Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation.
Jacob Duché
O God of Wisdom
Topic: Justice, Vision, & Leadership
“Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation. That the scene of blood may be speedily closed; that order, harmony and peace may be effectually restored, and truth and justice, religion and piety, prevail and flourish amongst the people.”
The Reverend Jacob Duché (1737–1798) was a Rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the first chaplain to the Continental Congress.
Opening prayer: 1st Continental Congress
Scott, Tim. “Prayer in the Times of Mountain Tops and Valleys.” The Washington Times, The Washington Times, 30 Dec. 2015, www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/dec/30/power-of-prayer-prayer-in-the-times-of-mountain-to/, [Reverend Jacob Duché, Opening prayer: 1st Continental Congress].
Jacob Duché
Theme: A Vision of America
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Reverend Jacob Duché, Opening prayer: 1st Continental Congress
Quotation from the opening prayer of the first Continental Congress by Reverend Jacob Duché, Rector of Christ Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (September 7, 1774 at 9 o’clock a.m.).
—Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina [Washington Times’ Special Edition on Prayer].
Senator Tim Scott
Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina wrote: In my Washington office hangs a print depicting the first prayer in Congress. It reminds me that prayer is one of the important foundations that helps me work on behalf of our fellow Americans. I think of that first prayer, and one of the things they prayed for was that “Be Thou present, O God of wisdom, and direct the councils of this honorable assembly; enable them to settle things on the best and surest foundation.”
–Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina [Washington Times’ Special Edition on Prayer].