Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-03-02

| d COUNTY Tue sstluUIlly OF whose Climate con
tributes to diminish and mitigate cur diseases
and the fertility of whose soil furnishes abun
dant means for our comfort and subsistence
! whose population is industrious and virtuous
with wise and faithful leg islators; with equi.
table, salutary and humane laws, and learned
and upright judges TO administer them.
While we recognize the innumerable
mercies and bounties of our Heavenly Father.
it becomes Us with humility and deep contri-
ton to confess our ingratitude, our multiplied
and aggravated offences, and our unworthi-
ness OF the least of His favors; and fervently
to supplicate His forgiveness, through the in
tercesslon and merits of our Mediator and Re.
deemer And at the same time that we look
to His Grace alone for a remission of our sins,
let US, with united voices, implore the contin-
nance OF His farors and blessings upon us and
our common country; That He will preserve
peace within our borders, and that wars and
rumors of wars may be heard no more in the
land; That He will deign to sanction our civil
institutions, and confirm the basis on which
| they are placed by the equal sufFrases of a
Tree people; That He, in whose hands is the
breath OF all mankind, viii keep us from the
pestilence that walketh in darkness. and the
destruction that wasteth at MONDAY; That
lie will give us health of body, and peace of
mind; will chasten the desires of our hearts
and subdue the turbulence of our passions,
that all the days of our lives may be days of
tranquility and happiness; That He, who
holds the sun in the armament and scatters
plenty on the earth, will cover our hills with
tiocks and herds, and our vallies with corn,
and will crown the year with abundance
That He will promote Agriculture, Manufac-
lures, and the Mechanic Arts; That He will
preserve the poor from scarcity of bread, and
succeed the labors of all That He, who hath
bound the waters with a garment, will smile
upon those who go down to the sea in ships,
and DO business upon the mighty deep; That
ne Will prosper our navigation, our commerce
and our fisheries; That our seameD may be
preserved amidst the perils of the ocean; our
merchants bring riches from far countries i;
and our fishermen draw treasures from the
depths Of the sea. That He, who is the source
| Of all knowledge and wisdom, will look be.
nignantly upon our University, our Colleges,
Academies and Common Schools, that from
| them may issue continually streams of learn
| ing, virtue and piety, until the whole people
shall become enlightened, virtuous and hap
Ply; That the Ministers Of the Gospel while
| they exert themselves to maintain and yindi.
cate the truth, may be endued with spirit of
| candor, charity and brotherly affection towards
each other, and towards all mankind, not con-
demning those who may differ from them, but
leaving them to the justice and mercy of the
Common Judge and Father of All. That lie
who has promised that the knowledge of the
Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover
the sea, will graciously vouchsafe his blessing
upon the laudable exertions of good men 70
disseminate a knowledge of His Holy Scrip.
lures throughout the world; That the benign
influences Of Christianity may be universally
seen and felt That pure and undefiled reli-
gion may prevail in every heart, and all the
ends Of the earth see the salvation of God.
And it is recommended TO the people
ofthe Commonwealth, to abstain from all la
Dor, lnirth, and recreation, inconsistent with a
religious observance of the Gay.
Given at the Council Chamber, in Boston,
this twenty second day of February. in
the year of our Lord one thousand eish,
hundred and twenty five, and in the for.
ty-ninth year of the Independence of the
United States Of America.
MARCUS MORTON.
By His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, BY
and with the advice and consent of the
Council.
EDWARD D. BANGS.
Secretary Of the Commonwealth.
God sage the Commonwealth Of Massachusetts,.