"Most gracious Lord God, whose dwelling is in the highest heavens, and
yet beholdest the lowly and humble upon earth, I blush and am ashamed to
lift up my eyes to thy dwelling place, because I have sinned against
thee; look down, I beseech thee upon me thy unworthy servant who
prostrate myself at the footstool of thy mercy, confessing my own
guiltiness, and begging pardon for my sins; what couldst thou have done
Lord more for me, or what could I have done more against thee? T
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didst send me thy Son to take our nature upon…" (Note: The manuscript
ended at this place, the close of a page. Whether the other pages were
lost or the prayers were never completed, has not been determined.) –
George Washington, Thursday Morning Prayer recorded in the Prayer
Journal, a handwritten 24 page manuscript book, dated April 21-23, 1752;
"George Washington, The Christian," William J. Johnson, editor (New
York: The Abingdon Press, 1919)
sand art by sand artist Orlando Adinolfi
