The prayer life of George Washington at Valley Forge should be regarded as a heritage to every American citizen. Washington made his headquarters in the home of Isaac Potts. Isaac Potts was a Quaker. One day he heard the sound of a voice in a thicket near his barn. As he drew near, he saw Washington in prayer, while his horse was hitched to a sapling. Mr. Potts rushed back to his home and said to his wife, “I have this day seen what I never expected; thee knows that I always thought that the sword and the gospel were utterly inconsistent and that no man could be a soldier and a Christian at the same time, but George Washington has this day convinced me of my mistake.”
Over the tomb of Washington is this inscription: “I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”
His last prayer on his death bed was, “Father of mercies, take me unto Thyself.”
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