Revivals And Church History :: USA founded on Christian principles.. do it again LORD I PRAY (:

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1 USA founded on Christian principles.. do it again LORD I PRAY (: - posted by EAGLEFLYING (), on: 2016/9/11 20:04 Father Stir up the wells of revival. Father you said your word doesnt come back void.. Isa 55.. Send your revival fire aga in over this land of the USA LORD in your wrath remember mercy Hab. in JESUS name the only name to pray... George Washington First Inaugural Address In the City of New York Thursday, April 30, 1789 The Nation's first chief executive took his oath of office in April in New York City on the balcony of the Senate Chamber at Federal Hall on Wall Street. General Washington had been unanimously elected President by the first electoral colleg e, and John Adams was elected Vice President because he received the second greatest number of votes. Under the rul es, each elector cast two votes. The Chancellor of New York and fellow Freemason, Robert R. Livingston administered t he oath of office. The Bible on which the oath was sworn belonged to New York's St. John's Masonic Lodge. The new Pr esident gave his inaugural address before a joint session of the two Houses of Congress assembled inside the Senate C hamber. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: AMONG the vicissitudes incident to life no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notifi cation was transmitted by your order, and received on the 14th day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summ oned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with t he fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining yearsâ a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me by the addition of habit to inclinatio n, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time. On the other hand, the magnit ude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country called me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest and mo st experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but overwhelm with despondence one who (inheriting inferior endowments from nature and unpracticed in the duties of civil administration) ought to be peculiar ly conscious of his own deficiencies. In this conflict of emotions all I dare aver is that it has been my faithful study to colle ct my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected. All I dare hope is that if, in execu ting this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensib ility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, and have thence too little consulted my incapacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misl ead me, and its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated. 1 Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules ove r the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government institute d by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execut e with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and priv ate good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow-citizens at larg e less than either. 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. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just acco Page 1/5

2 mplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct co mmunities from which the event has resulted can not be compared with the means by which most governments have be en established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which th e past seem to presage. These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proc eedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence. 2 By the article establishing the executive department it is made the duty of the President "to recommend to your conside ration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient." The circumstances under which I now meet you will a cquit me from entering into that subject further than to refer to the great constitutional charter under which you are asse mbled, and which, in defining your powers, designates the objects to which your attention is to be given. It will be more c onsistent with those circumstances, and far more congenial with the feelings which actuate me, to substitute, in place of a recommendation of particular measures, the tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which ad orn the characters selected to devise and adopt them. In these honorable qualifications I behold the surest pledges that as on one side no local prejudices or attachments, no separate views nor party animosities, will misdirect the comprehen sive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests, so, on another, that t he foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preemine nce of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens and command the respect of the world. I dwell on this prospect with every satisfaction which an ardent love for my country can inspire, sinc e there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissolubl e union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and ma gnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican mod el of government are justly considered, perhaps, as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands o f the American people. 3 Besides the ordinary objects submitted to your care, it will remain with your judgment to decide how far an exercise of t he occasional power delegated by the fifth article of the Constitution is rendered expedient at the present juncture by the nature of objections which have been urged against the system, or by the degree of inquietude which has given birth to t hem. Instead of undertaking particular recommendations on this subject, in which I could be guided by no lights derived f rom official opportunities, I shall again give way to my entire confidence in your discernment and pursuit of the public go od; for I assure myself that whilst you carefully avoid every alteration which might endanger the benefits of an united and effective government, or which ought to await the future lessons of experience, a reverence for the characteristic rights o f freemen and a regard for the public harmony will sufficiently influence your deliberations on the question how far the for mer can be impregnably fortified or the latter be safely and advantageously promoted. 4 To the foregoing observations I have one to add, which will be most properly addressed to the House of Representativ es. It concerns myself, and will therefore be as brief as possible. When I was first honored with a call into the service of my country, then on the eve of an arduous struggle for its liberties, the light in which I contemplated my duty required tha t I should renounce every pecuniary compensation. From this resolution I have in no instance departed; and being still u nder the impressions which produced it, I must decline as inapplicable to myself any share in the personal emoluments which may be indispensably included in a permanent provision for the executive department, and must accordingly pray that the pecuniary estimates for the station in which I am placed may during my continuance in it be limited to such actu al expenditures as the public good may be thought to require. 5 Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I s hall take my present leave; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in humble supp lication that, since He has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranqu illity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled 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 temp erate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Government must depend. Send another great awakening FATHER.. do it LORD and I thank you for stirring up the old wells which this country was founded in.. in JESUS name. Page 2/5

3 Re: USA founded on Christian principles.. do it again LORD I PRAY (: - posted by forrests (), on: 2016/9/12 8:29 This video delves into the beliefs of President Washington at some length, as well as explores just how Christian the Fo unding Fathers were (or were not): (It's called: "The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers." Re: USA founded on Christian principles.. do it again LORD I PRAY (:, on: 2016/9/12 9:17 too late. Brace. The storm is almost upon us. Cling to the Hand of Messiah Jesus. Re: - posted by EAGLEFLYING (), on: 2016/9/15 20:22 Its never too late for suddenly His hand will move. Psa 18 :1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came b efore him, even into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. 12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. 13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. 15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at t he blast of the breath of thy nostrils. 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. 17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. 19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. Page 3/5

4 20 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompense d me. 21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. 22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. 23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 24 Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; 26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. 28 For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. 29 For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. 34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath m ade me great. 36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. 37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. 39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. 40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. 41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. 42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. 43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people w hom I have not known shall serve me. 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. 45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. 46 The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. Page 4/5

5 47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. 48 He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. 49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. 50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. Page 5/5