Another Great Quote...

There are so many great quotes by our country's Founding Fathers!  This quote was in the program from the play/musical "Let Freedom Sing!" that we went to on the Fourth.  It was performed by the Millard Alliance Church in Seward, NE. 

"How is it that we have forgotten 

to humbly implore the Father of lights 

to illuminate our understanding?  

During the late contest with Great Britain 

we many times offered prayers for help 

in this very room and our prayers were heard 

and they were graciously answered.  

The longer I live, the more convincing proofs 

I see of this truth, that God governs 

in the affairs of men.

And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground 

without His notice, is it probable that an 

empire can rise without His aid? 

 And have we now forgotten  

that Powerful Friend?  Of do we imagine 

that we no longer need His assistance?

"We have been assured, gentlemen,

in the Sacred Writings,

that "except the Lord build the House,

they labor in vain that build it."

I firmly believe this; and I also believe

that without His aid we shall not succeed

in this political building...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, not just today

but every morning before we proceed..."

--Benjamin Franklin--

Spoken before the Constitutional Convention

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --1787