I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the as…

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I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning. ✨ Constitutional Convention Address on Prayer, delivered Thursday, June 28, 1787, Philadelphia, PA
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I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning. ✨ Constitutional Convention Address on Prayer, delivered Thursday, June 28, 1787, Philadelphia, PA

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