IN PRAYER, July 4, 2013. The Declaration of Repentance When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for a country to pray unto the Lord our God, and make our confession, we say, “O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love Him, and to them that keep His commandments; We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from Thy precepts and from Thy judgments: Neither have we hearkened unto Thy servants, which spake in Thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto Thee, but unto us, the people of America, shame, because of our trespass that we have trespassed against Thee. O Lord, to us belongeth shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against Thee. Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us in His Holy Word. Yea, all America have transgressed Thy law, even by departing from Thee, that we have not obeyed Thy voice; therefore the curse is and will continue to be poured upon us, because we have sinned against Him. And He hath confirmed his words, which He spake against us, and many evils have come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand Thy truth. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against Him; Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all His works which He doeth: for we obeyed not His voice; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. O Lord, according to all Thy righteousness, I beseech Thee, let Thine anger and Thy fury be turned away from America, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers. Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we are brought very low. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name’s sake. Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Thy servant, and his supplications, and cause Thy face to shine upon this land and bring a great revival for Thy glory and for Thy great mercies. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for Thine own sake, O my God, Amen.” We, therefore, the people of the united States of America, by this prayer, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, solemnly publish and declare, that America is guilty of sin, and hereby repent, and for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor to obey and follow the commandments of the Lord. And by this prayer may many repent of their sins in America, and may we dissolve the bands of spiritual bondage upon this land, which have destroyed many, and that many may have the opportunity to pursue Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness; unalienable rights endowed by our Creator—the Lord Jesus Christ—for He has come that we might have life and have it abundantly. William Frederick
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:53:23 +0000