Litchfield enquirer., 1830-04-01
BY HIS EXCEL LENCY GIDEON TOMLINSON, GOCeraOr Ofthe State Of Connecticut, pRnCT A MATTON


 A PROCLAMATION.
 When zoe fuithJally reUieU and impartial
 Iy scrWtsnizc our hUes, and try Ouro6ec-
 tiOns, Iy the perfect stand0rd ofthe Di-
 Uine Or0cLeS, zoe diScOver much to de-
 otore, and great reason publicly to kmu-
 6Ie O"rsetces befOre the OMNIsc1ENT Sov-
 EREIGN of the ~niUerse, under con-
 sciOusness of Our departure from rectitude
 aud purity.
 To the intent, therefore, that we may, with one accord, simultaneously manifest realizing and devoted sense of our account ability to JEHOVAH, and our entire depend ence on His Providence and Grace, I do hereby appoint Friday, the ninth day of April next, to be observed, throughout this State, as day of FASTING, HuM1LIAT1oN and PRAYER. With hope that the day may be universally employed,in the solemn and devotional duties and exercises appro- priate 10 it, in private as well as in public, I invite all the people of the State, with the ministers of every denomination, to assem- ble thereon, in the respective places where they have been accustomed to worship, and with unfeigncd confession of guilt, re-
  ton and obedience, to offer joint and ear- nest applications that our HEAVENLY FA- THEIR will be pleased, for the sake of His Son, to forgive our manifold sins to con- tinue 10 us and our posterity the inestima- ble political, civil, literary and religious privileges, and the rights of conscience, in faith and worship, wisely sanctioned, by our constitutions of government, and to grant that we may soberly, rationally and thank fully enjoy all the temporal bounties of Di- vine Providence, and abstain from injus- tice, falsehood, oppression, intemperance and every other evil work and vicious in- diligence. Also, devoutly to supplicate, that tho renovating and sanctifying induen- ces of the HoLY SPIRIT may enable us to love Cop with all our hearts and our neigh bors as ourselves, and prepare us to meet our SAVIOUR, with holy trust and joy, on the day of his coming, in the fullness of his glory and power, to announce the retribu- tions of eternity.
 Let us, likewise, beseech the AUTHOR of all good, whose omnipotent arm signally shielded and sustained our forefathers, to inspire them with wisdom, moderation and to make them terror to cvil-do- CTS and praise to those that do we'll and to grant that spirit of harmony, candor and philanthropy, with steady attachment and unyielding fidelity to the Union, may be cherished, by the citizens of our country, securing to it continued peace, prosperity and welfare.
 1t will also be our duty, on that occa- sion, to remember, with lively gratitude and devout ascriptions of praise, our innu- merable and undeserved blessings and en- payments, and fervently to pray ALMIGHTY Cop to look with unceasing favor on the interests of our State, to prosper its schools and seminaries oflearning, and all it's insti- tutions adapted to promote the happiness of man to succeed our commerce, man ufactures and lawful enterprises to cause the earth to produce its fruits, in abun- dance !; to bes.ow propitious seasons; to give general health, and to impart to all comfort, safety, quiet and thankfulness. Cherishing benevolcnce toward our fallen race, let us too implore that the peace which now so happily exists among the na- lions of the world, may be uninterrupted, and that, through the propagation of the GospeI, tyranny may pc aDoiiShed, the habitations of cruelty subverted, the op- pressed relieved, anarchy restrained, liber- ty extented, superstition, infidelity, idol- atry and organism abandoned, and all man. kind led into belief of the tru.h, and will ing and unreserved submission to the peace ful, pure and happy dominion of Christ.
 Servile labor and recreation, on said day, are prohibited by law.
 Given under my hand, at Fairfeld, tkis
 ninth day ot March, in the year of our
 Lord, one Mous0nd, eight Hundred
 and thirty, and im the JDty fourth year
 of tke Independence of the United
 StGtes of America.
 GIDEON TOMLINSON. By his Excellency's command,
 THOMAS DAY. Secretary.