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Show PRESIDENT REQUESTS PRAYERS FOR PEAGE All God fearing People Urged to Unite m Peti tions to Almighty W . H NoTON bept S P e dent W son oda s ne a p oc arnation ca ng- on he people of t o Ln ed States o p a fo peace n Eu ope Tl e p eb Jent s proc ania ion sets as de Sundaj Octobe 4 as a dav of p aje P es dent son s pro an at on was as fo owa By the Pres den of he United States of Amer ca. p oclamatio W 1 ereas Great nat ons of the world have taken up arms aga nst one another and war now draws m ons of men to bat La whom the counse of statesmen have not been ab e to save from U e terrib e sacrl fice and Whereas In all things It s our pr v eDe and dutv to seek counsel and succor of Aim g ty God humb ng ourse ves before h m confess ng our weakness and o ack of any ws do n equal to these th ngs and "Whereas It s the espec a wjs and ong ng of t e peop e of t e Un ted b ates n prajer and coun se ard all fr end! ne&s to ser e tl e ca se of peace The efore I T dodrow Wi son pres dent of the tjn ted S ates of Amer ca, do designate S nday t e 4th day of October next a day of p ayer and supp cation and do re quest all God fearing persons to repair re-pair on that day to ter p aces of vo s p the e to un te the r pet Uons to Am ghty God that overru ng the counse of men sett ng stra ht the th nDs t e cannot govern or alter tak ng p ty'on the nations now in the throes of confl ct in H s mercy and goodness s ovng a vaj he e men ca see none He vouchsafe H s c 1 dren heal ng peace a a n and restore once more tl at conco d among n en and na ons without wh ch the e can be neither happ ness nor true fr end 1 s Ip jior any who esome fru t of to or thought n the v.o d praj ng a so to th s end that He lorgi e our s na, our ignorance of H a holy wi or w llfu nes'i and n an e ro s and lead us in the pa hs of obedience to p a es of vis on and to thoughts and cou sels that pu, ge and ake w se In w tne s -whe eof I la e here unto set ny hand and caused the seal of t e Un ed S ates to be af fixed Done at t e city of Wash ngton t s St day of Sep enber n the ea of our Lord o e thousa 1 n ne hundred and fourtee and of the dependence of t e Up ted States ot, A ne ca the one hundred ad h rtj ninth (S rnpd) VOODROW WILSON By he pres dent TMLLIAM JENMNGS BRY4A Secretary of State. |