Boudinot draws parallels between the Cherokee and the Christian religion as part of his argument that the Cherokee and white Americans are not as distant from each other as the public may have believed. He compares the Cherokee “Supreme Being” to the Christian God and calls this Being “the God of the white, red and black man.” His knowledge of these two religions derives from the aforementioned evangelical Christian conversion undergone by Boudinot in Cornwall, which serves as a bridge between the two cultures. He frequently quotes the Bible and uses the translation of the New Testament into the new Cherokee writing system that he helped develop as evidence of the Cherokees' willingness to participate and cooperate with white society. According to Jonathan Filler, Boudinot's conversion to Christianity and education by missionaries led to his desire to find "spiritual salvation" for the Cherokee. The use of religion to persuade and reach common ground with the audience, given that the speech was given in a church, works well in Boudinot's thinking.