Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-11-21
state Of Vermont.
By FRApERICK noLBRooK. Cavern.


Though The Almighty in His nspt.
Provideutial dealings, both with nations and
individuals, minges adversely with bros.
pertv, discipline and sorrow with love and
mercy. and His Ultimate designs are often
kept in sacred reserve which we canno,
penetrate, still enough is revealed TO insn,a
a humble trust in His Providence, and va
are led to feel that even in times Of troubI.
and calamity il is a good thing to give
thanks unto the Lord
In obedienc to custom, and the universal
sentiment OF the people. do the. eioe m.
pOiot THURSDAY, THE arm DAY or Dr..
GENDER next, 10 be observed by the peopIe
of this State as a day OF Public PRAYER
Praise and Thanksgiving, and invite them
to lay aside the ordinary employments d
life on tina; day. aud to assemble in Their
usual PAGES of worship to ron 'er than,
TO Almigh Y God for the fruitlulness Of liz
year and the plenty that evervwhers
abounds; for tire prosperity of our mater.
al pursuits and int rests for the general
prevalence OF health !. for our pleasant aal
comfortable homes, and the endearmenB
and treasures Of domestic life; for the
pleasures and comforts of good neghbor.
hood, and the ADVANTAGES Of intellgen, we'll
ordered socie'y for our institutions Of 3D.
ucation, beneyolence and religion for free.
dom from the desolation Of war within, or
territory; for the fervent pa'riatism, ia.
tionalily OF sentiment and unity Of purpos
4 and effort which have characterized The
/ people Of our State, leading thousands q
its citizens to go firth voluntarily and cheer
fully TO Eight the battles oe the Republic
and mothers and daughters to give up to
I The country the dearest objects Of their a.
feet on for the devotion to country so gen.
eially manifested by the loyal people OF Tie
United States, and for the good order tie
steadiness and iaithfulnts SIS of purpose and
obedience to authority an ! to law which has
universally prevailed and been a distinctive
and striking feature in tile character AID
conduct o. free society in the loyal Stalls,
under Government so mild in its Restraints
as scarcely TO be felt by the governed.
Let il be our special prayer TO Alinighiy
God that He will in Ills good time res,ofc
our Republic in peace and prosperity j
unity and power, and that the blessings d
civil and religious liberty may be dispeasel
10 mankind TO the end of time that he ail
dispose all men everywhere TO acrept ID;
mild reign of the Re deemer. and viii hasten
the promised time when, university, there
shall be peace on earth and good will tow
ard men, And, though many Of Us while
gathered around the festive board, or the
domestic hearth, must inevitably observe
the vacant chair directing our thoughts 10
him who is in the tented field, or lies in The
soldiers grave, or sick, or wounded aut
nursed by stranger hands, yet let our SAD
ness he tempered by tie thought Of b
manly and heroic purpose to discharge til
: highest and last duty Of the patriot TO b
country.
Given under my hand ard the seal Of ~
State, in the Executive Chamber q
Montpelier this seventeenth day of n,
vember, ia tile Year Of our Lord ID
thousand eight hundred and sixty-tV,
and Of The Independence OF the Unite
States the eighty-seventh.
FREDERICK HoLBRoog.
by His Excellency, the Governor
SAMUEL WILLIAMS,
%Sccy Of Girl and Military 46di's