The President’s Prayer For The United States

Last updated on: July 4, 2019 at 3:14 pm by Gary Zimak

The President’s Prayer For The United States 2019-07-04T15:14:38+00:00 Gary Zimak

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Written by George Washington on June 8, 1783, the president’s prayer for the United States is read aloud each day at Mount Vernon’s public wreath laying ceremony. The words (and spellings) are his own. It is every bit as appropriate today as it was then.

“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 the 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”

Happy Independence Day. May God Bless America!

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