Obama asked the country to look to George Washington's improbable crossing on the Delaware River on Christmas Day as inspiration to get through current tough times. The president-elect said in a holiday message that Washington and his army "faced impossible odds" as they fought against the British on Dec. 25, 1776, the day they surprised Hessian forces and won victories that gave new momentum and hope to American independence.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789
“..The smiles of Heaven
can never be expected on a nation
that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained;”… “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”
(Washington’s First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789, William J. Johnson, George Washington The Christian, Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1976 p. 162)
George Washington general order 1775 Commander of the colonial army
“ The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice a profane swearing---a vice hithertofore little known in the American army is--growing in fashion. He hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to check it; and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have little hope of blessing of heaven upon our armies. If we insulted a buy are impiety and folly. Added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests it.”
George Washington,
The Commander of the Colonial army.
(Masterpiece of the world's best literature,
Jeannette L. Gilder, Classic Pub. Co., NY: 1910 Pg. 255)
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