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State of Connecticut
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN H. TRUMBULL
GOVERNOR
|OR many years we of this State have set aside
| Good Friday as a day of religious obligation.
les. It is customary also, that the Governor, by
ſº Proclamation, at this time enjoin upon the
* people those lessons of penitence, unselfishness
and humility which this solemn anniversary naturally
suggests. It is with a deep sense of this obligation, imposed
upon me by this tradition, that I designate Friday, April
second next, as a day of
3Faatitu, alth frauer.
The functions of Church and State have long been
separately administered in Connecticut. But one need have
no ecclesiastical sanction to preach spiritual preparedness.
And I believe that to be one of the vital reasons for the
proclamation of this day by the civil authorities. In a
period of great material prosperity, the ravages of sorrow
and need and sin will not perhaps be as evident or as
disabling as in time of adversity. And there is, in conse-
quence, a temptation at such times to relax our grip on
the great moral forces which make for national security.
In time of plenty, therefore, there is particular need of
such opportunities as this day affords, to take stock of our
spiritual resources, to relearn the lessons of piety and
courage and service, and thereby to acquire that strength
and purity of purpose, which will enable us to give our
lives, if need be, to uphold the good that is in the world.
Given under my hand and seal of the State at the Capitol, in Hartford, this twenty-third
day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six and of
the independence of the United States the one hundred and fiftieth.
By His Excellency’s Command:
Secretary.






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