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Day of Prayer

The document proclaims August 6th as a Day of Prayer and Fasting for the Nation. It cites several historical examples of U.S. presidents calling for prayer and fasting during times of national turmoil, such as the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and World Wars. It notes the current trials facing the country from economic downturn to wars and cultural decline, and calls the people to once again join in solemn prayer and fasting for the troubled nation. The governor of Maine is proclaiming this day in the spirit of biblical passages calling communities to prayer and fasting during difficult times.

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Day of Prayer

The document proclaims August 6th as a Day of Prayer and Fasting for the Nation. It cites several historical examples of U.S. presidents calling for prayer and fasting during times of national turmoil, such as the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and World Wars. It notes the current trials facing the country from economic downturn to wars and cultural decline, and calls the people to once again join in solemn prayer and fasting for the troubled nation. The governor of Maine is proclaiming this day in the spirit of biblical passages calling communities to prayer and fasting during difficult times.

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WHEREAS, in 1775, the Continental Congress asked the colonies to join in prayer, seeking wisdom as they faced the

responsibility and opportunity of building a new nation. As leaders of that young nation assembled in 1787 to craft a Constitution, Benjamin Franklin implored the framers to pray for guidance, famously declaring, "The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men." Decades later, during a time of national turmoil, President John Adams declared "a day of solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer," asking citizens of all faiths to pray for America's protection from danger. Later, as civil war tore our young country apart, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day of national fasting and prayer, saying "It behooves us ... to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray to the God that made us." During World War II, with our troops locked in battle on the beaches of France, President Franklin D. Roosevelt led the nation in prayer, "As we rise to each new day, and again when each day is spent, let words of prayer be on our lips, invoking Thy help to our efforts." WHEREAS, given the trials that have beset our country and world - from the global economic downturn to natural disasters, the lingering danger of terrorism and wars that endanger our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and theaters of conflict around the globe, and the decline of our culture in the context of the demise of families - it seems imperative that the people of our nation should once again join together for a solemn day of prayer and fasting on behalf of our troubled nation.

WHEREAS, in times of trouble, even those who have been granted power by the people must turn to God in humility for wisdom, mercy and direction. In the spirit of the Book of Joel, Chapter 2, Verses 15-16, I urge a solemn gathering of prayer and fasting. As those verses admonish: ,,15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly ... 16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly ... " As Jesus prayed publicly for the benefit of others in John 11 :41-42, so should we express our faith in this way.

NOW, THEREFORE, A ugust 6th as

I PAUL R. LEPAGE,

Governor of the State of Maine, do hereby proclaim

A Day of Prayer and Fasting for Our Nation

In testimony whereof, I have caused the Great Seal of the State to be hereunto affixed GIVEN under my hand at Augusta this sixth day of June Two Thousand Eleven.

Paul R. LePage Governor Charles E. Summers, Secretary of State Jr.

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