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For the goodly heritage he has given us; for the mild and equal government He has placed over us: For long seasons of tranquility and peace; for the light of literature and science; and for the everlasting gospel of His beloved Son.

Remembering that we have slighted all his goodness, and that our individual and collective transgressions are multiplied before the Holy One of Isreal [Israel], let us with one consent rend our hearts and not our garments; and looking to the Lamb of god, who loved us and gave Himself for us unto death, let us beseech Him to remove our transgressions from us and receive us into that favor which is life eternal. Let us intreat [entreat] Him to think upon us for good and to grant us this year a favorable seed time and an abundant harvest; to bless the citizens of this State in their Fisheries, Manufacturers, and Commerce, and all their lawful enterprises, professions, enjoyments and labors; to save us from famine and pestilence, and conflagration and war; To smile upon our Colleges, Academies, Schools and Seminaries of every grade; To encline [incline] the hearts of the rising generation to the observance of His law; To bless the ministrations of the Gospel, and vouchsafe the means of knowledge and salvation to every family and every soul; and to guide and prosper all those who seek the peace and enlargement of Lion and the best interest , of their fellow men. And on this occasion may our hearts be lifted up to the Fountain of wisdom and grace for all in authority, whether they frame or execute the laws, or judge between man & man; that He would guide their counsels, sustain their burdens, and make them blessings to the people.

Let us implore the same mercies for every sister State, and for the whole confederated Republic; that He would enable the President of the United States and the general Legislature to avoid collision with other Nations, and direct the affairs of this great people for the general welfare; that He would prolong our peace and prosperity, and dwell with us and our children to the latest period of time. And remembering the whole family of man, let us fervently pray that the rod of the oppressor may be broken; that war and violence, and every evil work may cease unto the ends of the earth; that the darkness may flee away, and the true light arise upon all nations, and that the kingdoms of this would may soon become the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour [Savior] Jesus Christ.

And I do earnestly request that labor and recreation may be suspended, and that the said day may be entirely devoted to religious solemnities.

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