| Show RESIDENT da AND CLERGY TRE HE new york mail and ex express pre so fisses a request from the corn com dee 04 0 the centennial celebia w ii m 71 of the inauguration to the T lent of the united states that 5 issue a 4 proclamation calling on kymen to hold a special service the country at 9 ahe t tiera morning orning of april th they ey J 50 ask that the president suggest ca y athe the day be celebrated as a na tnt I 1 holiday C I 1 S not this this connecting church lp d state a little too closely ac uld old not such a procedure from a cwi dacial be so construed sl 4 like a stretch of exeos tive Wo for the president by tion to regulate religious r elig ious ma eft he 14 only to suggest Kg 81 w 1 the e day be a national holiday T juthe ahe is fa to 11 calim calill on ih the e clergymen hOlit to hold ser f ra tm 4 a ft a given hour fia I 1 Is all very well for the clergy 0 to 0 ask the their r fellow preachers to nl but we hardly think ff arrison even though he be aind ard Al nd elder of the presby F r aby Sll 71 church will attempt to order 4 ys tug of this kind as the chief y te of the nation w hake Y no objection tz to the sim service it I 1 would be a S thing thid lf if th the people of this est would recognize the of providence dence in its growth c re on all H public occa we e wa would uld be glad lad to see a ous and devotional devot iopal spirit ani 11 ll the ne nation and enter entering ine pe ah its affairs we have no ys of a W y ah 01 from there 4 melt amaat in politics or in as w to social life fife ut it we e do not want to sea see the powers of the government exercised in the direction of ecclesiastical matters in any shape or form and therefore think the committee and all who sustain their action have made a great mistake which we trust the president of the united states will wil not fall into even if urged to do so by the pious editor of the new york mast and express since the foregoing was written the proclamation of the president has come to hand we are pleased to see that he be does not issue the call upon the clergy which he was importuned importuner to make H he e m merely ere ly recommends that the people repair to their respective places of worship on the day designated a and nd there implore the fee favor of god that the blemings of liberty prosperity and peace may abide with us as a people and that his hand may lead us fas in the paths of righteousness and good deeds 21 2 1 to this no reasonable person can object it is not a command to the clergy but a word of counsel to all the people of this great nation and we who believe that the hand band of the lord should be acknowledged in all things certainly cannot dissent from so pious a movement it if the whole nation would sincerely unite in seeking for divine help and gula guid anee ance and at the same timework together for the securing of true liberty to all citizens irrespective of cried creed or class and to establish righteousness ess in the land the sun of proal prosperity would ever send forth beams of gladness a and nd ats its light W would auld never grow dim in thew these united states |
