On June 12, 1775, less than two months after the Battles of
Lexington and Concord, where was fired “the shot heard ‘round the world,”
the Continental Congress, under President John Hancock, declared:
“Congress...considering the present critical, alarming and
calamitous state...do earnestly recommend, that Thursday, the 12th
of July next, be observed by the inhabitants of all the English Colonies
on this Continent, as a Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer,
that we may with united hearts and voices, unfeignedly confess and
deplore our many sins and offer up our joint supplications to the Allwise,
Omnipotent and merciful Disposer of all Events, humbly
beseeching Him to forgive our iniquities...It is recommended to
Christians of all denominations to assemble for public worship and to
abstain from servile labor and recreations of said day.”
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