Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-25
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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 q o'clock, p. M, by the pastors
of this churches mentioned below:
To the Honorable the Mayor of The C9ty
Of Knoxville: Deeming 1t q matter of
devout gratitude to Almighty God, that in
His good providence, our city and vicinage
have until now been blessed with so large
q 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 neigbborhoods
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-
Outraged 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
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 day
of fasting, humiliation and prayer when
secular business being suspended, machine
shops, manufactures and places of bust
ness being closed, the people may meet nj
their several places of worship:
l. To render hearty thanks to Almighty
God for His great mercy in vouchsating to
us so large measure of health, and for
His great goodness in sparing us thus far
from the ravages of the pestilence which
has so grievously afflicted other cities and
sections.
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.
3. 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
proper and becoming, that we, as
community and people should
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.. s..
James Park, Pastor; ]. A. Rayl, Jos, r..
Mitchell, Geo. NJ. White, L. Boil, G. G.
Nelson. t.
First n Il. Church.
]. j. Marker, Presiding Elder; j. b.
Ford, Pastor; r. ID. Jourolmon, NJ. 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.
j. +. b. Mays, Pastor; John w. Cruze,
John Cruze, Thos. l.. Moses, John Mccoy,
John l.. Moses, w. w. Woodruff
NJ r. Church, Church Street,
r. II. 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.
81. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church.
j. Howard Smith, Pastor; l.. &. Shop
ard, Geo. H. Smith, A. r, Humes, w. NJ.
Baxter, w. r. futile.
Broad Street NJ r.. Church., South.
Geo. d. French, Pastor; D. A. Carpen-
ter, j. w. Paulets, John b. Crozier.
Second NJ E. Church.
J. +. Spence, Pastor; John Marshall, c.
ID. Munsey, VIM. c. Brandon