Inauguration Day Prayer for President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (1953)
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Excerpt: This prayer by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, of Cleveland, Ohio, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1953. . . .
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O God,
who art beyond our knowledge
but near to our hearts and our needs,
we pray this day for Thy servant, Dwight D. Eisenhower,
as he takes up the burdens of the high office
of President of these United States of America.
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Keep him with great kindness, O Thou ruler of nations,
and give him a wise and understanding heart
that he may lead Thy people in these shadowed times,
in truth and steadfastness,
in patience. and in love.
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Guide his hands to Thy purpose
and his will unfailingly to Thy service.
May he be the bringer of good tidings
and the architect of a new hope
for our country and for mankind.
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May Thy spirit rest upon the Vice President of the United States
and upon all the chosen representatives of our Government.
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Be gracious, O Lord,
unto our land and our people.
Help us to preserve our blessed heritage of freedom
and to make secure our institutions
of law, equality, and justice.
May it be given unto us
to walk always in the dignity of free men
secure in our rights
and faithful in the obligations
of our prized citizenship.
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Make us all of one heart, O God,
so that together as one people
we may move forward
unafraid to the tasks and challenges
of the inscrutable years which lie ahead.
Amen.
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This prayer by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, of Cleveland, Ohio, was recorded in the United States’ Congressional Record for January 20, 1953.
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Inauguration Day Prayer for President President Dwight D. Eisenhower by Rabbi Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (1953)
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Name: Abba Hillel Silver
Bio: Born Abraham Silver in Naumiestis, in the Suwałki Governorate of Congress Poland, a part of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania), Abba Hillel Silver (January 28, 1893 – November 28, 1963) was an American Rabbi and Zionist leader. He was a key figure in the mobilization of American support for the founding of the State of Israel. In 1917, at age twenty-four, he became rabbi of The Temple in Cleveland, Ohio, one of the nation's largest and best-known Reform congregations, where he served for forty-six years. Abba Hillel Silver was an early champion of rights for labor, for worker's compensation and civil liberties, though his highest priorities were to advance respect for and support of Zionism. Silver was a keynote speaker in the Allied Jewish Campaign to raise funds jointly for Zionist projects in Palestine and for European Jewry. Silver was one of the chief Zionist spokesmen appearing before the United Nations in the Palestine hearings of 2 October 1947. (from Wikipedia)
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Name: the Congressional Record of the United States of America
Bio: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Printing Office and issued when Congress is in session. Indexes are issued approximately every two weeks. At the end of a session of Congress, the daily editions are compiled in bound volumes constituting the permanent edition. Statutory authorization for the Congressional Record is found in Chapter 9 of Title 44 of the United States Code. (wikipedia)
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