our political welfare; that they may be enabled, by Thy powerful protection, to discharge the duties of their respective stations with honesty and ability.
WE recommend likewise, to Thy unbounded mercy, all our brethren and fellow-citizens, throughout the United States, that they may be blessed in the knowledge, and sanctified in the observance, of Thy most holy law; that they may be preserved in union, and in that peace which the world cannot give; and, after enjoying the blessings of this life, be admitted to those which are eternal.
FINALLY, we pray Thee, O Lord of mercy, to remember the souls of Thy servants departed, who are gone before us, with the sign of faith, and repose in the sleep of peace; the souls of our
