The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-04-16
A PROCLAnATION.
By the hesident ofthe Unissd States Of
Americo.

PROCLAMATION.
BY the Pes'dent ofthe Unissd States Of
Amer,ca.
WHEREAS the Senate Of ths Uaitsd
States, devoutly recognising the Supreme
Authority and just Government Of Al
mighty God in oil the affairs Of mso asd
Of nations, has, BY . resolution, requss.
ted the President to dssignste and sss
apart day for National prayer aud hu-
initiation.
Aud whereas it is the duty Of nstions
aswell as Of men TO own their depend denss
upon the overruling power Of God, to
confess their sins aud trausgressions in
humble sorrow, yet with assured hope
that genuine repentance will lead to msr.
cy and pardon, and to recognise the sub.
lime truth, announced in the Holy Script.
ures aud proven by all history, that those
nations only are blessed whose God 10 the
Lord:
Aud, insomuch as we know that by
His divine law, nations, like iudividusls.
are subj bjected to punishmsnts and chas-
tisemcnts iu this world, may We not Just.
" fear that tho awful calamity Of civil
war, which now desolstes tho laod, msy
be but q punishment inflicted upon u
for our prcsumptuous sins, to tho needful
end Of our national reformation ~ .
whole People We have been the recip.
tents Of the choicest bcun,ies Of Heaven.
We have been preserved these many
years in peace and prosperity. Wehsvs
grown IN numbers, wealth and power, %
no other nation has ever grown. But
We have forgotten God. We have for.
gotten the gracious hand which preserved
US in peace, and multiplied and enriched
and strengthened US; and We have vainly
imagined, in the deceitfulness Of cur
hearts that all these blessings were pro.
ducel by some superior wisdom and viz
tue Of our own. Intoxicated With uubro-
ken success, We have become too SELF
sufficient to feel tho necessity Of redeem
ing and preserving grace, too proud to
pray to the God that made 10
1t behooves US, then, to humble our
selves before the offended Power, to con.
fess our national sins, and to pray for
clemency and forgiveness.
Now, therefore, 10 compliance with tho
request, and fully concurring 10 the views
Of the Senate, do, by this my prooIsua.
tion, designate and set apart Thursday,
tho 3Oth day Of April, 1868, a. . day sf
national humiliation, fasting and prayer.
And l do hereby request al The People
to abstain on that day from their ordina.
~ secular pursuits, snd to unite, st thsi,
several places ofpublic worship and thsi,
respective homes, in keeping the day
holy to the Lord, aud devoted to ths
humble discharge Of tho religious dutie,
proper to that solemn occasion.
All this being done, in sincerity snd
truth, let US then rest humbly in shs
hope, authorized BY tho Divine teachings.
that the united cry Of the Nation will be
heard on high, aud answered With bless.
ings, no less than the pardon of our ns-
tionsl sins, and restoration of our now
divided and suffering country to iss for
mer happy condition Of unity and peace.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand, and caused the seal Of tho
United States to be affixed
Done At the city Of Washington, this
thirtieth day Of March, in the
year o: our Lord one thousand
[L.s.] eight hundred and sixty three,
aud Of the independence Of tho
United States the eighty.se
! enth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By tho President
WILLIAM Il. SEWARp, Sec cretary Of State.