Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-11-15
STATE or RHODE ISLAND AND
IRDVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
BY THE GOVERNOR /:
APRnILANIATION.

lNoA isAhAbIoN'
Whereas, the custom hath descended to
us from our pi Us ancestors, annually at the
luGa,hering of the harvest, to set apart
day Of general Thanksgiving and Praise -
And whereas, il is becoming in Chris
,lan people to make at stated times, some
public ack ledgment Of their dependence
upon Con whom they worship, and whose
uCrclcs, although around them at all times,
often most abundant when least apprecat-
ed, are yet especially conspicuous at this
season, when the ripened fruit Of the earth
attest His bounty -
Therefore, and by authority of law, |,
lEsRY b. ANTHoNY, Governor Of the
State OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE
PLANTATIONS. issue this my proclamation,
setting apart Thursday, tie Tieemy-ninM
dag n NorcmJcr instant, as day .of Sol
Con, for the blessings " I'll which lie hath
crowned the year. And recommend un-
to the good people Of the State, that, on
that day, they assemble in their customary
places Of public worship, and offer their
cheerful IRA So and grateful thanksgiving to
HIM fr IN whom all blessings flow -
That the promise which he made when
he his bow in the hravens, that seed-
tine and harvest should net FAIL hath been
ahundanily fulfilled, and the earth hath
Welded literally Gifts increase -
That Wide civil commo,ion, disease, and
famine have deso'a,ed large portions Of the
globe, cur lives h1vc been merciiully spar.
cd, our garners are bursting with plenty,
and Peace and Health, the greatest Of tenn
p"ral blessings, have filed all our borders
with rejoicing -
That while in the old void, anarchy
hath ragged through all the elements of so-
cIal order, we have been permitted quietly
to live under a Government of our own
choice, and ruiz rs of our own election ard
that the spri, of Liberty, which, in other
lands, hath been quenched in blood, still
liz is our beloved country in the path Of
prosperity and honor -
Tha, the institutions Of education, rclis-
ION, aud bcnevolcnce, have been prospered
among us, and that, all around us, The pro-
vision for mans higher and better nature
has been steadily increased.
And while we remember with grateful
hearts the blessings with which our Heav-
culy Father hath signalzed the year that
is closing around us, let us not forget to
thank Him iur the great mercy which lie
manifested to our fathers in the beginning
aud hich lie hath continued to US as a
people, from generation TO generation and
let US suppIica'e Him that lie will still
State which was founded ~ His fear, and
established in rcyrrencr OF Iii. Holy name.
Let us thank Him that those principles OF
civil and religious liberty which he mani
festly ordained, and which He enabled His
servants, our pious ancestors, first TO carry
out to their ultimate consequences, have
conducted Us 10 pros erity, and have cceiv-
cd the assent. not only Of this wide Rcpub-
H., bat Of a large portion Of the civilized
world everywhere conveying to nan a
higher sense Of hia own dignity, and true
!dea Of his relations to God
lie, us thank Hin. that our lives have
been gwen to us in country where freed
Uin Of OF inion allows the fullest develop
mrn, I'd the human intellect, AID in an age
when Il e progress Of civilization, the light
Of science, and the more glorious ligh, Of
the Gospel, are fast binding mankind in
common brotherhood, aud direcrns them
TO common Father.
Let us thank Him for all the blessings
with which this life overnows; and, more
than all, for that life beyoud the grave
which lie bath promised to us through our
l. RID AND SAVIOUR JEsrs CHRsT.
Aud recollecing that, even in lanl Of
abundance Ike our own, sienally favored
in i,s social s1d physical condition, many