Could you see Congress and the President and the country allowing for this kind of thing today ?
Proclamation Appointing a National Fast Day Washington, D.C. - August 12, 1861
By the President of the United States of America.
A Proclamation.
Whereas a joint Committee of both Houses of Congress has waited on the President of the United States, and requested him to "recommend a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting, to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnities, 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:"
And whereas it is fit and becoming in all people, at all times, to acknowledge and revere the Supreme Government of God; to bow in humble submission to his chastisements; to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and to pray, with all fervency and contrition, for the pardon of their past offences, and for a blessing upon their present and prospective action:
And whereas, when our own beloved Country, once, by the blessing of God, united, prosperous and happy, is now afflicted with faction and civil war, it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation, and in sorrowful remembrance of our own faults and crimes as a nation and as individuals, to humble ourselves before Him, and to pray for His mercy, -- to pray that we may be spared further punishment, though most justly deserved; that our arms may be blessed and made effectual for the re-establishment of law, order and peace, throughout the wide extent of our country; and that the inestimable boon of civil and religious liberty, earned under His guidance and blessing, by the labors and sufferings of our fathers, may be restored in all its original excellence: --
Therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do appoint the last Thursday in September next, as a day of humiliation, prayer and fasting for all the people of the nation. And I do earnestly recommend to all the People, and especially to all ministers and teachers of religion of all denominations, and to all heads of families, to observe and keep that day according to their several creeds and modes of worship, in all humility and with all religious solemnity, to the end that the united prayer of the nation may ascend to the Throne of Grace and bring down plentiful blessings upon our Country.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed, this 12th, day of August A.D. 1861, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 86th.
By the President: Abraham Lincoln
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
I never knew the above happened, in fact it happened TWICE from what I know.
I thought we were never a Chrisitian nation ? Hasn't that been argued in the past ? When in fact, it appears we were VERY Chrisitian ....... and somehow thats all been lost ?
I never knew the above happened, in fact it happened TWICE from what I know.
I thought we were never a Chrisitian nation ? Hasn't that been argued in the past ? When in fact, it appears we were VERY Chrisitian ....... and somehow thats all been lost ?
Immoral implosion will bring the place down, as it is written.
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Yah, a lot of things have changed since this proclamation. At the time this proclamation was printed it was still OK to own human slaves. At that timeblacks and indians, although not allowed the vote, were apportioned as fractions of human beings for purposes of allocating representation in the house of representatives. At that time women could not vote.
Naming a day for a particular desired action is worlds away from making it mandatory by law, basically he just created a voluntary holiday, nothing more.
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kevin1 - it was so much more than that. It was a President being led by his faith in God, and telling the country with Congressional backing that they needed mass prayer to get through the civil war and everything else.
In todays world, God is not even allowed in schools - much less in the political arena.
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At the time this proclamation was printed it was still OK to own human slaves. At that timeblacks and indians, although not allowed the vote, were apportioned as fractions of human beings for purposes of allocating representation in the house of representatives. At that time women could not vote.
That was normal, its the way the world had always been. Hard to comprehend that, but it was true. That being said, their confessions of following prayer and God was very public, it wasn't censored out, it was the way of their lives, wasn't it?
This is what we've lost in this country
