The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-10-26
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COMMONWEALTH OF Mass ACHUsSTTs.
BIZ His E1eclisney, Lcri Lincoln, GOrnnor Of
the Gomm0n,oealh IF Massachusetts,
A PROCLAMATION
For day of Public Thanksgiving and Praise
In the enjoyment Of the richest blessings Of
Benefcent Providence, The People of his Com
monwealth have been carried through another
Revolution of tho Seasons; and now at the
close of an abundant Harvest with pous and
grateful hearts, they will seek TO render to the
SOVEREIGN DIsrosEK of all events the BoUNrIs
ruL GivER of every Good, their united tribute
of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ADoRATIoN and PRAISE.
With The adriccsand consent the Executive
Council, |, therefore, invite them 10 observe
THURSDAY, the first day IF December neat
in offices of public THANKS GIVING TO Al
mighty God for the unmorited and unnumbered
riches of His Grace conferred upon them, in
diyidually, and in their relations to the Commu-
lily, through the past year. Let them conse-
crate the Day TO the Worship and Homage of
their Maker, and in Christian Communion in
their respective Congregations, adore that Mcr
cy which has spared their lives, and given them
capacities and opportunities for social, intellec.
tual and religious improvement In devoui
meditation and prayer may they recognize tho
manifestations Of Divine Favor towards them,
in the enjoyment of Health, while pcstcnce
has been permitted TO desolatc distant places ;
in the preservation of Peace. while War has raw
aged other Countries in the plenty which
has supplied their wants in the Institutions
of Civil Government which have secured to
them personal liberty and the exercise of the
right Of privste Judgment i'm Literary and
Charitable Associations which are directed to
enlightening the minds, and elevatlng and ex-
banding the affections of Men in the posses
sion of the Sacred Scriptures in their simplci
ty and purity, by which they have a knowledge
of the revealed will of God, and the hope Of
Salvation through the ministry and mediation
OF their Blessed Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
| And while, with grateful Hearts, they re-
/ count the Blessings by which this Nation is dis
| tinguishcd above all other People, may they
unite SPECIFICATION with THANKsGlvING 10
Heaven, jmploring the continued smiles of D.
vino Providence upon our beloved Country =
that the Union of the States may be confirmed
| and perpetuated that the Government may
| be one Of Laws wisely framed, and justly ad-
ministered that intelligence, patriotism, vir-
tue, and piety, may animate the People, and a
sense of responsibility, and faithfulness to duty.
direct their public Officers And may the sin
certify Of their Acknowledgements of Depend.
ence, and OF their Inscriptions of Praise, be man
Tested by Sympathy for the Oppressed, and an
active Charity in the relief Of the Destitute Of
their Fellow Mon.
Given at the Council Chamber, in Boston,
this seventeenth day of October, in the
gear of our Lord one thousand eight hun
drcd and thirty-one, and in the frly-sxth
year of American Independence.
LEVI LINCOLN
BY His Exellency, the Governor, with the ad
| vice and consent of the Council
EDWARD D. BANGS, Secretary.
God save the Commonwealth ofMassachuset,s!