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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.

By advice of the Council, I appoint, Thursday, the third day of April next, for Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer.

It is recommended to every Citizen to unite, on that day, in public worship, with christians of the denomination selected by his own faith and reason, for the purpose of enlightening himself and others as to all our duties, and of obtaining that perpetual peace of conscience bestowed only upon good motive and correstpondent conduct.

Let us not fast like the Pharisee of our Saviour’s [Savior’s] parable, but secure to ourselves the blessing of the commendation conferred on the humble and sincere Publican.

May we fast, not merely to the purposes of a day, but to the benefit of our immortal souls.

May we, on that day, so expand our affections and exalt our religious character as always after to act for God and our Country.

Let us also particularly endeavor to inspire each Youth of the State with the glorious aim to become the most worth; and may we be able to make our examples no less valuable, than were those of our pious and patriotic ancestors, who founded the Insitution of a Fast in New England.

Enoch Lincoln

By the Governor:

Amos Nichols, Secretary of State,

Council Chamber, Portland, March 4. 1828.