Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-06-24
A Day of Fasting and Prayer.

A Day Of Fasting and Prayer.
A committee from each one of number
of the city churches held meeting yester-
day morning, and agreed upon the follow
ing memorial, which was presented to the
Mayor at p o'clock, P. NJ, by the pastors
of the churches mentioned below:
To the Honorable the Mayor of the City
of Knoxville: Deeming it matter Of
devout gratitude to Almighty God, that in
His good providence, our city and vicinage
have until now been blessed with so large
measure of health and especially in
that, we have thus far been preserved from
the presence of the wasting malady which
prevails in other cities and neighborhoods
of our State, by which SO many have
| been cut of from the land, and which has
caused the stagnation of trade and bust
| ness in those communities:
Believing in the experimenting prOvi-
dence of God, and that He hears and an
| swers the prayers of His people; and en-
couraged by the examples recorded in
| the Sacred Scriptures, illustrative of the
efficacy of fasting, humiliation and prayer
| on the part of the people, when suffering
under grievous calamities and Affections,
they thus sought deliverance from evil;
we whose names are hereto appended,
committees, appointed by the several
Christian churches of the city assembled
yesterday and last evening for the wOr-
ship, request your Honor, as the repre-
sentative of the city, to appoint and set
apart Thursday, the 26th inst, to be OBJ
served, solemnly and religiously, as a day
OF fasting, humiliation and prayer /; when
shops, manufactures and places of bust
ness being closed, the people may meet nj
their several places of worship:
1. To render hearty thanks to Almighty
God for His great mercy in vouchsafing to
us so large measure Of health, and for
His great goodness in sparing us thus far
from the rayages of the pestilence which
has so grievously afflicted other cities and
sections. ~. e7E E
2. To devoutly pray for the continuance
of Gods goodness upon us, and that we
may be preserved in His providence from
the appearance of the malady among us.
8. To supplicate the favor of God in be-
half of those communities now suffering
under His affective dispensations and
that He would remove their maladies and
restore them health.
4. The Christian churches and congre-
cations represented by us ask this at
your hands, because they deem it
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thus recognize the Lords hand in
our Affections and in our bless
ings acknowledge our dependence upon
Him for deliverance from evil; express our
humiliation for our sins, and show our con-
fidence and faith in His mercy and grace.
And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
Knoxville, Tenn, June %, 1873.
First Presbyterian Church.
James Park, Pastor; j. A. Rayl, Jos. r.
Mitchell, Geo. M. White, E. Boil, G. G.
Nelson.
First M E.. Church..
J. J. Marker, Presiding Elder; j. b.
Ford, Pastor; r. d. JourolmOn, M. d.
Bearden, S. P. Angel, L. G. Houk, Daniel
Lee.
Second Presbyterian Church.
n. Bachman, Pastor; r. N. McEwen,
F. F. Atwell, o. B. Smith.
First Baptist Church. M |
J. F. B. Mays, Pastor; John w. Cruze,
John Cruze, Thos L. Moses, John Mccoy, |
John l., Moses, w. w. Woodruff.
AZ f.. Church, Church Street,
r. III. Parker, Pastor; j. w. Gaut, S. T.
Atkin, f. G. Rogers.
German Lutheran Church.
John Heckel, Pastor; John Lichten-
wanger, John A. Aurin. Peter Kern.
st. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church.
J. Howard-Smit Pastor; L. G. Shep-
ard, Geo. III. Smith, A. r. Humes, w. M.
Baxter, w. r. futile.
Broad Street ~ e. Church, South.
Geo. d. French, Pastor; D. A. Carpen-
ter, ]. w. Paulet:., John B. Crozier.
Second N. E. Church.
j. f. Spence, Pastor; John Marshall, G.
D. Munsey, VIM. G. Brandon.
In view of the suggestions contained in
5he foregoing memorial, signed by Chris
ian ministers and laymen; and,
WHEREAS, 1t is becoming in Christian
people to return to the Oliver of good gifts,
for his mercies, and to call
upon Him in time of adversely,
Now therefore, [, WILLIAM RULE, May
Or of the City of Knoxville, do hereby ap-
point Thursday the 26th inst, to be OBJ
served as day of fasting, humiliation and
prayer to Almighty God for his mercies in
lverting disease from this community, and
'or thanksgiving to Him for the health
which He has vouchsafed to us as people.
And hereby request all citizens to close
heir places of business, their stores and
heir workshops, on that day, and repair
% their several places of worship, and with
heir pastors, publicly acknowledge the
goodness of God, and implore continu-
lnce of His blessings.
This June 23d, A. d. 1873.
VIM. RULE,
Mayor City of Knoxville.
Disappeared-CrOps.
Mr.. Isaac Lindsey from Monroe county,