Nothing less than a miracle saved President Donald Trump's life yesterday.
The blog post Myrl Nisely had on deck for this week could not be more apropos! Learn below about another historic yet failed assassination attempt. As stated at the end of Myrl's missive, "We remain confident that God's hand continues still to guide the United States."
Readers of this Miracle Series are by now aware that atmospheric conditions during America’s early history often changed the course of events. The assassination attempt on President Andrew Jackson is yet another such instance, and one of the most unlikely!
The victory achieved by Andrew Jackson in the final battle of New Orleans made him a popular war hero and propelled him into politics. He eventually became our seventh President. Presidents inevitably encounter controversy, and he was soon embroiled in political arguments and accumulating enemies.
“On a cold, wet January day in 1835, an unemployed house painter named Richard Lawrence hid behind a pillar at the entrance to the Capitol Rotunda. He awaited the arrival of President Andrew Jackson who was attending a congressional funeral. As the president approached, Lawrence stepped forward, raised a derringer single-shot pistol, took careful aim at Jackson’s heart, and fired. The cap exploded. Noise and smoke filled the air, but the powder failed to ignite. Misfire!
The aging president was in ill health, forced to lean on a colleague and use a cane. But he remained defiant. As Lawrence pulled a second pistol and again took aim, Jackson charged his assailant with cane held high. Lawrence pulled the trigger. Again, misfire! Quickly, bystanders (including Davy Crockett) tackled the would-be assassin to the floor while the president was hustled away.”1
Jackson immediately assumed the attack was made by his enemies. As it turned out, Lawrence had no connection with politics, but was mentally unstable and later judged to be insane at his trial.
It was later judged that the two guns had misfired because of moisture in the air. A century later, Smithsonian Institute researchers conducted a study of Lawrence’s derringers, during which both guns discharged properly on the test’s first try. It was later determined that the odds of both guns misfiring during the assassination attempt were one in 125,000.
President Jackson and others who understood the magnitude of the incident credited Providence for the miracle.
Learn more in this short video by Bill Federer where he discusses President Jackson's impressive commitment to faith and American freedom:
References
1https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Attempt_to_kill_King_Andrew.htm
Susie Federer and William J. Federer, December 12, 2012, Miracles in American History: 32 Amazing Stories of Answered Prayer, Amerisearch, Inc., publisher, 111-114.
We remain confident that God's hand continues still to guide the United States. Learn the details about how state legislators can reign in the Federal Government, set term limits for Congress, and promote fiscal responsibility. Go to www.conventionofstates.com.
