{"id":4353,"date":"2020-02-22T01:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=4353"},"modified":"2020-02-13T13:10:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T18:10:39","slug":"happy-birthday-president-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/happy-birthday-president-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday! President Washington!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Happy Birthday! Presdent Washington! 2\/22\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/caxjz-d1547c?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There was a Baptist pastor during the American Revolution, Peter Miller, who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania<\/strong><strong>.&nbsp;He enjoyed the friendship of George Washington.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In Ephrata also lived Michael Wittman, an evil-minded sort who did all he could to oppose and humiliate the pastor.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One day Michael Wittman was arrested for treason and sentenced to die. Peter Miller traveled seventy miles on foot to Philadelphia to plead for the life of the traitor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;No, Peter,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> General Washington said. <strong><em>&#8220;I cannot grant you the life of your friend.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;My friend!&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> exclaimed the old preacher.\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s the bitterest enemy I have.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;What?&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> cried Washington.\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;You&#8217;ve walked seventy miles to save the life of an enemy? That puts the matter in different light. I&#8217;ll grant your\u00a0pardon.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>And he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Peter Miller took Michael Wittman back home to Ephrata, no longer an enemy but a friend.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thanks to Lynn Jost for sharing this story.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Happy Birthday, President Washington! We are so blessed to live in the wonderful country you founded.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>When did you go out of your way to plead for someone who was in trouble?&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a Baptist pastor during the American Revolution, Peter Miller, who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.&nbsp;He enjoyed the friendship of George Washington.&nbsp; In Ephrata also lived Michael Wittman, an evil-minded sort who did all he could to oppose and humiliate the pastor.&nbsp; One day Michael Wittman was arrested for treason and sentenced to die. 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