"The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail"
(James 5:16)
1st President of the United States of America
Image courtesy/George Washington's Mount Vernon
This prayer is read aloud each day at Mount Vernon's wreath-laying ceremony.
I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have the United States in
His holy protection, that He would incline the hearts of Citizens to cultivate
a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly
affection and love for one another, for their fellow citizens of the United States
at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field and
finally, that He would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do
Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility,
and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the
Devine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble
imitation of whose example in these things, we can never
hope to be a happy Nation. Amen.
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