The Christian Citizen: The Obligations of the Christian Citizen, with a Review of High Church Principles in Relation to Civil and Religious Institutions (Classic Reprint)

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To the recent proclamation of our Chief Magistrate, we are indebted for another Of those interesting occasions, when, with the changes Of the seasons, we are summoned to acknowledge our mercies, in gratitude to our Heavenly Father. I love to recall the occasion that gave rise to the institution Of an American Thanksgiving. It arose among the usages of times primitive in this country, which stand, and I trust will long stand, venerated memorials Of the sterling integrity, intellectual strength and evangelical piety of our fathers.

They had encountered many a calamity. The winter, fa mine, pestilence, savage war and the deep wilderness, were all fresh before them. Many, oft repeated seasons of fasting and prayer they had Observed. Amid calamities, they may have forgotten mercy, and failed in filial reliance upon the Father of, goodness.

Another day of humiliation being proposed, it was suggested that the divine goodness as well as chastisement claimed re gard. Instead Of a fast, a day of thanksgiving was designated, and our Puritan ancestors originated that institution, which has been commended to our regard by the Executive of this Commonwealth.

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