Continental Congress (September 6, 1774) made their first official act a call for prayer, as recorded in the Journals of the Continental Congress, after just receiving the news that the British troops had attacked Boston:
<Tuesday, September 6, 1774. Resolved, That the Rev. Mr. Duche' be desired to open the Congress tomorrow morning with prayers, at the Carpenter's Hall, at 9 o'clock.> 1774CC001
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Endnotes:
1774CC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Continental Congress, September 6, 1774. The Journals of the Continental Congress 1774- 1789 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905), Vol. I, p. 26.