Trump’s National Day of Prayer Follows Tradition of Washington, Lincoln, and Reagan

Breitbart ^ | September 3, 2017 | Ken Klukowski

[EliRoom8]

President Donald Trump’s proclamation that Sunday, September 3, shall be a National Day of Prayer for the victims of Hurricane Harvey follows a tradition first established by George Washington and continued by presidents including Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, as well as being ratified by Congress.

“No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States,” Washington declared in his first Inaugural Address, the first words uttered by a president of the United States.

John Adams succeeded Washington as America’s second president, and he proclaimed a day in 1798 to “be observed throughout the United States as a day of solemn humiliation, fasting, and prayer.” Adams did so a second time in 1799.

James Madison, who in addition to being America’s fourth president was also the primary author of the Constitution, issued four proclamations for National Days of Prayer, as did subsequent presidents.

[EliRoom8]

Knowing how this will incite his critics and the purveyors of political correctness, it's great (!!!) that we have a President who will honor and seek God.

Let's remember Texas and DJT in our prayers today.

[kaehurowing]

Thanksgiving is a national day of prayer. At least its was until Obama began omitting reference to giving prayers and thanksgiving to God for his beneficence and protection.

Let’s see if Trump revives that.