Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-11-17
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FOR A DAY OF
/ Public Thanksgiving and Prayer.
In compliance with the immemoral custom OBJ
served in this State, of setting apart day of
Praise and Thanksgiving to Almighty God,
for the mercics and blessings with which he
has been pleased to crown the year
have thought fit to appoint, and, by and
with he.advice and consent of the Council,
do hereby appoint THURSDAY, the second day
Of December next, to be observed as a day Of
| THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER through
out this Commonwealth requesting the min
listers and people of every religious denomina-
ton to assemble in their respective churches
and congregations, that we may unite in pub
lickly acknowledging our dependence upon
and our obligations to the great Creator and
Preserver of the universe, the Author of every
good and perfect gift to whose bounty we are
indebted for all our spiritual and temporal
blessings. To a pious, intelligent and grateful
people higher or more delightful duty can
not present itself, than to assemble in the house
of the Lord, and in the midst of the congrega-
ton to lift up their hearts in prayer and praise
to His holy name; to confess before Him their
sins and unworthiness, and to seek His pardon
and forgiveness through the merits and media
ton of our Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ.
At no former season, and perhaps in no for
mer year, have the people of this Common
wealth peen encompassed with more general
prosperity. We are in the enjoyment of health
and Of peace-the seasons have been ordered
favourably to us-the earth and the sea have
yielded their treasures-the hand of labour, in
whatever direction it may have been employ
ed, has found its neutrality-suspicious., manu-
features, commerce, and the fisheries have
been successful-the arts f1ourish-science is
f Advantageous colleges and schools Of learn
ing are extending and increasing in usefulness.
Our institutions of government are well adapt
ed and are favourable to this happy state Of
society. Personal independence, the reward
Of industry and enterprise, with the security
of property, invite to exertion, while they fos-
ter good principles and good morals.
Our religious institutions, which administer
to our comfort in this life, and hold out TO US
the hope Of blessed Immortality, by the di-
vine favour are continued to us.
Enjoying these blessings, we cannot forget
: the hand that made US, nor be unmindful of
the Author of all our benefits, but will render
thanks to His holy name.
In the midst Of these enjoyments, the poor,
the widow and the orphan will claim our con-
sideration, and receive that charity which our
means may enable US to extend to them.
1t is also recommended that all labour and
: recreation, inconsistent with the duties of the
: occasion, may be suspended.
Given at the Council Chamber. in Boston.
this 18th day Of October, in the year OF
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-four; and Of the independence Of
the United States of America, the forty
ninth.
WILLIAM EUSTIS.
BY His Excellency the Governor, with the ad.
vice and consent of the Council.
EDWARD D. BANGS, Secretary.
God SAGE the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,,
/ An account of the death of the celebrated
Eronaut, sadler, was published in our last
The following article relative to him is
copied from an English paper -
MIR. Sadler (whose father was also a
celebrated eronauD was in the prime OF
life. He had made thirteen successful
ascents, and was particularly distinguish.
ed by his daring iatrepidity in being the
Gully individual who, in a balloon, ever
crossed the Irish Channel. He ascend
ed at Dublin and alighted on the coast
of Wales. Of his skill and presence Of
mind, under circumstances the most
threatening to human life, thousands
have borne testimony, as well as the in
trepid adventures who have been the
companions Of his excursions. He has
almost uniformly alighted without sus-
tanning the slightest personal injury, af-
ter voyages of astonishing rapidity and
altitude; and the same balloon from
which he met his death, had, uninjured,
borne him aloft in his trips on sixteen
occasions.