On the recordAugust 11, 1861
Whereas it is fit and becoming in all people at all times to acknowledge and revere the supreme government of God.
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presidency.ucsb.eduAbraham Lincoln: “Whereas it is fit and becoming in all people at all times to acknowledge and revere the supreme government of God.”
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Proclamation 85—Proclaiming a Day of National Humiliation, Prayer, and Fasting
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