State of Connecticut

BY HIS EXCELLENCY
CHARLES A. TEMPLETON
GOVERNOR

A Proclamation

FIVE years ago we were at war. Today we find ourselves prosperous and at peace, while former associates still lie devastated and impoverished. It behooves us to give thanks for our blessings. It also behooves us to stop and think, to remind ourselves of the lessons which in those dark days we learned of patriotism, of obedience to law, of mutual helpfulness, of tolerance, of self-sacrifice.

In pursuance of a wise and ancient custom I designate Friday the thirtieth day of March as a day of Fasting and Prayer Sanctioned by civil and religious usage, this day commemorates the death for others of the Saviour of the World. I recommend that, on this day, in our places of worship and in our homes, we pause from our daily occupations to contemplate His sacrifice; to pray for deliverance from those sins of prosperity, selfishness, softness and arrogance, which through history have brought nations to their fall; to consider the needs of others, and especially of those who, abroad and in our own midst, have lost health and substance in the common cause of right. And I recommend that, having prayed and thought, we do not neglect to speak and act.

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Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at the Capitol, in Hartford, this fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-seventh.

{Begin handwritten}Chas A. Templeton{End handwritten}

By His Excellency's Command:
{Begin handwritten}Francis A. Pallotti{End handwritten}
Secretary.

{Begin stamped text}LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
RECEIVED
APR 2 1923
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