Heavenly Father Quotes



This quotation is the first prayer of the first Congress. Some advocates of a more religious role in government use this quotation to illustrate that not only was religion a part of the first Congressional deliberations, but it was a Christian prayer. Of course, the Constitution would not be created for another 13 years and there was no provision for separation for church and state in the Continental Congress—there was not even an executive. Duche was later captured by the British and was persuaded to write a letter to George Washington {583740} asking that he lay down his arms. John Adams described him to Abagail: “Mr. Duche I am sorry to inform you has turned out an Apostate and a Traytor. Poor Man! I pitty his Weakness, and detest his Wickedness.”