Samual Adams also taught and fully expected the Christian must take an active interest, and, when called to, an active role in the goverance of the Republic.
“He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man … The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.”
He knew well the precepts of our Lord.
How wayward we have come, when in 2004 only 50% of Christians took an active interest in their government and voted.