God told McKinley to take the Philippines
"I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me this way..."
"...they were unfit for self-government—and they would soon have anarchy and misrule..."
"...there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God’s grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow-men for whom Christ also died."
Posted by joel at July 13, 2006 08:45 PM