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 American Minute with Bill Federer

 October 14

 He was the son of the British Navy Admiral who captured Jamaica in
 1655 and established England as a global sea power during the First
 Dutch Wars.

 He disappointed his father by being expelled from Oxford for having
 religious meetings in his dorm room rather than going to the Anglican
 chapel.

 At age 24, he converted to the Society of Friends, or Quakers, and
 wrote the "The Sandy Foundation Shaken," for which he was imprisoned
 in the Tower of London for 8 months.

 His name was William Penn, born OCTOBER 14, 1644.

 While in prison, William Penn wrote his classic book, No Cross, No
 Crown, stating:

 "Christ's cross is Christ's way to Christ's crown...The unmortified
 Christian and the heathen are of the same religion, and the deity
 they truly worship is the god of this world."

 William Penn continued:

 "It is a false notion that they may be children of God while in a
 state of disobedience to his holy commandments, and disciples of
 Jesus though they revolt from his cross."

 After Penn's father died, King Charles II repaid a debt owed to him
 by giving young William Penn a land grant in America, named
 Pennsylvania.

 Penn's "Frame of Government" for his Colony became a model not only
 for most State governments, but also for the U.S. Constitution and
 Bill of Rights.