Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-11-10
State Of Vermont.
BY CARLOS COOLIDGE,

f1 GOFERN0R 40 sn.
The custom that calls the people of our Com
monwealth TO render ut this season Of the
year, public thanks to God for his goodness
and mercy, is admirable in itself, bcneiicent
in its Influences, consonant with right reason,
and commended by the pous example of a
ycneratcd ancestry.
The ample fruits Of new harvcst--the count.
less blessings OF another year-all things by
which we are surrounded remind us OF the
fitness of special Thanksgiving unto the Giver
Of every good and perfect gift;
do, therefore, hereby appoint IHukSUAl ;
the SEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER next,
as Day OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING AND
PRAISE TO ALMIGHTY GOD.
l do earnestly recommend to the People OF
this State to abstain, on that day, from all I'M
necessary labor, and from all amusemenis unbc-
coming the ehastened enjoyments ofa Christian
Festival. r..... .s...- .... .......
And invite the people 10 convene in their
respective places of religious worshp--to rejoice
together before the Lord, IN His sanciuaries--to
remember and talk OF all His goodness, in tho
domestic circle--t0 bless and honor Him, in all
the delightful services appropriate to the Joyful
occasion. r. sraa .tI.- alb. .I A
Especially is il meet 10 offer praise unto God
for His bcnignant smiles upon our State and
Nation, in the protecting Of our civil and rel
gious institutions, in the return Of peace, in ibe
general prevalence of law and order, and in the
hopeful stability Of our own government while
the thrones Of the Old World are rapidly erum
bling into the dust ..r- 49, .'-..-t. d.
Particularly is it ct, to give thanks unto The
Lord for the grant Of an attendant harvcst-ioi
the health, and vigor and happiness Of the PEG
pie Of this Commonwealth the signal pros
perity that has attended their labors, in all thc
useful arts and the various pursuits in which
they have been encaged--for new cdueaiiona
and commercial impulses aud for the growth
and well-being of the State.
Above all, let the people praise the Lord, fol
the benign influences Of" the glorious Gospel o.
the blessed Cod upon our free institutions
which have their strength and security only ia
It's light and power 1I.IUieHan, stu01
Let us accompany praise with hearty comics
sion OF our manifold sins, humbly seeking for
eiveness through our Lord Jesus Christ, and i'm
ploring the Divine aid 10 strengthen us unto th,
faithful keeping Of His commandments and thu
turning Of our feet unto His testimonies.
While W. joyfully recount blessings bestow
ed let US, with the henrt, commit ourselves, ON
children, our country, all interests most preeiou
for this life and thai to come, unto The God o
our Fathers; that, under bis favor we may be
people exalted in righteousness, seeking pcac,
hilu u, anu uoiiS jus
tee, thankful for the past, trustfl for the future
relying always solely on the Lord, whose q ten
der mereics over all his works. % +, f-a
Gieen under my hand and the seal Of said Ssais
o this sirth day Of Aous'RJer, "a dte year Q
s. our Lord one thousand eight hundred an
~. foriy-eigh, and ofHe Independence ofM
United States, he serenig-lhird
cARLOS COOLIDGE
BY the GOVERNOR
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