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Morning Star
Limerick, York County, Maine
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The Governor of Connecticut proclaimed the first Friday in August as a day of fasting and prayer, following the U.S. President's recommendation. Nicholas Murray, Moderator of the Old School Presbyterian General Assembly, urged Presbyterian churches nationwide to observe it. The newspaper hopes their denomination will comply.
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The Governor of Connecticut has issued a Proclamation, requesting the people of that State to observe the first Friday of August as a day of Fasting and Prayer, in accordance with the recommendation of the President of the United States.
NICHOLAS MURRAY, Moderator of the Old School Presbyterian General Assembly, has published a Circular to the ministers and members of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, exhorting them to observe the day set apart by the Chief Magistrate as a day of Fasting, "in accordance with the uniform history and custom of" that "church."
We hope and trust that the day will be properly observed by the ministers and churches of our own denomination.
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Connecticut
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First Friday Of August
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Governor of Connecticut issued proclamation for state observance of fasting and prayer day per President's recommendation; Nicholas Murray circulated exhortation to Presbyterian churches nationwide to observe it per church custom; newspaper expresses hope for own denomination's compliance.