The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-22
STATE or VERMONT.
ny cHAHLFs KILBoRs wILLIAMs,
NOR
ruBLip HusLiATi0sl FAsTNG AND

FHAYFHr
THE continued merry ~ ALMIGHTY Con
Ia 90 as a People, Whle ID calls Tor great
thaukfuiucss, should also lead us a. deep pen
itence aud contritiOn Tor our numerous aud
multiplied transgressiOns and sins. 80 obyj-
Gus j. the duty Of penlicnilal ronirssion and
c0ntdtiOn that the Christian churches ~ eve
~ denomination have set apart certain days
tor abstinence and prayer. In addition 10
the services appointed By tho churches che
civil government Of the Now England States
have beou ever accustomed ia tho spring Of
the year % appoint q day ior a General and
Public Past, % implore tho Divine blessing
on their LAHORE. This season 10 uOW approach
ing and calls for our annual deydi0ua, hunlil-
iAtion and prayer appropriate a. the com
meucement Of the labon Of tho husbaudnian,
Deeply reyeenoiug this Religious custom
~ our loreiather sensible of the great hnd
lasting bcnoGts which We have derived from
them OF the blessings which have baen 90
hhuudAnny bestowed on Us Of our ingratl-
iude and sin 10 not acknowledging the baud
Of God IN these merclon, aud Ia not conform.
ing our lives to the requirements Of HE Holy
N..s-l--I Las Thought laFapaE 10 apga.Ilt. And
do hereby appoint, FHIDAY, ruE rouRIn
nay 90 ArHu MKT, to lee observed by the
people ui this state ~ q day at fuHttc llu-
INITIATION, hAAliAG -ASn fHAYEHi and ]
request ministers and ,Oplo Of every demon
nation a. assemble oH Liat day in their re-
spcctiye houses ofpublic worship, aud confess
to Almighty God their manifold transgross-
ions Of Ills ll,thuir noglects Of liis prcccpts
and commands, their furpvtinlness 80 llie
manifestations Of Ills aerry, their rebellion
agaiRst lie Fishte1Hu government their sin
I ia not doing the things which they ought 10
/ have done, and ia doing the things which
. Nhfras grrTrltF la LuNN tIgUHr AuI IA Tho
same time humbly 70 bcscoch Him 90 FraUt
| thHt wr may truly aud sincerely wpcut Of
tthr-r fUr trauHFrrsHinnH and turn 20 the Lord
/ In T7U humiliation and cTrur-t prayer -Hi-
plea, lin tncontinuo Ills mrrcc. 10 O., not
withdrawing aiir ba,kslidings that lie would
| bless tEc government Of the United States,
aud of this State, and rcpgoss all disorders
and discOrd among uai that he would cause
all, in every department Of government,
whether legislative, executive, or Judicial, Ia
remember that they ARE IN the immediate
presence Of Him without whose knowledge
not sparrow hlluth tu the ground, that they
are accountable to lliuS lor all their actions
aud, undor u sense Of tbs accountability, that
they may never counlvnanoo oppression, vice
or immortality, or any thing injurious to ia,
rights and liberties OF men, or any thing in.
consistent with the relation in which mau
stands 10 biz Maker that the people may
Yield due obedience to al the lawful require,
mcnts Of those 10 authority, Ia indulge in Nc
spirit characterization or iactious opposition
remembering that lie, who has the hearts OF
rulers and people IN his hand, may, in answer
n their requests and prayer, guide 10 sucl
councils aud the adoption Of such measures
~ will ensure the peace and happiness of th'
people OF this State, and Of every part of ON
confederate republic And may We all re-
member that confession OF sin, sincere re-
Ipcntancc aud reformation are individual ant
personal duties without the exercise of which
we have no reason 10 expect tho blessing of
the Most High.
! earnestly request the people of this STATE
Ia abstain from all unnecessary labor ON that
day, aud thai they indulge in no practice,
inaorsiatast With deep fl,s'"''liais.,''' G.-ti"F
and prayer, so appropriate 10 ne, in this day
of rchukc, and when by our offences we hay,
so Justly incurred the d'gplcasurc Of Almigh
" God ---.-----
Given uSdnr my hand and the Seal of III,
State, at Rutland, this fourth day of March
IN the year of our Lord one thousand cigh
hundred and fifty one and of the lndcpcnd
cuce of the United States, the sevcnty-fth.
CHARLES X. WILLIAMS,
BY the Governor,
II 4. NNDtII- W. SCR. T,JrJy