The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-07-20
A Day OF Fasting and PRAYER.

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| The President, in accordance with resoiuti0E
of Congress- has issued the following proclama.
ton. appointing Thursday, August 4th, as day
of humiliation and prayer.
! WHEREAS, The Senate and House of Represen.
tatives, at their last session, adopted concurrent
resolution, which was approved on the second
day of Jaly, instant, which was in the words fol.
lowing, nameiy
That the President of the United States be re-
quested to appoint day of humiliation and PRAYER
by the people of the United States; that he re-
guest his Constitutional advisers at the head of
! the Executive Department to unite with him as
the Chlet Magistrate of the Nation, at tho City of
washington, aud the members of Congress, and
all magistrates, all civil aud military and naval
officers, all soldiers sailors and marines with all
| loyal and law abiding people, to convene at their
usual places eff worship, or wherever they NAV be
to confess andrepent of their manifold sins to i'm
plore the forgivness Of the Almighty, that if con
sistent with his will the existing rebellion may be
speedily suppressed, and the supremacy of the
Constitution and laws of the United States NAV be
established in all the States; to impore Him az
the Supreme ruler of the world, not to destroy us
as people, nor suffer us 10 be distroyed by the
hostility or connivauce of other nations, or by OBJ
stinatc adherauce to our own counseIs; which NAV
be IN conflict with his eternal purpose and to i'm
plore him to enlighten the mind Of the nation to
KNOW ana 90 hs WILL humbly believing il is in ac-
cordance with His will that our place should be
maintained as united people among the family of
nations; u implore him to grant our armed de-
tenders ana the masses of the people that courage
power OF resistance and endurance necessary TO
secure that result; to implore Him in His infinite
goodness TO soften the hearts enlightep the minds
and quicken the conscience of those in rebellion.
that they may lay down their arms and speedily
return to alegience to the United States that they
be not utterly destroyed, that the eusion of blood
may be stayed, and that unity and fraternity NAV
be restored, and peace established throughout all
our borders.
Now. therefore, ], Abraham Lincoln, President
ofthe United States, cordially concurring with the
Congress of the United States in the penitential
ana pious sentiments expressed in the aforesaid
resoinhon' ana heartily approving of the devo-
| tional design aud purpose thereof do berebv a n
point the first Thursday Of August next TO be ob-
served be the people ofthe United States as a day
OF National humiliation and PRAYER.
do hereby Further invite and reqnest that the
heads OF the executive departments of this gov
ernmeht, u'gether with ali legislators, all judges
ana magistrates, and all other persons exercising o
authority in the land, whether civil, military or
naval, and all soldiers, m and marines in the
national service, and all the other loval and law.
ABIDING people of the United States to assemble
IN their preferred places of putlic worship on
mat day, andthere To render to,the almighty and
Mercifu ruler of the Universe such homage and
such confessions, and to offer to Him such suppti-
cations as the Congress of the United states have
SO earnestly, and soreverently recommended.
In testimony whereof | have hereunto set nv
hand and caused the seal of the United States to
Done at the city Washington this seventh dav of
Juy, in the year of our lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty four
tsEALl and OF the independence of the United
States the eghtv-ninth
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BY the President:
WILLIAM II. SEWARD
Secretary OF the State.