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mercies; to preserve us from those sins which would prove our thanks to be insincere and render them unacceptable in His sight; to watch over the interests of this State and of all its inhabitants; to preserve the union, peace and prosperity of these United States; to bless their Chief Magistrate and guide all who are intrusted [entrusted] with the administration of the National Government; to render the influence of His holy religion more efficacious and extensive; to crown with success every effort which is made for the promotion of this object, and to fulfil [fulfill] those gracious promises and predictions, the fulfilment of which will cause the reign of the Prince of Peace to become coextensive with the earth, banish from our world the evils by which its inhabitants have been so long enslaved and oppressed, and “make its wilderness to become as Eden, and its deserts as the garden of God.”

And the inhabitants of this State are requested to abstain from all labor and recreation, inconsistent with the service of said day.

Given at the Council Chamber, in Portland, the eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five; and in the fiftieth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

Albion K. Parris;

By the Governor:

Amos Nichols, Secretary of State,