Show A national fast proclaimed before the of ef the late sason of congress a I 1 joint cammi committee atee of of both houses honses waited waleed on president Lluc lincoln oln oin with a request I 1 that he shoud recommend and appoint a day of bastin fasting t and prayer for the preservation safety and welfare of the states adhering to the federal government in this the day of ct their cala caia calamity in ity ili in response 0 s e to the request thus made he be issued the following proclamation appointing the of september in instant blant glAnt for the purposes therein therin set forth and it all the people of the nation observe the thet day as ae recommended according to their several creeds and modes mode of worship worships 1 they hey will produce a scene of noise and confusion especially it if they should become devout and earnest in their intercessions equal to any that has transpired among christians for many years if the blessings resl resulting tin from the proposed ceremonies were exp eap expected acted to be immediate an earlier day should have bave been appointed for their observance in all probability 4 some grea battles will be fought between the federal and confederate armies before the set time for imploring aid bhail shall arrive th result of which will not of course be effected by the prospective clive rites riles A proclamation by the president of the united sates safes of america Trae teas reas A joint committee of both muses of Cor gress has wailed walled onabe preside president tit of tle united sates slates I 1 ard ar at A d requested him to recommend a day ay of public humiliation prayer and pasting fasting to be observed by the people of tile the united states with wilh religious solemnities and the offering of f fervent supplications ions to almighty god foi sot the safety and welfare of these sates kateb lita hib blessings oil on their arms and a speedy restoration of peace ancl anci whereas it is fia fis and becoming in all people e op e at all times limes to acknowledge arid aid ard revere the tb e supreme S preme government of god to bow in humble submission to ills liis 3 chastisements to confess and deplore their sins bins and transgressions in the full conviction the fear of the lord is the beginning of i wisdom and to lo pray play vuth soth all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past of fences ancl and for a blessig b upon their present and prospective action and aind whereas when our cur beloved country once by the blessitt blessi tg g of god united prosperous and happy Is ia now afflicted with faction arid and civil x ar it is ia peculiarly fit for us to re cognize the hand of god in thib ihla visitation an and und and 1 in sorrowful of our own laul fauls s and crimes as a nation and as to i humble ourselves before him and anti to pray for his mercy merey to pray that we may be ba spared further pual puni punishment though justly that our arms maybe may be blessed and male for tor the re establishment ot of law order and peace throughout our country and that the inestimable boon of 09 civil and religious liberty earned under 11 s guidance and bess b egg edg eee ing by the labors labora and sufferings ot of our fathers may be restored in all its original excellence therefore 1 I abranam ABRAHAM Lix ils coin pies prea dent of the united states statis do appoint the last thursday in Sep ser september fember next as a day of H hi milia tion prayer and batting fatting for all tb the tha e people of the nation and I 1 do earn earu earnestly estly recommend to all ali the people and especially to ali all ministers and teachers of religion of all de cie nominations and to all heads beads rif lif of families to observe and leep keep that day according to their several creeds arld arid modes mode 1 I of f worship in all humility and with all re religious lilious solem solemnly rity to the fhe end that ahe united prayer prater of the nation may ascend to the abri ap of grace and brug bril g down plentiful blessings unon upon our own comar couri coull try IR in testimony I 1 haae chtive here herm herminto into inlo sit 9 t my hand lland and antl caused the great seal of the unil unit ur it ed states to be day of august A 1 D and ani of the he independence ot of tile tiie united states of america the eighmy elgh sixth by the LINCOLM LiNco irr WILL if H SEWARD secretary oC of State tate |