Who Said That?

From a controversial figure in American history:

"I . . . [rely] upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins."

Leave your guess in the comments section below.  Please, no google searches or cheating.  Answer to follow next week.

Update on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 10:45AM by Kim Riddlebarger

Many of you guessed correctly.  The quote is from the last will and testament of Sam Adams (December 29, 1790).  Yup, that Sam Adams--brewer, patriot, and trusting in the merits of Christ!

Comments

[Steve]

Bono!

[reg]

Nixon

[Paul L.]

Richard Nixon. If so, I doubt he meant it (though I hope he did), but maybe he picked up that language after hanging out with Billy Graham.

[Richard]

George Steinbrenner. Or, maybe Alex Rodriguez.

[Carter]

Bill Clinton.

[Coyle]

John Brown?

[Toppwopp]

Samuel Adams

[Allen Montgomery]

Herbert Hoover

[Kevin Barrow]

Samuel Adams

[Karen]

Benedict Arnold

[Jonathan Foster]

Obama

[Clay Smith]

This was one of the Founding Fathers, but I don't recall which one. I read this quote in conjunction with the proposition that the USA was founded as a Christian nation.

["lee n. field"]

Stab in the dark: Robert E. Lee.

[Jared]

Richard John Neuhaus

[Will]

Samuel Adams

[Gage Browning]

Doug Wilson

[Zrim]

Mmmm, beer.

[Neal P.]

Benedict Arnold

[Doug]

Alexander Hamilton

[Coyle]

If it was one of the founding fathers, I'd guess either Jefferson or John Adams?
Sam Adams was certainly a Christian, so if he said it, it wouldn't have been tongue in cheek.