Sunday Open Thread: Philadelphia Edition

Little did the Founders know that the City they were in at the time would one day become worse than what they were attempting to break away from.

Had they (the Foundes) to do it all over again, with foresight into this time, I'd hazard a guess and say that the Constitution would be a completely different document, one with Clause after Clause restricting the Federal Government from doing anything except raise and support an Army and Navy.

First Prayer of the Continental Congress, 1774

O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all the Kingdoms, Empires and Governments; look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, on these our American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee. To Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which Thou alone canst give. Take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in Council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their Cause and if they persist in their sanguinary purposes, of own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle!
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. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior.

Amen.

Reverend Jacob Duché
Rector of Christ Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 7, 1774, 9 o’clock a.m.
http://acheritagegroup.org/blog/?p=340

Our Founding Fathers are rolling around in their graves!!!…They
would be shocked to see what these politicians and the courts did to the
Constitution….My bet would be that they would put an Amendment
in the Constitution to jail these criminals, and for anyone that
wanted to run for President would have to be open and
forthcoming with school transcripts, and their birth certificate

John Adams stated to his wife in a letter,

“[Rev] Duche, unexpectedly to everybody, struck out into extemporaneous prayer filled which filled the bosom of every man present. I must confess I never heard a better prayer. . . .with such fervor, such ardor, earnestness and pathos, and in a language so elegant and sublime for America [and] for the Congress. . . .It has had an excellent effect upon everybody here.” He went on to say, “I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seemed as if Heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on the morning. . . .I must beg you to read that Psalm. . . [Read] the 35th Psalm to [your friends]. Read it to your father.” One other delegate said he was “worth riding 100 miles to hear.”

I just finished reading the 35th Psalm, and putting it into the context of the British Occupation, the words come very much alive. They indeed also come alive given today's situation, if you substitute progressives for the British.

Read the 35th Psalm, and rejoice.

bil,
Thanks for putting this into some proper context!

The Founding Fathers had Faith.
Faith in themselves, and in the concept they were endeavoring to create.

that was back in the day of the statesman, when a person made sacrifices to leave his home to go see about the bussiness of the next generations. now we have treasonous criminals telling us and future generations we need to sacrifice for the politicians power and continued prestige.

They would not hesitate to Prosecute Obama's whole Administration swiftly, for Abuse of Power, High Crimes,Failure to uphold OATH to uphold The Constitution!

And it all started with a Humble Prayer.

O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all the Kingdoms, Empires and Governments; look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, on these our American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee. To Thee have they appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to Thee do they now look up for that countenance and support, which Thou alone canst give. Take them, therefore, Heavenly Father, under Thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in Council and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their Cause and if they persist in their sanguinary purposes, of own unerring justice, sounding in their hearts, constrain them to drop the weapons of war from their unnerved hands in the day of battle!

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. Preserve the health of their bodies and vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as Thou seest expedient for them in this world and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, Thy Son and our Savior.

Amen.

Reverend Jacob Duché
Rector of Christ Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 7, 1774, 9 o’clock a.m.

I like the invocation of that prayer.
It sounds much better than "Asa Lama Lakim"………

Philadelphia – the city of Brotherly Corruption. Oh how far this once great city has fallen. From desires, effort, and compromise of many great men, a country was founded on liberty, private property, and limited government. Now we have government taking liberties with the law, private property being limited by regulations, and the individual becoming a dependent to government. Those hurt the worst by this have bought into the lie that government can take care of you better than you can take care of yourself. Centuries of results say otherwise.

Citizen statesmen was what I believe the founders wanted. One or two years as a 'public' servant' then back to your real job. Think of it as extended jury duty,

ROFL…. Ya got that right. ;0)

Driving around town and see all the signs for people running for what ever government job they want be it local state or federal.
Not one Democrat has their party on the sign…………?
No town hall meetings are being talked about ……….?
It should be required to list party affiliation
And Hussein Obama is not making the rounds.
Kinda like they are scared of this election.
I hope the Black Panthers show up to my polling precinct.
You can watch me on the news
Hahahaha

How true. Education is key …knowledge is Power. Kids today no longer read the "classics". They don't even know the difference between an unabridged classic and an abridged classic is. Knowledge of WORDS has become smaller & smaller resulting in many High School Grads only having 6th grade vocabularies. It is truly sad.

Compare the above with what it is like today now that it is controlled by Blacks. Is the outcome equal? You know it isn't. So wouldn't that suggest that the people are not equal? What is a community but a product of its population? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDxoTpdxBWE http://www.newsnet14.com/2010/03/24/philadelphia-...

It's a good thing the ACLU wasn't around back than,………

or this United States of America thing,……..

would have never gotten off the ground.

you really should learn what equal means there zero,…..

the video you provide is the product of the Lib/Democrat/MSM,…….

policies that have defined and formulated what "equality" is in this country.

If we are all equal I can use the "say what" defense of Eddie Bernice Johnson as seen here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6s4qpmjJUE#t=06m0...

I rarely see either party on a campaign sign – in fact I can't think of any time I have. The sticker would be "Bush '04" not "Bush Republican '04" Some of this is practical reasons of space on the sign but I'm sure they have discovered it can only harm you and not help you. Both parties names are mud because the REAL power for some time has been wielded by CFR and Israel. Notice there is no discernible difference between the agenda at all. Open borders and war for Israel (and lots of money for Israel). And bigger government but that is just momentum at this point. NONE of them campaign on it but they all do it. The two parties exist at this point to fool the majority of dullards in this country that you have a choice.

"Here in FL, the State raises property taxes every year …maximum is 3%, minimum is about 2.6% …every year …it is down right out wrong. "

At least you don't have a state income tax, right? Here in Illinois, we get increases in property tax plus we're looking at a *** 33% to 50% *** increase in state income tax:
"[Governor] Quinn wants to raise the state income tax rate from 3 percent to 4 percent, a 33 percent increase. Last year, Quinn called for a 50 percent increase."

http://www.sj-r.com/carousel/x1918410694/Follow-l...
Of course it's presented as being "for the children" which is not really the underlying cause. Basically our legislature has been robbing the state employees pension fund for many years in order to pay for social entitlements. Now they have to find a way to fund the pension plan. So they're saying the tax increase is "for the children" rather than to pay for all the stupid stuff they've been doing for many years.

The 1 st video is a product of NOT teaching our children ……Thou shalt not steal.

How far decay comes in within a couple of hundred years. The decline has been exacerbated by the entitlement society. How sad that so many Americans do not feel safe to visit a city so rich with our history.

I know, it's all Bush's fault/

Home School starts for us Tuesday. I am going to change my lessons a little and open school with this prayer.

Keep the faith SC I think that the real groundswell of unity in retaking our country back is still in coming. There seems to be an energy accumulating that cannot be overcome with leftarded hatred.

We can never know too much about these unbelievable men, and the more people do learn about them, the more power it takes away from the "ruling class".

It's still amazing how far we've drifted from their vision.

That was funny.
My cartoon mind envisions a Gay Pride Parade, marching through the streets of Philadelphia, right up the steps of Independence Hall………….

How true that is. Some 20 years ago we bought 40 acres of land with scrub brush and juniper trees scattered across it. We cut down one sickly looking tree to unobstruct our view of the evening sunset and our good neighbor later came by to let us know that we should be careful in the future. It takes a permit to cut down a tree on our own property and should we be turned in by another not-so-friendly neighbor, the fine is ugly. We were dumbfounded. That was a left-coast state in which we no longer reside.

Matthews, Olbermann, Shultz, and Maddow would be deriding this assembly, asking 'where are the blacks, Hispanics, Gays.'

Must have been Oregon. We got Junipers here. Lol

Thank you. I stand corrected. Sometimes my typing is not the best.
Lose? Loosing?

For a minute, you almost lost me………..

We need to revisit 1774

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