President Lincoln's Proclamation for a Day of Humiliation and Prayer (Honolulu 1864)

Source: The Friend. Honolulu: August 4, 1864

We copy the following dispatch from a late American paper: Washington, July 7.—The President, in accordance with the resolution of Congress, has issued a proclamation appointing the first Thursday in August as a Day of Humiliation and Prayer for the people of the United States, commending them to implore the compassion and forgiveness of the Almighty, and to pray that, if consistent with His will, the rebellion may be speedily suppressed, and the supremacy of the Constitution and Laws of the United States be established throughout these States; that the rebels may lay down their arms speedily and return to their allegiance ; and that we may not be ut'erly destroyed, and that the effusion of blood may be stayed, and that amity and fraternity may be restored and peace established throughout our borders.

Observation of the Day in Honolulu.— At a meeting held in the Session Room of Fort Street Church, Mr. Henry Dimond, Chairman, on Monday evening, August Ist, it was unanimously voted to observe the day in accordance with President Lincoln's Proclamation. It was also voted to meet on the morning of the 4th at the Bethel, at eleven o'clock, when exercises and addresses suited to the occasion might be expected. All Americans and others interested in the great struggle now pending in the United States, and desirous of imploring the Divine blessing, in accordance with President Lincoln's Proclamation, are cordially invited. Per order.