CINCINNATI SYNOD

Day of fasting and prayer.- Whereas many evils exist in our church and nation, which if persisted in, will, sooner or later, call down the judgments of heaven. Therefore, in view of the dissentious and alienations of affection existing among the ministers of the Presbyterian church;-In view of the continued profanation of the Sabbath by the carrying of the mail and opening the Post Offices on that holy day;--In view of the deplorable condition of the coloured population of our country, and the sin of oppression, awfully prevalent in our land,--And in view of the trials to which our missionaries to the Cherokees in the state of Georgia are subjected-- Resolved, that the 1st day of January be and it hereby is set apart as a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, that the ministers and sessions under the care of the Synod, be requested to convene their respective churches and unite in supplication to the God of mercies for the outpouring of his spirit upon our church and nation, and the removal of the above mentioned evils from among us.--Cin. Journ.