Show I 1 TERRITORY T Y OF UTAH I 1 proclamation for a day of praise and aad thanksgiving it having pleased the father of all gool good to make known his mind and will to the e hildren children of men in these last days and through the ministration of hi bis 8 angels to restore the hol holy priesthood unto the sons of adam b by y whick which the gospel of his son has been proclaimed and the ordinances of life and salvation are administered ered and through which medium the holy ghost has been communicated to believing willing and honest minds causing faith wisdom and intelligence to spring up in the hearts of men and inauen cing them to ilow together the four quarters of the earth to a tand land of nd health rich in mineral and vegetable r y reserved of old in the councils of or the purposes to which it is now ap prop a land choice above all other lands from the strife contention divis divia io cizl tend d physical eom commotions motions that are d r b i ae a peace of the nations and king doms of earthy earth I 1 bri young governor of the territory abores in n response to the time honored custom of fathers at plymouth rock by the gov r of the several states and territories and a heart filled with humiliation and ie e to the fountain of all good for his implied munificence enee to his children have felt sirous to and DO PROCLAIM thursday the st day of oj January eighteen hundred and fifty two JWO A DAY DAT or PRAISE AND for the citizen citi of this our peaceful territory in I 1 honor of the god of abraham who has preserved his children amid all ab the vicissitudes they have been called to pass pan for his tender mercies in preserving the nation undivided in which we live for causing the gospel of his kingdom to spread and take root upon the earth beyond the power of men and demons to destroy and that he ne has promised a day of universal jov I 1 and rejoicing icing to all the inhabitants who shall remain main when the earth shall have been purified edby 1 by fire and rest in peace and I 1 recommend to all the good citizens of utah that ehlt they abstain from everything that is calculated to mar or grieve the spirit of their heavenly father on that day that they rise early in the morning of the first day dat of the new year and wash their bodies with pure pure water that all men attend to their flocks and herds with carefulness and see that no creature in their charge is hungry v thirsty or cold while the women are preparing the best of food for their households and tle their ir children ready t to 0 receive it in cleanliness and with cheerful cheerfulness neW then let the head of each family with his family bow down upon his knees b before the god of israel and acknowledging all his sins and the a gins of his household call all upon the father in the name of jesus for every blessing that he desires for himself his kindred the israel of god the universe of man praying with full pur purpose poe of heart and united faith that the union of the united states may be preserved inviolate against all the devices of wicked men un until til truth shall reign triumphant and the glory of jehovah shall fill the earth then in the name of jesus ask the father to bless your i food and when you yon have oed filled the plates plate s of i your our household partake wi with ftc them with rejoicing 0 an and I 1 thanksgiving ad if you feel to i make merry in your your heir hearts 1 fling a song gone of thanksgiving and aid lift up your hearts continually in praise aa and d acknowledgment of the unbounded bo merci reou are momentarily receiving in I 1 also request of all good and peaceful citizens thit they abstain from all evil think I 1 ing speaking pad and acting on that day that no one be offended ended by his neighbor that tha all jars I 1 and du cords corda cease that neighborhood broils may be va unknown known that battlers tattlers tatt lers lors and strife may i not bo be k remembered embe red that evil surmising may be forgona forgo NW that all may learn the th truth eruth and have no need of priests to teach them that all may be well and have no need of doctors that all may cease t their ir quarrels and starve the lawyers t tall may do as they would be done unto sf perfect love which out au all A I 1 I 1 fear may jsn n triumphant and there shall be nothing esturb the quiet U iet of an infant in all t the territory T berrito e ry of utah ta that t there be no conten the land ind a and that the same peace may alts ts influence to the utmost bounds of the sting ing hills and from thence to the habit r of every man and beast to the ends of the eartis till the leopard shall lie down with the kid the lion shall eat straw like the oi ox and the babe shall lay his hand band upon the cockatrice den and find pea peace ce to its soul I 1 further request that when the day has been spent in doing good in dealing your bread your butter your beef your pork your turkeys I 1 your mo molasses I 1 u ses and the choicest of all the products of the vallies of the mount mountains ains i at your command to the poor that youens you end the day in the same order and on the same principle that you commenced it that you eat your supper wit with i h singleness of heart as unto the lord after er praise and thanksgiving and songs of rejoicing joicine jo icing icing remembering that iou you cannot be filled with t the e holy spirit and be prapai preparing ina for celestial glory while the meanest menial under your charge or control is in want of the smallest thing which god has given you power to supply remembering that that menial is dependent on you vou for its comforts as you are dependent on your god for your constant support retire to your beds early that you may be refreshed fre shed and arise early again and so continue until times and seasons are changed or finally I 1 1 I 1 say unto you jou let the same process be continued from day to day until you arr arrive i ve unto ane ne of the days of dolob where day is 1000 tf of our oar years the planet nearest unto the habit of the E eternal father and if you do not I 1 find and peace and rest to your souls by that time in the practice of these things and no one else taen shall then present himself to offer you better I 1 counsel I 1 will be there and knowing more will i tell you what you ought to do next A done at the executive office great salt lake iu in witness whereof L T S Q a city J i I 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the territory to be affixed this day of december A D 1 and of the inde independence pen dence of the united states the seventy sixth by bv the governor BRIGHAM YOUNG W RICHARDS see sec pro temy tern appointed by affie governor |