BY the President
OF the UNITED STATES Of A11ERIcA.
A. Proclamation.
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a S no truth is more clearly taught


"A in the volume Of inIPiratiOn, nor


any more fully demonltrated by the ex-
perience of all ages, than tnat deep


fenGc and due acknowledgement of
the governing providence Of Supreme
Being and Of the accountablenefs Of
men 10 him as the 1earcher Of hearts
and righteous diItributer Of rewards
and punilhmentS, are conducive, equal
ly, to the hapPineiS and rc6titude OF in
dividdals and to the well being Of
communities, as it is, ALTO, mott roaion-


able in itlelf, that men who are made


capable Of foci2l acts and relations, who


owe their improvements 70 the iOcial


itate, and who derive their enioymentS


from it, ihould, as fociety, make thcir


acknowledgements Of dependence and


obligation to him who hath enduad


them with thelc capacities, and elevat-
ed them in the Gcale Of ex;tence by


thelc diainCtions as it is HkcWile, a


plain dictate Of duty, and lrong fen


timent OF nature, that il circumstances


o. great urgency and leafons Of immi-


nent danger, earnef and particular 1up-
plicatiOn ihould be made to him who is


able to defend or to deitroy as more
over, the mott precious interetts of the
people of the United States are Gill
held in Jeopardy by the hottie deGgns


and infdious arts Of a foreign nation


as well as by the determination among
Ithem Of thole principles fubyertive Of
the foundations Of all religious, mo-2l
and focial obligations, that have pro-
duced incalculablc mitchell and miCcry


in other countries and as, in fine, the
loblervance Of lPecial lealons for public
religious Iolemnities, is happily calcu-


lated TO avert the evils which we ought


TO deprccate, and to excite to the per-
I torrance Of the duties which we olght
70 dhchargc-by calling and fixing the
attention Of the people at large to the
Imomentou5 truths already recitcd by
afording opportunity to teach and IN
culcate them, by animating devotion
and giving ii the character Of a national
/ a1t For thefe reaions, have thought
proper TO recommend, and I do hereby
recommend accordingly, that Thurl-
day, the 25th day Of April next, BE


oblerved, throughout the United States


f America, as day Of folemn humil-


ton, ia ng and prayer-That the
citizens, On that day, abltaining as far
as may be from their fecular occupa-


tons, devote the time to the Gacred du-
ties Of religion, in public 4 in private
That they call 70 mind our numerous


offences ag2inR the mott High GOD.