Herald of Gospel Liberty: The First American Newspaper of Religious Free Will
It is widely known that Christian values are engrained in the American culture. The foundation of what America stands for is based on the foundation of Jesus Christ and the biblical principles for governing ourselves. Although one ideation of America is of it being a melting pot of different cultures, the fundamental root of America’s founding was Christianity. In the early years of the nineteenth century, the year 1808 to be exact, a publication came into production that ensured that Christ would be the center of discussion among the communities where the publication was destined to be placed into circulation. The Herald of Gospel Liberty was considered “the oldest religious newspaper in the world” when it was initially published. The creators of the newspaper were members of the Christian Publishing Association. Elias Smith was the editor of the gospel newspaper until October of 1817. Considered to be a religious weekly, its publications communicated the love of Jesus Christ until 1...