Day of Rest 3-4-18
Jedediah Morse (1761-1826) was a pioneer American educator and geographer, and was called the “Father of American Geography.” He was also the father of Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph and the Morse Code. In 1799, Jedediah Morse stated: “To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political…