Franklin Credo

A quintessentially American credo, sturdy, unabashed; from a letter to Ezra Stiles, March 9, 1790.

Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable Service we render to him is doing good to his other Children. that the soul of Man is immortal, and will be treated with Justice in another Life respecting its Conduct in this. These I take to be the…Principles of all sound Religion, and I regard them…in whatever Sect I meet with them.

Benjamin Franklin