03/07/2025
George Washington Carver before Congress
On January 20, 1921, a humble dark-skinned man with a high pitched voice entered the US Capitol in Washington DC for the first time. This former slave was one of the world’s greatest agricultural scientists and inventors. His name was George Washington Carver.
Carver had been invited to Washington to testify before the House of Representative’s Ways and Means Committee about his scientific work. There he explained to the nation’s most powerful leaders that peanuts and sweet potatoes were “two of the greatest products God has ever given to us.” Then he demonstrated a number of products which he had developed from the peanut.
Wrapping up his testimony to the committee, Carver said:
“If you go to the first chapter of Genesis, we can interpret very clearly, I think, what God intended when he said, ‘Behold I have given you every herb that bears seed upon the face of the earth, and every tree bearing seed. To you it shall be meat’ [Genesis 1:29]. That is what he means about it. ‘It shall be meat.’ There is everything there to strengthen and nourish and keep the body alive and healthy.”
A period of questioning followed. The committee chairman asked, “Dr. Carver, how did you learn all of these things?”
Carver answered: “From an old book.”
“What book?” asked the Chairman.
Carver replied, “The Bible.”
The Chairman inquired, “Does the Bible tell about peanuts?”
“No, sir,” Dr. Carver replied, “but it tells about the God who made the peanut. I asked Him to show me what to do with the peanut, and He did.”
Although Dr. Carver was ridiculed by the secular press, he remained unashamed of the Creator.
Have you heard that story before? I can virtually assure you that the government school’s curriculum will be silent when it comes to these American historical vignettes.
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