The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-03-26
STATE OF VERMONT.
M CHARLES KiLBoRN WILLIAMS, GOVERNOR.
A Proclamation for a Day Of Public HUI
initiation, Fasting and PRAYER.

The continued mercy OF ALMIGHTY Cop
TO US People, while il calls Tor great thank
fulness, should also lead us to deep peDitence
and coDrIion for our numerous and multi
plied t'ansgressioDs AND sin. so obviops is
The duty OF pvRaeBtisf confession and con-
Triton that The Christian churches Of every
uenonfnstfon have set APART certain DAYS for
abstinence and prayer. In addition Il, The,
services appointed by The churct~,, she civ
u government OF the New. England 8;
have been ever accustomed in the sprinn of
the year TO APPOINT day for a General and
Public Fast, 10 imydore the Divine blessing
on their labo-s, The season 10 now ap-
reaching AMI calls for onr snnuaf devosieus.
humiliation and prayer appropriate TO the
CONNIE ncemept Of the labsrs ob ,he hasband-
man.
Deeply reverencfna hfs religious Custom
oil oar iorefabsrs sensible of the pieal and
lasting benefits Whit we have derived from
Them OF The blessings which have been so
abnntsantiy bestowed on us Of our inarsi-
tude aud sin in not acknowledging The hand
Of God IN ihese nercies, aat in nct conform
| Ing oar hscs 10 The requirements of his HOW
Word have thought proper to appoint,
and do hereby appoint FRIDAY. the
FOURTH Day OF APnL NEXT, to be observ-
ell by the people Of this State, as day of
PUBLFC FERTILIZATION, FASTING ANp
PRAYER and request ministers and peo-
pie Of every denomination to assemble on
that day in their respective hoases Of public
worship, and confess to Almighty God their
manifold transgressons of lis will their
neglocis OF His preccLts and commands,
their iorgclfulncss Of the manifestations of
His mercy, their rebellion against His fipht-
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things which they ought to have done,
and in doing the things which they ought not
to have done :: And at the same time hum
y to beseech Him to grant that we may tru-
" and sincerely repent Of these our trans
gressons and turn to the Lord liz deep hui
initiation and earnest PRAYER, supplicating
Him to continue HIS mercies to us notwirh.
standing our backslidings that Ho would
bless the Cover nment Of the United States.
and of this State, and rcpress all disorders
and discofd among us; that he would cause
all, in every department OF government,
whether legislative, executive or judicial, TO
remember that they are in the Immediate
presence Of Him without whose knowledge
not a sparrow falleih to the ground, that
they arc accountable to Him for all their act
ions, and, under sense OF this accountable
ity, that they may never counteDaDce OPP
preston, vice or immortality, or any thing
injurious to the rights and liberties Of men,
or any thing inconsistent with the relation
in which man stands to mis- Maker tina, the
people may yield due obedience TO all the
lawful requirements oil those in anihority,
noulge in no spirit Of insubordination or
} factious opposition, remembering that lie,
who has the hearts of rulers and people in
His hand, may, III answer to their reqnests
, and prayer, guide to such councils and the
Adoption OF such measures rs will cnsurc the
. peace and happiness OF the people Of this
! State, and OF every part Of our confederate
e republic. And NAV we all remember thai
5 confession of sin, sincere repentance and
) reformation are individual and personal du-
| ties, without the exercise of which we have
no reason to expect the blessing Of the Most
B, High.
5 earnestly request the people OF this
= State, to abstain from all unnecessary labor
b. on that day and that they indulge in no
practices inconsistent with deep humiliation
fasting and PRAYER, so appropriate to us, in
Il this day of rebuke, and when BY our often.
ccs we have so justly incurred the displeas
IS ure Of Almighty God
). Given under my hand and the Seal of /! G
:. State, at Rutland, this fourth DAY of March
s. in the year Of our Lord one thousand eirh,
hundred and iitiv-one. and of the Inlrpen,i.
Is cnce of the United States, The seventy fit h.
d CHARLES X. WILLIAMS.
{ BY the Governor.
r. f. ANDREWS, Secreiary.