Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe;... The Religious Opinions and Character of Washington - Seite 128von Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 414 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1887 - 572 Seiten
...official addresses to the people. In his first Inaugural Address, delivered April 30, 1789, ho says : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, ray fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who presides in the councils of nations, that His... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1866 - 402 Seiten
...its consequences be judged by my country with some share of the partiality in which they originated. Such being the impressions under which I have, in...universe, who presides in the councils of nations, whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties... | |
| American Historical Association - 1888 - 596 Seiten
...official addresses to the people. In his first Inaugural Address, delivered April 30, 1789, he says : " It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first...in the councils of nations, and whose providential aid can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness... | |
| Philip Schaff - 1888 - 176 Seiten
...official addresses to the people. In his first Inaugural Address, delivered April 30,1789, he says : .." It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first...in the councils of nations, and whose providential aid can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness... | |
| National Archives (U.S.) - 1952 - 44 Seiten
...peculiarly conscious of his own deficiencies. . . . Such being the impressions under which I have . . . repaired to the present station; it would be peculiarly...to that Almighty Being who rules over the Universe . . . that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the People of the United... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1954 - 98 Seiten
...to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.' He also said in that same speech : 'Such being the impressions under which I have in...over the universe, who presides in the councils of the nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defeat.' "Probably the two greatest... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1963 - 336 Seiten
...their theistic concepts. George Washington indicated as much in his inaugural address when he said : "It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act, my fervent supplications to the Almighty Being who rules over the universe." To eliminate expressions of religious conviction and... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1963 - 306 Seiten
...President of our great Nation, George Washington, was inaugurated, he said in his opening address : "It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplication to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1964 - 200 Seiten
...459, 86th Cong., 2d Sess. •For example: On April 30, 1789, President George Washington said: ". . . it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first...my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who Footnote 3 — Continued. rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor - 1964 - 648 Seiten
...459, 86th Cong., 2d Sess. 3 For example : On April 30, 1789, President George Washington said: ". . .it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first...my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who Footnote 3 — Continued. rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose... | |
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