Yesterday our great country swore in the 43rd president of these United States and George Walker Bush delivered the 54th Inaugural Address to the nation. You may not know this but every single Inaugural Address from George Washington to George Bush has been preserved. In these speeches presidents have laid out for the country their dreams, goals, and aspirations. I would like you to listen to some excerpts from a few and as I read them I would like you to guess the president that delivered it [When you finish each excerpt read the President as well. Also, you may wish to preach only two or three of the excerpts or shorten all five].

There are five. Here is the first:

. . . it would be . . .improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules o…