President John Adams, (Second President of the United States) composed this short prayer when he moved into the new White House in 1800. We might pray the prayer today.
I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under its roof.
Today we might write "honest and wise persons." Considering the prayer was written 220 years ago, we can't very well expect Mr. Adams to have had insights into our cultural world today. The prayer is what matters most. For a President (no matter who he or she might be) to be honest and wise, that's what's needed and hoped for.
