The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr. (1915 — 2008) was Dean of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. for 27 years.
Cherish, Lord, the hardy spirit of Thy servants whose lives are rooted in the tawny earth of Georgia. Nurture in them the precious fibre of freedom wrested by their fathers from the upland clearings and workworn fields. Visit now upon the sons, in their towns and cities and burgeoning affairs, such fresh vision of Thy destiny that they may ever be knit together in fruitful life and liberty, planting deep the seed of courage by their abounding streams, and winning Thy blessing upon the goodly land; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hat tip: The Anglican Digest
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