The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-04-10
FAST DA Y.
Sunday, April 10Th, 1866.
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.

0OYEhNOh FNoSAAAAAASANs
A becoming christian humility, obedience
10 the will of God, q sincere and humble &C.
knovledgment of our sins as individuals,
communities and commonwealth, and OF
our reliance alone upon Divine favor, oil I'M
lite in rendering it eminently fit and appro-
pirate 20 turn aside ct convenient seasons
from the ceaseless pursuits of life to the con.
siderstion of those great religious and moral
truths from which it is never safe to depart,
which we should never cease to revere, and
which cannos be long disregarded with i'm
punity.
II is remembered 80 great national be.
reayement, a. day Of lamentation and sor.
row shroughout this state and the whole ma
ton, that on the 18th day of April, 1865, the
late president of the United States was CRU
ely asssssinated, and that on the 10th day
of tho same month he died OF the fatal wound
inflicted the day before. 10 il not q day to
be remembered? Will not its annual return
country, and sadden the public hesrt again
and again, as time shall pass away, falling,
as 1t did, 80 suddenly upon tho nation In the
moment of general rejoicing over the signal
success with which Providence had just
crowned the national arms? Is it not an
event. tho remembrance of which is we'll fit
ted to arouse in the public mind solemn
sense of the uncertainties of life and the vi
cissitudes to which all human affairs are sub
ject, and by its impressive admonitions to in
spire the public heart with Q sense of the me-
cessity of recurring to those sources of con-
ISOLATION and hope which alone are substantial
and enduring?
1, therefore, in response to a very general
wish and an almost universal expectation,
venture to recommend to the people of the
state of Illinois to set aside, observe and
keep the 18th day of April, 1866 as day Of
fasting, humiliation and prayer, by laying
aside all secular concerns on that day, and
devoutly assembling IN their respective pla.
ces of worship, to implore the Divine forgive
ness for our manifold sins and transgressions,
as q people to invoke the continued favor of
Almighty God upon our beloved country,
which he has so recently and signally delIv-
cred from the perils of treason, rebellion and
war to supplicate His favor upon the prssi-
dent and his constitutional advisers, and up
on the assembled congress of the United
States, that they may all be animated by one
esrnest purpose to legislate for and admins
ter the affairs of the government in the fear
of God and In the interest alone of truth,
righteousness, justice and liberty; to humb-
~ deprecate the deserved judgments of God
and implore His gracious interpretation to
avert from the people of this state and nation
the calamities of wasting and pestilence,
which it is feared are impending, and vouch-
safe to US the usual blessings of health to
ask for continuance of the Divine favor in
the bestowment of fruitful season, and in
rewarding the industry of the people with a
plentiful harvest to pray our Heavenly
Father to take into His holy keeping the
widows and the orphans, and to bless with
His protection the soldiers and the sailors OF
the nation Who through the perls of dread.
full war, have restored the nation to its unity
and peace to the country that He will teach
US to remember with gratitude the services
and sacrifces of these brave and good men
and even to cherish with the warmest sym.
pathy their bereaved widows and tender or
phans. and in all things to guide and direct
us in the path of peace, virtue and charity
Given under my hand and seal at the city
of Springfield, the 9Th day of April, 1866.
Signed r. j. OGLEsBY,
SHARON TYNpALE, a.-oes Governor.
Secretary of State.