Unconquerable Gladness

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KEYWORDS:  FDR, prayer, gladness, joy, trouble, overcome, strength, faith

"Franklin D. Roosevelt had a sign on his desk that read: 'Let unconquerable gladness dwell.' The sign was a source of encouragement for America’s thirty-second president...

Franklin D. Roosevelt served his country during a difficult period in its history. He was challenged by a Great Depression, a Great World War, and a not-so-great personal battle with polio. It doesn’t take much to see the need for the sign that sat on his desk.

The origin of Roosevelt’s sign came from a prayer book distributed to soldiers in WWII. The actual passage in the book included several preceding words: 'At the heart of all our trouble and sorrow let unconquerable gladness dwell.'"

From A Prayer Book for Soldiers and Sailors (1941)

FOR CHRISTIAN GLADNESS

O God, Author of the world‘s joy, Bearer of the world‘s pain; At the heart of all our trouble and sorrow let unconquerable gladness dwell; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.