Article March 29, 1900 Issue

Fast Day Proclamation

The following proclamation has been issued by Frank W. Rollins, Governor of New Hampshire.

I hereby appoint Thursday, April 19, as Fast Day, and call upon the people of our state to observe it in its true and best sense.

When the country was in its infancy and dangers surrounded it on every hand, our ancestors felt the need of a protecting and guiding power, and sought it prayerfully, leaving us this annual rite as a sacred inheritance. Now that we have attained a strong and lusty manhood, now that we are a vigorous, wealthy people, having safely passed the perils of our youth, we are apt to forget the strong arm upon which our forefathers leaned. Instead of abolishing Fast Day as a worn-out and useless custom, I would call our people to a renewed observance and a better appreciation of the real significance of the day.

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