“For my country I eyed the Lord in the obtaining of it, and more was I drawn inward to look to Him and to owe it to His hand and power, than in any other way. I have so obtained it, and desire that I may not be unworthy of His love, but do that which may answer His kind providence, and serve His truth and people; that an example may be set up to the nations; there may be room there, though not here, for such an holy experiment.”