8-5-1861: A Resolution requesting the President of the United States to recommend a Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer

August 5, 1861. [No. 3.]

A Resolution requesting the President of the United States to recommend a Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer.

   Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States Public Fast of America in Congress assembled, That a joint committee of both Houses wait on the President of the United States and request that he recommend a day of public humiliation, prayer, and fasting, to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnity, and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of these States, His blessings on their arms, and a speedy restoration of peace.

Approved, August 5, 1861.

[By Authority Of Congress. The Statutes at Large, Treaties, And Proclamations, Of The United States Of America. From December 5, 1859, To March 3, 1863. Arranged in Chronological Order and carefully collated with the Originals at Washington. With References To The Matter Of Each Act And To The Subsequent Acts On The Same Subject. Edited By George P. Sanger, Counsellor At Law. The rights and interest of the United States in the stereotype plates from which this work is printed, are hereby recognized, acknowledged, and declared by the publishers, according to the provisions of the joint resolution of Congress, passed March 3, 1845. Vol. XII. Boston: Little, Brown And Company. 1863.]

Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer.

A PROCLAMATION.

By the President of the United States of America

12th day of August, A. D. 1861

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