
Confederates had tears in their
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eyes. Abraham Lincoln understood
grace. He understood the basic
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principles of the Bible and
often quoted them. He talked
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about placing my whole reliance
in God knowing that he would
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decide for right. Whatever
conflicts you're having,
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whatever struggles you've been
experiencing, God has a way out.
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His grace can take your civil
war to a place of peace. So
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please open your heart to
God right now. Open hearts heal.
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Tell him why you're hurting.
Tell him why you're angry. Tell
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him everything. Will you do that
Please don't hold back. Please
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don't hang onto the things that
put up barriers between yourself
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and others. If you're
experiencing an internal civil
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war with the ups and downs of
relationships and the struggles
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of life just seem too big
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on the civil war we can have
in our lives and the grace that
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Jesus offers each one of us then
be sure to join us again next
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week when we will share another
of life's journeys together.
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Until then, let's
pray for God's blessing.
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Dear heavenly Father, we need
your love and your grace in our
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lives. We need you as part
of all that we do. There are
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hurtful things in our hearts
right now. There are things that
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are clouding our mind and we
want to let go of them. Today we
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lay them all before you. Please
give us the strength to trust
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you in this way. We ask for your
forgiveness and love. We open
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our hearts and minds so that
you can fill us. In the name of
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Jesus we pray, Amen.
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