Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-11-11
Captain General, and Commander in Chief Of The
Stale Of Rtode-isiand and Providence Pianta.
lions.
A PROCLAMATION.


"THEREAS the General Assembly of the State
w aforesaid on the fourth day Of November,
instant, passed the following resolutions, to wit:
Whereas it becomes the humble creatures Of Di-
vine Power, the subjects of unmerited and unlimit-
ed mercy, TO unite, with dcvout solemnity and siu-
cerc gratitude, IN acknowledging the Beneficent
Source of all their public and privat. blessings;
and the season having arrived at which, according
to the good custoIn that has descended TO US from
our ancestors. We have been used to assemble toae-
ther, upon an appointed day, to lift up our hearts
in praise OF the Most High and Gracious Dspo.er of
our destlnies, by whose knowledge the depths are
broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew:
who crowns the year with his goodness in the in
crease OF the ground, and the gathering IN OF the
fruits thereof:
Resolred, therefore, That THURSDAY. the thir.
tleth day OF November, instant, be- and the is
hereby set apart as a day of Public ThanksgIving
and Praise to Almighty God.
Aud the General Assembly recommend to their
feilow-cizens that, abstaining that day from all
unnecessary labor and unbecoming recreaiIon they
assemble together in their respective houses of wor-
shP and there unitedly pour forth to God, the gi-
yer oil all good, the grateful feelings OF their hearts
for the innumerable bounties He has graciously
conferred on us particularly for the blessings of
civil and religious liberty established and protect.
ell IN THIS Government from its original foundation
for the pleasant land in which it has pleased Him to
cast our lot, and the institutions reared up therein
and fostered beneath His smiles as sources OF kuow-
ledge and means of happiness; for the spirit of i'm
provement He has caused to be manifested in the
various pursuits OF industry and enterprises for the
success that has crowned the labors of the husband-
man, and animated the efforts Of nufactures and
commerce; for the blessings of health aud plenty.
Of prosperity and peace, OF domestic comfort and ma
tional security, with which the closiug year has
been mercifully distinguished; and above all, for
the life and truth offered to in the Gospel OF His
Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ-for the means OF
Grace aud for the hope of Glory.
And they further recommend that the good peo-
pie Of this State, when assembled US aforesaid,
would with peniteDt and contrits hearts, and with
humble reliance upon Divine Mercy, devoutly
supplicate a continuance of the Divine favor to-
wards us, and an increase in the manifest atons of
our gratitude, in the Improvement Of our lives and
the fruits Of repentance 10 the times which are to
come.
Resoired That His Excellency the Governor be
requested to issue his proclamation of these sou
tions, aud the TO be published in all the
ne ewspapers in this State.
do, therefore, pursuant 10 the above recited re-
solutions, issue this my proclamation, to make
known the same, that the good people OF this State
may conform thereto.
Given under my hand. and the seal Of said State,
at Providence, this sixth day Of November, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hum
dred and twcnty-sx, and Of Independents tho
fifty first. JAMES FENNER.
By his ErceHencu's commond;
HENaY BOWEN, Sec'ry.