Liberty Minstrels, 5th Edition

of Michigan, in ccordance with a custotn ong fstrib!islir(l onil sonclioned by public approlratio, have thoiigfu proper to recommend to the propte of the Srnte to set apnrl a parlicular day for re'.urning1 thanks for he mnny favors conferred by Divine Provdence, and have therefore nppointed, and by hese presenta do oppoini, Thursday the twm y-aevnilk iay of JVovembsr next, 03 n day of public ThanksgiviO nnd Phayrr; and I do recomtnend the observance of the taine for liat arpóse. On thul day, in their several Diaces of public vvorship, the peopie of the Siale are reconunemlcd lo assemble, nnd lnirnlinjr theinüelvcs brfure Almighty God wi'b confossion of pin?, offer iip tlie effusion of hankful heartsand nsk Divine as6stancc Cor enidance and 1ÁÍ 08 nn lliat day, ;o .-et apart, return our thanks to the greni Ruler of the Universe for all the bleisings enjoyed at'His hands, and espneiaüy for onr preservation ns n nat ion, for Ue the coniimiance of peace, bolh at home and nbrnad, for the plcntifiil Iiarvests w'flt'i which Ho has abnndantly rewarded the toils of the lmsbandman, for the preservation of onr lives, and for the comforts we enjoy in the donietic and in the social cire'c. Let us rentier Him our thanks that íle has so mercifully mnnifested His divine will and madephin the pnth? of duty toall. Let 9 also hnmnly pray 10 tne uiver or all good, that in future time He will stny tlic pesti'ence and avert tho fainine - .hnt He will save us frotn intemal convulsión?, mora to be fearetl thon n foreign foe - thot He wil! preserve tó us our civil and religions instiltHioiiH - thnt, as a uation and as individuáis, He will take us hilo iiis holy kecping and niake 3 a ueople whose God is the Lord. In lestimony wheroof I linve caused llie Grcat Seol of the S'.nte to be efflx [l. s.] ed to these preseits nijti signed the fnme with my hond. Done at The ciiy of Detroit t'ois twentyseventh tlay of October, )il the yenr of dr Lord one thousand eiwht hut:tlred and forty fi nrl nf tiio TnHcnpndence of the United