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February 08, 2017

Benjamin Franklin on Request for Prayers at the Constitutional Convention

409744_491580674202975_476825863_n“I therefore beg leave to move-that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business, and that one or more of the Clergy of this City be requested to officiate in that Service.”

Benjamin Franklin, Request for Prayers at the Constitutional Convention (July 28, 1787)

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