The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-02-28

sion. depIore the wees and crimes,
which, in any degree, are prevalent in
the land the evil habits aud manners
and language which degrade and re-
proach the character OF the times =
Profanity, imprecating the wrath OF
Heaven upon the guilty soul ;--lntem-
perauce, stealing upon the senses and
debasing the image of God TO loathsome
beastliness ;-Falsehood and Fraud and
violence, which consign to ignomlny and
moral death, and to the dread condem-
nation Of final judgment.
As Individuals, may we be led faithful
ly to review our past lives, aud, con-
scious eff the imperfections and defects
of personal conduct, of frequent devia-
tons from the paths of duty and of safe
ty, and grateful for the hopes and the
promises which, on amendment, through
the mission and mediation of Jesus
Christ, are presented for an encourage
| ment, may we seek the grace of God,
by imploring his forgiveness and mercy.
Devotedly engaged in these pious Of
fees of peniteBce and supplication, may
we also praise and bless the Lord, for
all that is desirable aud happy 10 our
present condition, and for the bene6cent
providences with which he has regarded
US, and pray for the continuance Of his
experimenting care for ourselves, for
our Commonwealth, and for our coun-
try ;-beseeching Him in whose hands
are the issues of life and death, that He
would preserve health to the people -
That He, who is the giver of the har-
vest, would graciously vouchsafe fa-
vorable Spring-time, and fruitful sea-
son THAT He would protect and guide
and prosper US in all our essential inter-
ests that He would show His especial
favor to those, who are, at any time, in
stations of influence and authority -
that they may be animated with the
spirit Of fidelity, and endued with every
capacity 10 discharge successfully the
high trusts with which they may be in
vested that He would diffuse knowl-
edge and the means Of moral and re-
liglous Improvement through the land
to enlighten the ignorant, reform the
vicious, and prepare the present gener-
alton TO transmit TO posteriiy, yet great
er privileges and enjoymenls, than were
received from the wise and good, who
have passed in bright examples of vir-
tue and worthiness before them.
And remembering that we are of one
blood with the unenlightened, the OPP
pressed and the afflicted Of the whole
earth, may we bear them 10 our sympa-
thies and prayers, 10 the Throne of in
finite Mercy, fervently imploring the in
terposition of the Arm of Omnipotence
to deliver the enslaved from bondage,
and the wisdom of Onniscience TO bring
all men, every where, from the darkness
and sfuPor of ignorance and superstition
=. = a know ledge and perfect obe-
dience of the precepts and sanctions of
the Divine law, and through faith TO
eternal salvation.
The people of the Commonwealth
are requested to abstain, on this occa-
sion, from whatever is inconsistent with
its appropriate observance.
Given at the Council Chamber, in
Boston, this twenty-third day of
February, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
twenty-seven, and in the tiity-frst
year of the independence of The
United States of America.
LEVI LINCOLN.
BY His Excellency the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the
Council.
EDWARD D. BANGS, Secretary.