Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-11-20
STATE OF VERMONT.
4 PROCLAMATION.

The Lord is good to all and his tender mer cies
are over all his works. He is full Of compassion
and gracious. His loving kindness is excellent
1t becomes us at all times to utter abundanty the
memory of his great goodness and to sing Of his
righteousness. Especially should we do this, at the
close of that season of the year when the EARTH in
the mysterious strength of its productive power,
has been made to yield The precious fruits, adapted,
in the wisdom and goodness Of the Creator, to the
nourishment and susenance Of man.
! do, therefore, appoint THURSDAY, THE
TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEM BIER
Instant to be observed a diy Of THANKSGIVING
and PRAISE throughout this State Recommending
to all the people thereof, to suspend, on that day,
their ordinary abors and recreatlons, and assemble
in their respective places Of public worship, to send
up the cheerful homage of grateful hearts to God
our Creator and Bcneiactor
Let us come before his presence with hanksgv
ing, ana enter his courts with praise. Let praise
hlm for his goodness for his holiness, for his just
ice, his mercy his faithIuluess and his truth all
beautifully and hirmoniously blended III the Cross
where God the Saviour loved and died."
Let ia thank him for Christ's mission of love to
man, and for the agency of the Holy SPIRIT in re-
proving the world Of sin, and guiding 1t into all
truth
Let us praise him for our temporal mercos-that
he hath given Us rain from heaven, and fruitful sea
sons, filling ouf hearts with food and glndness,
that he hath blessed us with means of moral aud
intellectual Improvement, that he has favored us
with social blessings and civil rights. and hath Civ
en- us institutions which protect us in the enjoy.
mont of them.
Let Us give thanks for our exemption from the
scnurgc Of WARRIOR the advancing spirit Of peace
for the prevalence OF better views Of the true
scope of Chrlsts teachings On this subject and for
the hope are permitted to entertain that the time
viii come, when the meek shall inherit the eartb,
and delight themselves IN the abundance of peace,
when the work Of righteousness shall be peace,
and the effect Of righteousness shall be queness
and assurance forever
| And let there be mingled with our thanksgiv-
ings, iervent love to the universal brotherhood Of
man. irrespective Of the accidents of birth, condi-
ton, or color Amid the joy Of our hearts, let us
think Of the friendeSs and destitute the widow
and fathercss-thc stranger and the bondnan, -
chershlng Just sense Of our relation to the whole
! human family remembering that all are created
! equal and are members one Of another, and that,
by the law of christian charity, are not permit.
ted to live unto ourselves but should live and la
! Dor for the good of ALL
And in considering tho condition of men, let us
endeayor to form Just conception of their spirit
ual wants, illustrated as they are, in every part Of
the world by uncuItivaed or perverted intellect
! by practical forgetfulncss Of Cody indifference
to his claims upon human obedience, and by the
tram of temporal evils to individuals and nations
connected herewith; and let our season of thanks
giving and praise be 81 rna2ed by the elevation d
our feelings of compassion, and our purposes O
good, to a nearer approximation to the feelings are
purposes which characterized the mission and life
of the Saviour of men.
Given under my hand at Middeburv thi.
eighth day Ct November in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and lorty-fvc ant
OF the independence Of the United States :ht
! seventetl.