The first prayer in Congress [electronic resource] : Dedicated to Gen'l McClellan and our Army on the Potomac. : In "Thatcher's military journal," under date of December, 1777, is found a note containing the identical "First prayer in Congress," made by the Rev'd Jacob Duche, a gentleman of great eloquence. Here it is--a historical curiosity: : "O Lord our heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords ...