,,welcome                               
,,to                               ,,the
 ,,ransomed2                            
,,or1                                   
,,duties                                
,,of ,,the                              
,,colored ,,inhabitants                 
,,of ,,the                              
,,district ,,of ,,columbia4             
,,baltimore3                 ,,printed  
,,by ,,bull  ,,tuttle1 ,,clipper        
,,office4                               
#ahfb4                                  
,,georgetown1 ,d4 ,c41 ,april #ad1      
#ahfb4    ,,reverend ,,bishop ,,payne1  
,dear ,sir,we1 the undersigned1 having  
listened carefully to your  ,sermon1    
preached at the ,a4 ,m4 ,e4 ,ebenezer   
,church1 on ,sabbath last1  ,april      
#acth1 a day set apart by the ,colored  
,churches in ,georgetown and            
,washington as a day of ,thanksgiving   
and ,prayer1 in view of ,emancipation   
in the ,district1 and being deeply      
impressed by its appropriateness1 its   

wisdom1 and valuable practical advice2  
and believing that such a sermon  should
 be within the reach of all the colored 
people of this ,district  and the       
,united ,states2 we therefore solicit   
you to allow us to print  the same in   
pamphlet form4                          
,,james ,,lynch1 ,preacher in ,charge4  
,,plato ,,lee1                          
,,john ,f4 ,,lee1                       
,h4 ,,batson1                           
,,clement ,,beckett1                    
,,wilson ,,hawkins4    ,illustration    
,,washington1 ,d4 ,c41 ,april #ah1      
#ahfb4    ,,dear ,,brethren3    ,yours  
of the #adth instant has been received4 
,in compliance with the  request which  
it contains1 ,i send you herewith a copy
 of the discourse  preached last ,sunday
 in the ,ebenezer ,chapel1 ,georgetown1 
,d4 ,c4 ,it is  identically the same in 
all its parts4 ,i have amplified some of
 its  thoughts1 and added three or four 
notes1 which ,i think valuable and      
useful4    ,that its teachings may be   

productive of good to those for whom it 
was  prepared1 and bring glory to ,him1 
who is ,high over all and blessed for   
ever1 is the fervent prayer of          
,your humble servant1                   
,,daniel ,a4 ,,payne4    ,to ,,rev4     
,,james ,,lynch and others4             
,,welcome ,,to ,,the ,,ransomed1        
,,or1      ,duties of the ,colored      
,inhabitants of the ,district of        
,columbia4                              
,i4 ,,tim4 #b1 #a-d4                    
,illustration      ,st4 ,paul addressed 
the ,epistles to ,timothy1 the young    
,bishop of  ,ephesus1 for the purpose of
 giving him instructions touching the   
false  doctrines inculcated by certain  
false teachers1 as well as instructions 
respecting the qualifications of the    
,christian ministry1 their duties  to   
themselves1 to ,god1 and the flock      
committed by the ,holy ,spirit to  their
 special guidance4    ,but foremost of  
all the duties which he enjoined upon   
the ,ephesian  ministry and laity were  

those of making 8,supplications1        
prayers1  intercessions1 and giving of  
thanks for all men40 ,for men in        
general1  embracing the whole family of 
,adam1 in all their varieties as        
nations1 tribes1 communities1 peoples4  
,this is ,god-like1 because the ,eternal
 loves all1 and manifests the  infinity 
of his nature1 by his universal care for
 all mankind4 ,in this1  ,he also       
demonstrates ,his universal ,fatherhood1
 and thereby establishes  the           
brotherhood of man4    ,but guided by   
the benevolence of unerring wisdom1 the 
,apostle  descends from a general to a  
particular statement of the case1 and   
commands us to single out from among the
 nations of the earth their             
chieftains,kings and authoritiesfor whom
 we are to make special                 
8,supplications1 prayers1 intercessions1
 and giving of thanks40    ,to the      
cheerful and fervent performance of this
 gracious work1 he  presses several     
motives upon us8that we may live a quiet

 and  peaceable life in all godliness   
and honesty0because 8it is good and     
acceptable in the sight of ,god our     
,saviour0because ,god 8will have all    
men to be saved and to come unto the    
knowledge of the truth40 ,let us        
briefly trace out this line of thought4 
,to supplicate1 is to implore ,god      
submissively4 ,to pray to ,god1 is  to  
adore ,him for ,his glorious perfection1
 to confess our sins to ,him1  and to   
beseech ,him for mercy and pardon4 ,to  
intercede with ,god is to  entreat ,him 
by the fervent1 effectual prayer of     
faith1 to be reconciled  to offending   
man4 ,this we may do as well for our    
enemies as for our  friends4    ,we are 
gathered to celebrate the emancipation1 
yea1 rather1 the  ,redemption of the    
enslaved people of the ,district of     
,columbia1 the  exact number of whom we 
have no means of ascertaining1 because1 
since  the benevolent intention of      
,congress became manifest1 many have    
been  removed by their owners beyond the

 reach of this beneficent act4    ,our  
pleasing task then1 is to welcome to the
 ,churches1 the homesteads1  and circles
 of free colored ,americans1 those who  
remain to enjoy the  boon of holy       
,freedom4    ,brethren1 sisters1        
friends1 we say welcome to our          
,churches1 welcome to  our homesteads1  
welcome to our social circles4    ,enter
 the great family of ,holy ,freedom2 not
 to lounge in sinful  indolence1 not to 
degrade yourselves by vice1 nor to      
corrupt  society by licentiousness1     
neither to offend the laws by crime1    
but to the enjoyment of a well regulated
 liberty1 the offspring of  generous    
laws2 of law as just as generous1 as    
righteous as justa  liberty to be       
perpetuated by equitable law1 and       
sanctioned by  the divine2 for law is   
never equitable1 righteous1 just1 until 
it  harmonizes with the will of ,him1   
who is 8,king of kings1 and ,lord  of   
lords10 and who commanded ,israel to    
have but one law for the  home-born and 

the stranger4    ,we repeat ourselves1  
welcome then ye ransomed ones2 welcome  
not to  indolence1 to vice1             
licentiousness1 and crime1 but to a     
well-regulated  liberty1 sanctioned by  
the ,divine1 maintained by the ,human   
law4    ,welcome to habits of industry  
and thriftto duties of religion and     
pietyto obligations of law1 order1      
governmentof government divine1  of     
government human3 these two1 though not 
one1 are inseparable4 ,the  man who     
refuses to obey divine law1 will never  
obey human laws4 ,the  divine first1 the
 human next4 ,the latter is the         
consequence of the  former1 and follows 
it as light does the rising sun4    ,we 
invite you to our ,churches1 because we 
desire you to be religious2  to be more 
than religious2 we urge you to be godly4
 ,we entreat you to  never be content   
until you are emancipated from sin1 from
 sin without1  and from sin within you4 
,but this kind of freedom is attained   
only  through the faith of ,jesus1 love 

for ,jesus1 obedience to ,jesus4 ,as    
certain as the ,american ,congress has  
ransomed you1 so certain1 yea1  more    
certainly has ,jesus redeemed you from  
the guilt and power of sin  by his own  
precious blood4    ,as you are now free 
in body1 so now seek to be free in soul 
and spirit1  from sin and ,satan4 ,the  
noblest freeman is he whom ,christ makes
 free4    ,we invite you to our         
homesteads1 in order that we may aid you
 as well  by the power of good examples 
as by the beauty of holy precept1 in    
raising up intelligent1 virtuous1 pious1
 happy families4 ,we invite  you to our 
social circles1 in order that you may   
have none of those  inducements which   
grow out of a mere love of society1 to  
frequent the  gambling hells1 and       
groggeries1 which gradually lead their  
votaries  to infamy and the pit that is 
bottomless4    ,permit us1 also1 to     
advise you to seek every opportunity for
 the  cultivation of your minds4 ,to the
 adults we say1 enter the ,sunday       

,schools and the ,night ,schools1 so    
opportunely opened by ,dr4 ,pierson1 in 
behalf of the ,american ,tract ,society4
 ,in these latter you can very soon     
learn to read the precious word of ,god1
 even before you shall have a  familiar 
knowledge of the letters which          
constitute the alphabet4    ,rest not   
till you have learned to read the       
,bible4 ',tis the greatest1  the best of
 books4 ,in it is contained the ,divine 
law4 ,o6 meditate  therein by day and by
 night1 for 8the law of the ,lord is    
perfect1  converting the soul2 the      
testimony of the ,lord is sure1 making  
wise  the simple2 the statutes of the   
,lord are right1 rejoicing the heart2   
the commandment of the ,lord is pure1   
enlightening the eyes2more to  be       
desired are they than gold1 yea1 than   
much fine gold2 sweeter also  than honey
 and the honeycomb40 8,in keeping of    
them there is great  reward40 ,yield    
uniform1 implicit obedience to their    
teachings4 ,they  will purify your      

hearts and make them the abodes of the  
,ever-,blessed  ,trinity4    ,when you  
shall have reached this point1 you will 
be morally prepared  to recognize and   
respond to all the relations of         
civilized and  christianized life4      
,but of the children take special care4 
,heaven has entrusted them to  you for a
 special purpose4 ,what is that purpose8
 ,not merely to eat  and to drink1 still
 less to gormandize4 ,not merely to     
dress finely  in broadcloths1 silks1    
satins1 jewelry1 nor to dance to the    
sound of  the tambourine and fiddle2 but
 to learn them how to live and how to   
dieto train them for great usefulness on
 earthto prepare them for  greater glory
 in heaven4    ,keep your children in   
the schools1 even if you have to eat    
less1 drink  less and wear coarser      
raiments2 though you eat but two meals a
 day1  purchase but one change of       
garment during the year1 and relinquish 
all  the luxuries of which we are so    
fond1 but which are as injurious to     

health and long life as they are        
pleasing to the taste4    ,let the      
education of your children penetrate the
 heart4,that education  which forgets1  
or purposely omits1 the culture of the  
heart1 is better  adapted to devilism   
than manhood4 ,but the education which  
reaches the  heart1 moulds it1 humbles  
it before the ,cross1 is rather the work
 of  the homestead than the common      
school or the college4 ,it is given by  
the  parents rather than the            
schoolmasterby the mother rather than   
the  father4    ,how important1 then1   
that the mothers be right-minded2 that  
our  young women1 of whom our mothers   
come1 be brought up with a high  sense  
of personal characterbe taught to prefer
 virtue to gold1 and  death itself      
rather than a violated chastity4 ,the   
women make the men2  therefore the women
 should be greater than the men1 in     
order that they  be the mothers of great
 men4 ,i mean good men1 for none are    
great who  are not good4    ,but this   

requires the transforming grace of ,god2
 requires that our  mothers be women of 
strong faith and fervent daily prayers2 
requires  that they live beneath the    
wings of the ,cherubimat the foot of    
the ,crossloving the ,god-man 8whose    
favor is life1 and whose loving         
kindness is better than life40    ,such 
mothers will care for the heart         
education of their children1  and will  
consequently lay continuous siege to the
 ,throne of ,god in  behalf of their    
sons and daughters1 even as the         
,syrophnician mother  importuned the    
compassionate ,jesus in behalf of her   
afflicted daughter1  or as ,queen       
,esther did ,ahasuerus in behalf of her 
menaced kinsmen4    ,such mothers will  
carefully train their children1 as      
,moses was trained  by his mother1      
preserving him pure from the vices of a 
,court and the  baneful examples of     
lordly superiors3 or1 like ,susanna     
,wesley1 will  educate their sons1 as   
she did ,john and ,charles1 in the      

atmosphere of  such spiritual           
excellence1 and with such a moral power1
 as will make  them ministering angels  
of good to man and glory to ,god ,most  
,high4    ,lastly,let us advise you     
respecting money4 ,some people value it 
too  much1 others too little4 ,of these 
extremes take the medium2 for money  has
 its proper value4 ,that value lies in  
its adaptedness to promote  the ends of 
,christian enlightenment2 to purchase   
the best medical  aid and other comforts
 in the days of affliction2 to          
administer to the  wants of old age1 and
 to enable us to assist in making       
mankind wiser  and better4    ,but how  
are we to get money8 ,get it by diligent
 labor4 ,work1 work1  work6 ,shun no    
work that will bring you an honest      
penny4 ',tis honorable  to labor with   
our own hands4 ,god works1 and shall man
 be greater than  ,god8 ,fools only     
think labor dishonorable4 ,wise men feel
 themselves  honored in following the   
example of ,god1 whose works adorn and  

bless  both heaven and earth4    ,but   
when you get the pennies save them4     
,then you will soon have  dollars4 ,the 
dollars will enable you to buy          
comfortable homes for  yourselves and   
your children4    ,you can save your    
penniesyea1 dollarsif you will run away 
from  whiskey1 rum and tobacco4 ,a few  
years ago an intelligent minister said  
that the colored people of the ,district
 of ,columbia spent ten thousand        
dollars a year for tobacco4,what a sum  
for poison6 ,better take that  money to 
build churches and school houses2 better
 take it to obtain  and pay thoroughly  
educated teachers for your pulpits and  
your school  housesthe schoolmasters as 
well as the preachers4    ,work for     
money2 work every day1 work diligently1 
and save your money  when you get it4   
,be obliging and faithful to your       
employers1 and you will be sure to  keep
 your places4 ,never be above your      
business4,many a man has ruined  himself
 and his family by this foolish pride4  

,ever since the first stone in the      
foundations of the ,universe was laid   
by ,god's own hand till now1 he has been
 working1 and will continue  working    
through endless ages4 ,follow his       
glorious example4 ,work1 work1  work1   
for an honest penny2 but when you get   
it1 pause and think three  times before 
you spend it2 but when you spend it1 be 
sure it will yield  a permanent benefit4
    ,that the hearty welcome which we   
have given you1 our ransomed  kinsmen1  
may be rendered a blessing1 and that the
 advices which we have  tendered may be 
as good seed sown in good ground1 we    
shall continue to  make supplications1  
prayers1 intercessions and thanksgivings
 to ,him  whose care reaches all1       
because ,his love embraces all4    ,to  
,him we commend you1 ,o ye who are now  
as sheep without a shepherdas  exiles in
 the land of your nativity4    ,may ,he 
who led ,abraham1 ,isaac and ,jacob1 as 
they wandered over ,canaan  and ,egypt1 
guide1 protect and bless you2 raise up  

kind1 influential  friends to do you    
good2 and when the purposes of his grace
 shall have  been accomplished in you1  
may you be able1 like ,jacob1 to say3   
8,with my  staff ,i passed over this    
,jordan1 and now ,i am become two       
bands40    ,now1 if we ask1 who has sent
 us this great deliverance8 ,the answer 
shall be1 the ,lord2 the ,lord ,god     
,almighty1 the ,god of ,abraham and     
,isaac  and ,jacob4    ,but as ,he      
blessed the chosen seed1 by the ministry
 of men and angels1  so in our case1 the
 angels of mercy1 justice and liberty1  
hovering over  the towering ,capitol1   
inspired the heads and hearts of the    
noble men  who have plead the cause of  
the poor1 the needy and enslaved1 in the
  ,senate and ,house of                 
,representatives4    ,for the oppressed 
and enslaved of all peoples1 ,god has   
raised up1 and  will continue to raise  
up1 his ,moses and ,aaron4 ,sometimes   
the hand  of the ,lord is so signally   
displayed that ,moses and ,aaron are not

  recognized4 ,seldom do they recognize 
themselves4    ,there was neither bow1  
spear1 nor shield1 in the hand of       
,israel1 when  the ,lord led him forth  
from ,egypt1 so also1 there was no      
weapon of  offence nor defence in your  
hands when this ransom was brought you4 
8,great and marvelous are thy works1    
,lord ,god ,almighty1 just and true  are
 thy ways1 thou ,king of ,saints4 ,who  
shall not fear thee1 ,o ,lord1 and      
glorify thy name8 ,we praise thee1 we   
bless thee1 we worship thee1 we  glorify
 thee1 we give thanks to thee for thy   
great glory4 ,o ,lord ,god1  ,heavenly  
,king1 ,god the ,father ,almighty40     
,thou1 ,o ,lord1 and thou alone couldst 
have moved the heart of this  ,nation to
 have done so great a deed for this     
weak1 despised and needy  people6    ,we
 will1 therefore1 make supplications1   
prayers1 intercessions1 and             
thanksgivings1 for 8,all that are in    
authority40    ,the duty of             
supplications in behalf of the          

,government is rendered more  binding   
upon us1 when we consider the           
circumstances under which it was        
written4 ,st4 ,paul lived under the     
reign of ,nero1 the bloody emperor1  who
 having set ,rome on fire1 amused       
himself with drinking and music  while  
the city was in flames2 and afterwards1 
accused the ,christians of  the crime   
which he himself had committed1 thereby 
causing many of them  to be put to death
 in the most cruel manner4    ,now1 if  
it was the duty of the ancient          
,christians to pray for such  monsters  
of wickedness1 by how much more is it   
our duty to pray for a  ,christian      
,government4    ,congress need our      
supplications1 they shall have them4    
,the ,president  and his ,cabinet need  
our prayers1 they shall possess them4   
,the ,supreme  ,court1 that awful emblem
 of impartial justice1 need our         
intercessions1  it shall not be         
forgotten4    ,upon all these           
departments of law1 authority and power1

 we shall  beseech the ,god of ,nations 
to send the spirit of wisdom1 justice1  
libertyof wisdom seeing the end from the
 beginningof justice  incorruptibleof   
liberty governed by righteous law4      
,to make supplications1 prayers1        
intercessions1 and thanksgiving for     
these authorities1 is the peculiar      
privilege of the ,colored ,people in    
the ,united ,states4    ,they are not   
permitted1 as in the days of the        
,revolution and the war of  #ahab1 to   
take up arms in defence of the          
,government4 ,some1 both among          
,anglo-,saxons and ,anglo-,africans1    
complain of this prohibition4 ,for my   
part1 ,i am glad of it1 because ,i think
 ,i see the hand of ,god in it4    ,the 
present war is a kind of family quarrel4
 ,therefore1 let a stranger  take heed  
how he meddles1 lest both parties unite 
to drive him out of  the house4 8,why   
shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt80      
,but we can wield a power in behalf of  
the ,government which neither  rifled   

cannon1 nor mortar1 nor rocket-battery  
can assail1 nor  bomb-proof walls       
resist4    ,that power is the right arm 
of ,godof ,god1 who lifts up and casts  
down nations according as they obey1 or 
disregard the principles of  truth1     
justice1 liberty4    ,the service of    
prayer which is required from us1       
contemplates the most  difficult as well
 as the noblest objects4 ,it            
contemplates the end of  the war4 ,it   
contemplates legislation before and     
after the end4    ,now1 to manage this  
war1 so as to bring permanent good to   
all  concerned1 requires more than human
 wisdommore than human power4  ,to      
legislate so as to make the masses see  
and feel that the laws are  just1 wise1 
beneficial1 demand more than human      
learning or skill in  government4 ,to   
determine the sense and just application
 of these laws  as ,judgesto execute    
them faithfully and impartially as a    
,chief  ,magistrate1 ,o how much of the 
spirit of ,god is needful6 ,how much in 

the  ,president6 how much in his        
,cabinet6    ,then there is the army4   
,let us not forget the brave men who    
constitute  itwho have left their       
comfortable homes1 beloved families1    
fond  parents1 affectionate sisters and 
brothers1 for the hardships1 dangers    
and painful deaths of the battle field4 
,let us pray that1 as some of them are1 
so all may become1 soldiers  of the     
,cross2 so that such as are doomed to   
fall in the fight1 may rise  from their 
gory beds to obtain a crown of life2 and
 those who may  return to the peaceful  
pursuits of civil life1 may be wiser and
 better  men4    ,now1 then1 although   
weak1 few1 despised and persecuted1 we  
can aid all  these departments of       
government by our daily supplications1  
prayers and  intercessions4    ,in doing
 this service1 we can accomplish what we
 could not if we were  leading the van  
of battle2 for conquering armies are    
preceded and  succeeded by anguish1     
misery and death1 but our service brings

 down  nothing but blessings upon all4  
,they are also weapons1 8not carnal1 but
 mighty through ,god1 to the  pulling   
down of strongholds20 even the casting  
down of principalities  and powersthe   
moving of heaven and earth4    ,take two
 examples3 ,when ,israel fought against 
the five kings of the  ,amorites1       
,joshua prayed and the sun stood still  
upon ,gibeon1 while the  moon hung over 
the valley of ,ajalon1 till ,israel had 
conquered4    8,john ,knox was a man    
famous for his power in prayer1 so that 
,queen ,mary  used to say she feared his
 prayers more than all the armies of    
,europe4  ,and events showed she had    
reason to do it4 ,he used to be in such 
an  agony for the deliverance of his    
country that he could not sleep4 ,he    
had a place in his garden1 where he used
 to go to pray4 ,one night he  and      
several friends were praying together1  
and as they prayed ,knox  spoke and said
 that deliverance had come4 ,he could   
not tell what had  happened1 but he felt

 that something had taken place1 for    
,god had heard  their prayers4 ,what was
 it8 ,why the next news they heard was3 
#8,queen  ,mary is dead6'0    ,but the  
motives for all this work of mercy1     
faith1 and love as  furnished by the    
text are as weighty as they are         
numerous4    #ast4 8,that we may lead a 
quiet and peaceable life40 ,peace and   
quietude  are some of the conditions of 
happiness4 ,dr4 ,adam ,bluche says3 8,if
  the ,state be not in safety1 the      
individual cannot be secure2 self       
preservation1 therefore1 should lead men
 to pray for the government  under which
 they live4 ,rebellions and             
insurrections seldom terminate  even in 
political goodand even where the        
government is radically  bad1           
revolutions are most precarious and     
hazardous4 ,they who wish  such         
commotions would not be quiet under the 
most mild and benevolent  government40  
,this is true of communities and        
nations1 as well as of  individuals4 ,we

 all desire it1 and therefore it is our 
duty to labor  for it by every          
instrument which ,infinite wisdom has   
ordained and  man can employ4 ,and lo6  
how excellent the instruments6 ,prayers1
  supplications1                        
intercessionsthanksgiving4 ,as ,aaron   
approached  the ,mercy ,seat1 with the  
smoking censor1 and was accepted1 so do 
we  approach the throne of the ,eternal 
with the burning incense of heaven's    
own making1 and will be accepted4 ,o1   
let us supplicate ,god for the  peace   
and quietude of the whole nation6       
#b;d4 ,the other motive which           
,inspiration presents is1 that we may   
live 8in all godliness and honesty40    
,godliness first1 honesty  afterwards4  
,the latter is the fruit of the former4 
,the godly man1 is he  who fears ,god   
and keeps his commandments4 ,such a man 
will be honest in  words as well as in  
deeds2 in matters of truth as well as in
 matters  of property4 ,honesty is the  
only policy of godliness4 ,colored men1 

write this sentiment upon your hearts1  
engrave it in your memory4 ,let  all    
your thoughts1 words1 actions1 be       
controlled by this principle1 it  is    
always safe to be honest1 as it is      
always safe to be godly4 ,one has  said1
 that 8,an honest man is the noblest    
work of ,god40 ,but whence comes  the   
honest man8 ,does he not spring out of  
the godly8 ,most assuredly4  ,for no man
 is truly honest1 uniformly honest1 and 
universally honest1  but he who is      
godly4 ,therefore be godly1 and you will
 be honest in all  things1 at all times1
 in all places4    #c;d4 ,the third     
motive for this heavenly duty1 this     
intercession in  behalf of the          
,government is1 that 8,it is good and   
acceptable in the  sight of ,god our    
,saviour40 ,whatever ,god accepts and   
pronounces good1  must be good3 good in 
itself2 good in its effects1 always     
good2 good  for man1 because ordained of
 ,god4    #dth4 ,the last motive we     
present for this godlike work is1 that  

,god  8,will have all men to be saved1  
and to come unto the knowledge of the   
truth40    ,hence1 we must pray for     
these ,authorities not as public men    
only1 but  as private individuals       
also1not as ,chieftains of the ,nation  
only1 but  as heads of families also1as 
husbands1 fathers1 ,christians4 ,so     
that1  while they think1 write1 speak1  
act for the public weal1 their own      
souls may be brought under the saving   
power of the ,gospel1 and with all  the 
members of their respective families be 
made the heirs of the grace  of life4   
,o1 that ,god may bring them all to the 
knowledge of the truth as  it is in     
,christ ,jesus6 ,o1 that every one of   
these ,authorities may  become a holy1  
wise1 and just man6 ,then will the laws 
be enacted in  righteousness and        
executed in the fear of the ,lord4      
,these motives are enforced upon our    
considerations by the glorious  example 
of the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1,a who is   
the ,mediator between ,god  and ,man1   

who ever liveth to make intercession for
 his foes as well as  his friends1 and  
with whom there is no respect of        
persons4 ,black men1  red men1 white    
men1 are all alike before ,him1 and rise
 or fall1 live or  die as they please or
 offend ,him4    ,a ,when ,st4 ,cyprian 
defended himself before the ,roman      
,pro-,consul1 he  said1 8,we pray to    
,god not only for ourselves but for all 
mankind1 and  particularly for the      
,emperors40    ,tertullian in his       
,apology is more particular3 8,we pray  
for all the  ,emperors1 that ,god may   
grant them long life1 a secure          
government1 a  prosperous family1       
vigorous troops1 a faithful senate1 an  
obedient  people2 that the whole world  
may be in peace2 and that ,god may grant
  both to ,csar2 and to every man1 the  
accomplishment of their just  desires40 
,so ,origen3 8,we pray for kings and    
rulers1 that with their royal  authority
 they may be found possessing a wise and
 prudent mind40                         

,see ,dr4 ,a4 ,clarke on the text4      
,to make prayers1 intercessions1        
supplications1 thanksgivings for        
national authorities you now clearly see
 is a command from heaven4  ,obey it1   
and you shall be blessedalways do it1   
and you shall be made  a blessing to    
others4 ,whom ,god has blessed no man   
can curse4 ,if ,god has  blessed this   
nation1 neither internal foes1 nor      
foreign enemies can  crush it4    ,but  
,god will bless it if it will do right1 
administering justice  to each and to   
all1 protecting the weak as well as the 
strong1 and  throwing the broad wings of
 its power equally over men of every    
color4  ,this is ,god-like1 and ,god    
will bless his own image1 be it in a    
nation  or in a man4 ,then1 ,o my       
country1 8shall thy light break forth as
 the  morningthy health shall spring    
forth speedilythy righteousness  shall  
go before thee10 and 8the glory of the  
,lord shall be thy reward40    ,then    
shall justice be engraven on our arms1  

and righteousness on our  star-spangled 
banners2 our armies shall then be led to
 battle by the  ,lord1 and victory      
secured by the right arm of our ,god4   
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,transcriber's ,notes3     ,text in     
italics is enclosed by underscores      
7italics74     ,punctuation1 spelling1  
and printer's errors were silently      
corrected4     ,archaic and variable    
spelling has been preserved4            
,variations in hyphenation and compound 
words have been preserved4