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To: Knitting A Conundrum
Thomas Jefferson: March 4, 1805, offered A National Prayer for Peace:

"Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage. We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitude brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endow with Thy spirit of wisdom those to whom in Thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth. In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust to fail; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen."

13,026 posted on 04/28/2007 9:25:23 AM PDT by EternalVigilance (<------(My choice for President in 2008 - Click on my screen name)
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To: EternalVigilance

Good prayer. All the libs ever say about Jefferson was that he and Madison (I think) once spoke of a “wall of separation between Church and state”. Some libs would like to take that further and get rid of the Church altogether.


13,031 posted on 04/28/2007 9:31:14 AM PDT by Pinkbell (Hunter/Thompson)
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To: EternalVigilance

and AMEN!

Consider that well stolen.

Wonderful.


13,061 posted on 04/28/2007 10:02:38 AM PDT by HonestConservative (Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people,wholly inadequate to govern any other.)
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To: EternalVigilance; Knitting A Conundrum
Thomas Jefferson: March 4, 1805, offered A National Prayer for Peace:

"Almighty God, Who has given us this good land for our heritage. We humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with honorable ministry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitude brought hither out of many kindreds and tongues. Endow with Thy spirit of wisdom those to whom in Thy Name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth. In time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust to fail; all of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen."

Save this quote and use it next time someone declares that "Jefferson wasn't a Christian - he was a "deist""...

13,839 posted on 04/28/2007 7:00:42 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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