See What Josiah Bartlett had to say

to confess before God their aggravated transgressions and to implore His pardon and forgiveness through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ . . . [t]hat the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ may be made known to all nations, pure and undefiled religion universally prevail, and the earth be fill with the glory of the Lord.

MILITARY OFFICER; SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE;JUDGE; GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Josiah Bartlett, Proclamation for a Day of Fasting and Prayer, March 17, 1792

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