George Washington Quotes About Prayer

Quotes about: Prayer

• WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favour; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint Committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING and PRAYER, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

  George Washington

  Thanksgiving, Prayer, Grateful

  George Washington's first Presidential Thanksgiving Day proclamation, October 3, 1789.

• Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God.

  George Washington

  Thanksgiving, God, Prayer

  George Washington (1837). “The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses”, p.119

• Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.

  George Washington

  Prayer, United States, Protection

• The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now remains to be my earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them.

  George Washington

  Wise, Religious, Freedom

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1784). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.249

• Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that
  Thou wilt 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 and
  for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large.

  George Washington

  Prayer, Heart, Government

• I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection; 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 characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.

  George Washington

  Prayer, Blessed, Humble

  Circular Letter to the Governours of the several States, June 18, 1783.

• I shall take my present leave - but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supplication [prayer] that since he has been pleased to favour the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for deciding with unparellelled unanimity on a form of Government, for the security of their Union, and the advancement of their happiness; so his divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend.

  George Washington

  Wise, Prayer, Humble

  "How Will Trump's Inauguration Speech Stack Up Against History?" by Scott Martelle, www.latimes.com. January 20, 2017.

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