March 30, 1863 Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation 97—Appointing a Day of National Humiliation, Fasting, and Prayer A Proclamation Whereas the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the supreme authority and just government of Almighty God in all the affairs of men and of nations, has by a resolution requested the President to designate and set apart a day for national prayer and humiliation; and Whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon, and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord; And, insomuch as we know that by His divine law nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people? We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us. It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness. Now, therefore, in compliance with the request, and fully concurring in the views of the Senate, I do by this my proclamation designate and set apart Thursday, the 30th day of April, 1863, as a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer. And I do hereby request all the people to abstain on that day from their ordinary secular pursuits, and to unite at their several places of public worship and their respective homes in keeping the day holy to the Lord and devoted to the humble discharge of the religious duties proper to that solemn occasion. All this being done in sincerity and truth, let us then rest humbly in the hope authorized by the divine teachings that the united cry of the nation will be heard on high and answered with blessings no less than the pardon of our national sins and the restoration of our now divided and suffering country to its former happy condition of unity and peace. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 30th day of March, A. D. 1863, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State."

We are going to give you some updates that are going on with in the ESG world. House Republican seeks to abolish congressional DEI office in new resolution - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/house-republican-seeks-abolish-congressional-dei-office-resolution The Rise and Fall of the Chief Diversity Officer - https://www.wsj.com/articles/chief-diversity-officer-cdo-business-corporations-e110a82f Anheuser-Busch to lay off hundreds of US corporate workers after Bud Light campaign disaster - https://nypost.com/2023/07/27/anheuser-busch-to-lay-off-workers-after-bud-light-disaster/ EXCLUSIVE: Fox News whistleblowers expose company's support for far-left charities - https://www.theblaze.com/news/fox-news-whistleblowers-expose-companys-support-for-far-left-charities Disney Whistleblower Reveals How the Woke Company “Systemically Persecuted” Conservatives and Names the Individual Who Led the Charge (VIDEO) -https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/disney-whistleblower-reveals-how-woke-company-systemically-persecuted/ Supreme Court Allows Construction to Continue on Mountain Valley Pipeline - https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2023/07/27/supreme-court-allows-construction-to-continue-on-mountain-valley-pipeline/?slreturn=20230703220240 AG Marshall calls for Fortune 100 companies to end 'insidious and unlawful' race-based hiring practices - https://1819news.com/news/item/ag-marshall-calls-for-fortune-100-companies-to-end-insidious-and-unlawful-race-based-hiring-practices?x-craft-preview=6OYXLNjEcK&token=Xiz1kmoFWkce9DU_NWAj_gnrYmjqWqz_ America’s first credit card for Conservatives... - https://www.coign.com/ Commentary: WEF’s favorite management consulting firm plans to use Al Gore’s surveillance satellite network to supercharge ESG - https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/commentary-wefs-favorite-management-consulting-firm-plans-to-use-al-gores-surveillance-satellite-network-to-supercharge-esg NS Releases Annual ESG Report - https://www.railwayage.com/freight/class-i/ns-releases-annual-esg-report/ Light bulbs, gas stoves, refrigerators: Biden tightens appliance grip despite lackluster support - https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/light-bulbs-gas-stoves-and-refrigerators-biden-tightens-appliance-grip Not Just Gas Stoves: Biden Admin Rule Would Outlaw Nearly All Portable Gas Generators - https://freebeacon.com/energy/not-just-gas-stoves-biden-admin-rule-would-outlaw-nearly-all-portable-gas-generators/ Biden administration proposes tighter efficiency rule for new home water heaters - https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4110832-biden-administration-proposes-tighter-efficiency-rule-for-new-home-water-heaters/

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