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 model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

Extract from Washington's Inaugural Address, 1789, A Transcription.

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Having thus imported to you my sentiments, as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave;

but not without resorting once more to the benign parent of the human race, in humble supplication 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.

Extract from Washington's Inaugural Address, 1789, A Transcription.

Washington's Prayer, Jon McNaughton

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The propitious smiles of Heaven

Can never be expected on a nation

That disregards the eternal rules of order & light.

Which Heaven itself has ordained.

May the forgotten man

Be forgotten no more.

All images from Jon McNaughton, Mcnaughton Fine Art, JonMcNaughton.com. “Smiles of Heaven’ from George Washington’s first Presidential Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789.

14 and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.

The propitious smiles of Heaven

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 model of Government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

Extract from Washington's Inaugural Address, 1789, A Transcription.

The propitious smiles of Heaven - Medium

Having thus imported to you my sentiments, as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave;

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.

Extract from Washington's Inaugural Address, 1789, A Transcription.

The propitious smiles of Heaven - Medium

The propitious smiles of Heaven

Can never be expected on a nation

That disregards the eternal rules of order & light.

Which Heaven itself has ordained.

May the forgotten man

Be forgotten no more.

14 and My people, who are called by My Name, humble themselves, and pray and seek (crave, require as a necessity) My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear [them] from heaven, and forgive their sin and heal their land.

2 Chr 7:14 AMP

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