Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-11-28
a FROCLAMATIO

PIoride7lce. Pidntations.
a PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the General Assembly of
w thr State aforesaid, Oh the I'd day of
November inst passed the following rcso!u
tions. to wit -
Whereas il has beer the venerated GUS ,
tom of our ancestors, Oh appropriate occa.
sons to acknowledge their dependence up.
ON Almighty God and to express their sense
of gratitude for the biossings which lie has
bestowed upon them aud whereas such ac-
acknowledgement and expr, sson founded on u
faith in the holy and eternal attributes oi
that Being, are suited 10 the wants of man,
and the obligations and feelings OF n chris
tian community, and are thus recommended
to US alike by a love of truth and duty and
by love OF ancestry aud whereas the sea-
son has arrived at which, in times past, i
has been usual to appoint day for the pur-
pose aforesaid: Therefore, 10 continue the
remembrance of the pious faith and graft
tudc OF our ancestors, and TO hold up to
posterity similar example as the witness
Ofour own and more especially to recognize
the solemn relation existing between Us and
the bountiful author of the universe
ResoiUed, That Thursday the 20,h day of
November inst. be and the same IL he reby
set apart as Day of Public Thanksgiving
and Praise TO Almighty God.
And the General Assembly recommend
to their fellow citizens, that abs,aining on
that day from all unnecessary labor, and un-
becoming recreation they assemble together
in their respective houses of worship, and
there unite in rendering TO God, the givcr of
all good, the homage o sincere and grateful
hearts, tor the innumcrable bounlies He has
graciously conferred on us, and particularly
that lie led our fathers to this land to lay
here the foundations OF government and u
grea: nation that lie established lis in the
pleasant places of their foundation, and sur
rounded us with the monuments e. triunphs
of civil and religious freedom, and has CON
tinucd to our day, institutions calculated t.
inculcate u due sense Of the value ofsuch a,
inheritance. and to pcrpeiuale a spirit that
shall maintain it. That lie has protected
our land during the past year from foreign
and dou,cstic Wal, and has sustained and los
tered the arts OF peace that lie has distn
yuished it as year of unusual Lealth In ou
borders, and crowned the labOrs of the nus
bandmen With plenty; our manufacturing
and commercial enterprise with success
ind our whole country with prosperity y ant
happiness And above all, that He ha
granted ana continued 10 us Tue CWlsoid
tions, the hopes and the rewards PROMISED
in his holy revelation aud the gospel of ltl
Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, made mor'
dear and precious by the advancing light y
civilization.
And they further recommend, that tn
good people of this State, when assemble
as aforesaid, should with pcnltcnt and con
trite hearts and with AN humble reliance o
Divine mercy, devouty supplicate u con
tinnance of favor towards us, and such
modification thereof to them and the
children, as beng manifested in their d'spc
sitions aud lives, shall make them TO the ia
test generation, great, an happy and
religious people.
Resoiced, That his Exec llency the Go
vernon, be requested to issue his Proclan'
ton of these resolutions, that the same ma
be duly made known to the people OF tn
State, and that they be requested to cor
form thereto.
| do therefore, pursuant to the above RI
cited Resolutions. issue this my Proc!ami
ton, to make known the same that the go'
people of this State may conform thereto.
GivEN under my hand, and the seal ct 50
State, at Providence, this ith day
November, in the ycur ofonr Lord 1873
and ofIndcpendcnce the tiity-eiglIth
JOHN BROWN FRANCIS.
BY his Exce!lency's command,
uyxuy UowEs Scc'ry.