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EDITED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS, FEBRUARY, 1922
No. 5
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WASHINGTON'S RELIANCE ON
PROVIDENCE
violently agitated the country with
a view to obtain his removal.
Countless other instances demon-
strate that he endeavored to
please (he Almighty in order to
obtain Divine assistance in return.
If wo examine into the lives of
great men, we invariably find
that they confidently relied on
Providence for success in their
undertakings. “Stonewall” Jackson,
Pasteur, Foch and others, it is
known, prayed before undertaking
any enterprise. Washington like-
wise begged Divine assistance con-
tinually throughout his life.
The most trying situation that
the American army had to
during the Revolutionary ’
was the winter of 1775-76
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less men.
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months. It was at (his limo that
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morning perceived sounds
seemed to proceed from a
voice. On approaching ho
Washington kneeling al
the foot of a huge tree praying to
God with outstretched arms for
assistance. His prayer was not un-
heard for soon afterwards a treaty
signed in Paris provided for
French aid to the Colonists which
ultimately brought the war to a
favorable conclusion.
Neither was Washington
The month of February brings
fo our attention the life and
career of George Washington,
“the father of his country.” His-
tory records him nol as a most
brilliant general, an extraordinari-
ly shrewd statesman, or an unpar-
alleled politician, but as a charac-
ter in whom the perfections and
characteristics of great men were
grouped to a most remarkable ex-
tent. Nevertheless of all virtues
and qualities that lie possessed, his
firm reliance on providence was
one of the predominant elements
of his character.
From early childhood he was
laught by a God-fearing mother
to hope in the All-Powerful and
to rely on Him for everything.
Being of a very docile and truth-
ful nature he took to heart the
teachings of his mother and de-
veloped into manhood with a
strong confidence in God. When
Washington was appointed com-
mander-in-chief of the, American
forces he publicly expressed his
confident, trust in the Almighty
for the achievement Of success in
the struggle for independence.
The means he used to obtain
God’s assistance were prayer and
fidelily to the decalogue. He never
allowed a day Io pass by with-
out praying to the Creator; nor
was ho ever known to have cursed
or to have been in an angry mood;
not even when the Conway Cabal,
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