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State of Maine.

By the Governor of the State of Maine:

A Proclamation,

For a day of

Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer

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By advice of the Council, and in compliance with a venerated usage, I appoint Thursday, the fifth day of April next, for Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer.

I recommend to each citizen to observe the day as a Christian; if he be under the influence of any vice, to banish it; if in error, to correct it; if under obligations to others, honestly to discharge them; if suffering injuries, to forgive them; if away of animosities, to extinguish them; and if able to do any benevolent act to any being, created by the Almighty Power to which he owes his existence and his faculties, to do it.

And, with a conscience thus prepared, may we visit the Temple of God, to worship Him wit that humble and happy disposition which always belongs to piety and innocence; beseeching Him that the religion he sent by our Saviour [Savior] may not be perverted through the pride and prejudices of sectarism, but may universally receive the homage of a correct faith and Good Works.

Especially, I recommend that, being members of one great community, we unite as Christian Politicians, so that we may render perpetual the peace and prosperity of our Country and of this State.

Enoch Lincoln.

By the Governor:

Amos Nichols, Secretary of State.

Council Chamber,

Portland, March 3. 1827.