National Day of Prayer Special Request

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Next Thursday, May 3, we will celebrate the National Day of Prayer. Prayer is a vital part of our American heritage. Since the first call to prayer in 1775, when the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in forming a new nation, the calls to prayer by national leaders have continued down through our history.

Many young people, the up and coming leaders of this country, are largely ignorant of this long history of prayer and its role in equipping the nation’s fighting forces to defend America’s way of life. America today has arrived at a time when too often the nation’s leaders seek to herd us into new paths leaving the “old paths” to the very destruction of the nation’s Christian foundation. First Principles Press has thus prepared and now presents the case for historic American military prayer as an indispensable guide both for our military and all Americans in these morally tumultuous times.

We would like to ask you to please consider purchasing copies of the case for military prayer and the “evidence” included therein–a historic collection of prayers spanning from before the nation’s founding to the present day. Also, please consider sharing this message with your own social network, to spread the word as far as possible about preserving military prayer.

In honor of the National Day of Prayer, we are offering a special. Between now and May 3 with the purchase of 2 copies of “Endowed by Their Creator”, we will send you a third for free.

If you are interested in supporting First Principles Press and joining with us to make the case for military prayer, email us at firstprinciplespress@gmail.com or visit the Prayer Collection page to read background materials and for information on how to order books.

Bible Checklist for Air Force Lodges Going Away

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The Bibles that are often found in the nightstands of Air Force Inns lodging rooms aren’t going away, but the requirement that staff check and make sure they’re there is.

The Air Force Services Agency will remove the “Is a Bible provided?” question from its lodging checklist, according to Air Force Personnel Center spokesman Mike Dickerson.

Dickerson said after a legal review, the Air Force Services Agency determined that there was no legal reason to have the question on the lodging checklist. The checklist is used to ensure that lodging standards at all Air Force Inns are being met and maintained. The question will be removed when the checklist is updated in September. The updated checklist will be in effect for fiscal 2013.

But the Air Force isn’t prepared to do a wholesale scrub of the Bibles from Air Force Inns.

“The Air Force has not directed the removal of Bibles from Air Force Inns lodging rooms at this time,” Dickerson said in an email. “We continue to review the situation and weigh our multiple First Amendment responsibilities and obligations.”

For All in the Service of Our Country

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O Almighty Lord God, who neither slumberest nor sleepest; Protect and assist, we beseech thee, all those who at home or abroad, by land, by sea, or in the air, are serving this country, that they, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore in all perils; and being filled with wisdom and girded with strength, may do their duty to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

- The West Point Prayer Book 1948

General Robert E. Lee’s Farewell Address to the Army of Northern Virginia

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Robert E. Lee’s farewell address to the soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia, following its formal surrender April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House.

April 10, 1865

I need not tell the brave survivors of so many hard fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that must have attended the continuance of the contest, I determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.

By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from a consciousness of duty faithfully performed; and I earnestly pray that a Merciful God will extend to you His blessings and protection.

With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your Country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration for myself, I bid you all an affectionate farewell.