dent George Washington on October 3, 1789 set forth a reaffirmation of the basis upon which our country was founded. "it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God" he said. N"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor, and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me to commend to the people of United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness, now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next, to be devoted to the service of that great and glorious Being, Who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or will be."

Those words, spoken by our first President George Washington on October 3, 1789 set forth a reaffirmation of the basis upon which our country was founded. "it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God" he said. No

ses of Congress have by their joint committee requested me to commend to the people of United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness, now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next, to be devoted to the service of that great and glorious Being, Who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or will be."

Those words, spoken by our first President George Washington on October 3, 1789 set forth a reaffirmation of the basis upon which our country was founded. "it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God" he said. N

nal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness, now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next, to be devoted to the service of that great and glorious Being, Who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or will be."

Those words, spoken by our first President George Washington on October 3, 1789 set forth a reaffirmation of the basis upon which our country was founded. "it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God" he said. N

day of November next, to be devoted to the service of that great and glorious Being, Who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or will be."

Those words, spoken by our first President George Washington on October 3, 1789 set forth a reaffirmation of the basis upon which our country was founded. "it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God" he said. N

dent George Washington on October 3, 1789 set forth a reaffirmation of the basis upon which our country was founded. "it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God" he said. Not it can be if you want it to. He said "it is".

Spoken from the time when the Constitution was written and in the same time as the Declaration of Independence which states that "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights" it is often over looked in this day. For we live in an age where those who would turn away from the truth, our history and God Himself seek to enforce their own religious practices upon the rest of America by removing that foundation granted to all Americans.

These words by President Washington are long forgotten as are the concluding words of our Constitution before those that signed it affixed their names: "Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seven