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Exercise of strong penitential feeling; confess the innumerable sins which render us most unworthy the favors we enjoy; deprecate the effects of His just displeasure; humbly implore forgiveness, through the mediation of His Son, and fervently beseech Him to grant, that the enjoyment of our perfected blessings may still be continued to us, and that we may be disposed to make suitable returns; | Exercise of strong penitential feeling; confess the innumerable sins which render us most unworthy the favors we enjoy; deprecate the effects of His just displeasure; humbly implore forgiveness, through the mediation of His Son, and fervently beseech Him to grant, that the enjoyment of our perfected blessings may still be continued to us, and that we may be disposed to make suitable returns; | ||
| − | That He will bless the President of these United States, with all their other officers and public functionaries; guide the deliberations of our National and State Legislatures, and incline all our citizens to respect the rights both of God and men; That He will cause learning and religion to flourish, and to exert a confined and solitary influence upon the intellectual and moral faculties of man in all parts of our country, and of the world; That He will superintend, direct and bless the efforts of all who are engaged in promoting this most desirable object, and render their exertions increasingly successful, until the whole | + | That He will bless the President of these United States, with all their other officers and public functionaries; guide the deliberations of our National and State Legislatures, and incline all our citizens to respect the rights both of God and men; That He will cause learning and religion to flourish, and to exert a confined and solitary influence upon the intellectual and moral faculties of man in all parts of our country, and of the world; That He will superintend, direct and bless the efforts of all who are engaged in promoting this most desirable object, and render their exertions increasingly successful, until the whole earth shall be filled with the knowledge, and with the glory of our God. |
And the Inhabitants of this State are requested to abstain from all labor and recreation inconsistent with the services of said day. | And the Inhabitants of this State are requested to abstain from all labor and recreation inconsistent with the services of said day. | ||
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Exercise of strong penitential feeling; confess the innumerable sins which render us most unworthy the favors we enjoy; deprecate the effects of His just displeasure; humbly implore forgiveness, through the mediation of His Son, and fervently beseech Him to grant, that the enjoyment of our perfected blessings may still be continued to us, and that we may be disposed to make suitable returns;
That He will bless the President of these United States, with all their other officers and public functionaries; guide the deliberations of our National and State Legislatures, and incline all our citizens to respect the rights both of God and men; That He will cause learning and religion to flourish, and to exert a confined and solitary influence upon the intellectual and moral faculties of man in all parts of our country, and of the world; That He will superintend, direct and bless the efforts of all who are engaged in promoting this most desirable object, and render their exertions increasingly successful, until the whole earth shall be filled with the knowledge, and with the glory of our God.
And the Inhabitants of this State are requested to abstain from all labor and recreation inconsistent with the services of said day.
Given at the Council Chamber, in Portland, the tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty two; and in the forty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America
Albion K. Parris.
By the Governor:
Amos Nichols, Deputy Secretary of State