A DAY OF NATIONAL PRAYER, REPENTANCE AND FASTING …AND I DO HEREBY REQUEST ALL THE PEOPLE TO ABSTAIN, ON THAT DAY, FROM THEIR ORDINARY SECULAR PURSUITS, AND TO UNITE, AT THEIR SEVERAL PLACES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES, IN KEEPING THE DAY HOLY TO THE LORD, AND DEVOTED TO THE HUMBLE DISCHARGE OF THE RELIGIOUS DUTIES PROPER TO THAT SOLEMN OCCASION. … ALL THIS BEING DONE, IN SINCERITY AND TRUTH, LET US THEN REST HUMBLY IN THE HOPE AUTHORIZED BY THE DIVINE TEACHINGS, THAT “THE UNITED CRY OF THE NATION” WILL BE HEARD ON HIGH, AND ANSWERED WITH BLESSINGS. … …NO LESS THAN THE PARDON OF OUR NATIONAL SINS, AND THE RESTORATION OF OUR NOW DIVIDED AND SUFFERING COUNTRY, TO ITS FORMER HAPPY CONDITION OF UNITY AND PEACE. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE AFFIXED. DONE AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, THIS THIRTIETH DAY OF MARCH, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE EIGHTY SEVENTH. -BY PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN APRIL 30, 1863
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