On the recordAugust 11, 1861
to bow in humble submission to His chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
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Proclamation 85—Proclaiming a Day of National Humiliation, Prayer, and Fasting
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